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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
7
An aged narrator recalls a youthful encounter with a rose bearing youth who answers the question of life’s sweetness with bitter truth. The poem shifts to an old man meeting the same spirit, now aged, who muses on love, time, and the lingering sweetness that remains despite decay.
In the reading of Adam Holcomb's will at Gray's Inn, his nephews James and Henry Holcomb confront a surprise estate plan. Alfred Graves, a distant relative studying medicine, is left modest sums and a large library fund, with a codicil granting the remaining $100,000 to the nephew who agrees to care for Scipo the dog. The two expecting heirs depart in disappointment, while Graves receives unexpected wealth and purpose.
Alfred’s fortune ends long penury for Rev Graves and family as funds are transferred to a joint bank account. The narrative shifts to a North End society man who learns a humorous lesson about late-night calls, a French pigeon post during Paris siege, and a retired captain recounting a slave trade voyage with hidden payoffs.
The Falklands yield not treaps but wood shaped into weathered gray blocks of various sizes. If you try to roll one, you cannot. The rounded boulder is fixed to the ground by roots, a living block of wood rather than a stone.
The article describes layering bones with strong ashes to create a potent fertilizer. Two parts ashes to one part bones, kept moist with water, will dissolve bones in three to four months. Use the mixture carefully mixed with soil. A humorous closing line suggests turning misfortune into action.
An assortment of old advertisements and notes mention Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a nerve aid and digestive tonic, plus claims about malaria biliousness rheumatism and age infirmities. Also scattered items discuss idioms a Burlington business graduate a Suez canal history glass printing types and Beecham's Pills for blood impurities.
Albert Hartley of Hudsons North Carolina recovered from pneumonia after taking German Syrup. His brother had just died from the illness. S B Gardiner of Aurora Texas avoided a severe attack by using Boschee's German Syrup, recommended for lung diseases.
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