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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1895
Page
3
A long reflective letter recalls a voyage to Tampa, a sick wife, and a stormy return. The author contemplates happiness, family habits, and a Victorian ideal of harmony with a tale of a lord who rewarded couples who never quarreled for a year, highlighting social norms and domestic virtue.
The article contrasts fashion driven beauty with health, noting women suffer eye strain from glare and extreme styling. It cites Mrs. Gronim W. Cannk and Dr. Joux Woon discussing modern Greek art influence, posture, and a shift toward a more erect carriage while maintaining elegance and hair color contrasts.
Morrish bricks are used in new construction giving houses a castile soap appearance. Plans surface for next year's international exhibition of hotel arrangements and accommodations for travelers. City council approves boulevard ordinances costing 3 by 16,000,000 for roadway improvements. Elite plans for the great southern exposition at Baltimore in 1897 estimate around 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. Axsim nickel plated handles now feature clear postage and telegram rates for domestic and foreign mail.
A column mixes curious facts and figures from diverse topics. It notes divorced men remarrying more than women, GenMassy reports pig transnet output, and a rise in birth anomalies. It mentions canned tomatoes grown domestically, old hot tomatoes called love apples, and quirky claims about beards, birds, rainbows, a nun hand outline, and a church festival postponed by a dance.
A fragmentary 1895 report quotes A J Gould discussing tobacco use and a supposed remedy No To Tobacco. He describes personal struggles quitting after decades of smoking and chewing, the effects on nerves and health, and endorsement of No-To-No as a supposed cure from the Sterling Remedy Company.
A chaotic OCR fragment presents a long catalog of whimsical lines, naming unconnected characters such as Dring Curry, Marty, Ayling, and many others. It references seasonal imagery, musical phrases, and a parade of peculiar personages, with little coherent narrative or context.
Instructions describe using strychnine to poison wolves and methods for killing and skinning, including log pin traps, bone and meat bait, and various pinting and jaw devices. The text notes wolves die after ingestion, warns handling strychnine, and mentions hunters in Montana using these tactics for pelts and food.
A fragment discusses feeding horses with wheat rather than bolted cod and notes cost efficiency, suggesting gradual daily wheat amounts. It also mentions an Intext remedy using carbon disulfide for pigeons or poultry roosts, describing bottles hung outside to deter enemies, with keepable color changes indicating effectiveness.
Obscure 19th century text fragment features scrambled phrases and scattered proper nouns. It references Doonax’s bani, Ine Oklahoma, Washington Star, Chicago Record, and Detroit, with mentions of Thresher, Wind Stacker, and exibited catalog phrases. The jumbled lines suggest an advertisement collage or editorial quirk from a historical newspaper page.
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