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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1885
Page
4
A lyrical poem excerpt describes slender alder boughs swaying and flower-bells swinging in the breeze. Bird songs echo from woodland shadows while joy rides through budding trees. A calm lake reflects gray cliffs and flag-trimmed shores as trees bend over still lilies. Youth's Companion.
A collage of wry lines and jokes from various papers. It contains quips about health, currency terms, and social vows, plus poems and snippets from humor magazines. The tone is literary and clipped, reflecting a nightlife of tidbits and misquoted lines.
In plain language the sundew, a reddish carnivorous plant of English peat bogs, draws insects with red glands and viscous secretions. Once trapped, the fly is dissolved by digestive juice as the leaf closes, a silent tragedy Swinburne and Darwin have praised in art and science. London Cornhill notes its notoriety and macabre fascination.
A collection of anecdotes on hair styles from antiquity to Queen Elizabeth era. It notes Romans disfavor long hair as effeminate and marks of nobility among Franks. Mustaches in presidents, beards in barristers, and Cynoisius beard burning are cited with varied opinions. Red and black hair linked to moral judgments by ancients and changing fashion. Monuments praising Burns appear amid legal appeals mention.
A compact guide urges steady garden work from the start, warning weeds overrun beds if neglected. It covers watering deeply at night, mulching, soil looseness, pruning fading flowers, and maintaining neat beds to ensure continuous bloom. It also notes corn fodder value, root crop thinning, and pig care for spring profits.
A compilation of agricultural and household tips. Manure as drought protection, feeding stock, foreplant risks, rot remedies with carbolic acid, soil improvement with sand, Paris green caution, feeding for milk and fattening, watering plants, ammonia tonic for weak plants, corn meal and bran for milk and butter, beef market notes, hot sand for neuralgia, dandruff remedies, digestion aids with nuts, souring and storage tips, and various household maintenance pointers from a Farm Journal style column.
A historic account notes remarkable stamina in water, citing Webb’s endurance and other sailors. It recalls a second mate who reached the English coast after going overboard at night in a gale, Brock who swam thirteen miles to reach a vessel, and various animals that swam long distances to rejoin masters or reach shore, including a dog with a letter at the Cape of Good Hope and a mule and dog in the Bay of Biscay.
A long, fragmentary column surveys women’s labor at farms in South Carolina, dress fashions with canvas etamine and velvet, and aristocratic tastes in hats, robes, and jewelry. It notes Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Garfield among former teachers, a Belgian Jockey Club request, and a diverse array of names including Bettie Dandridge, Mary Beneman, and Arabella Kenesly, plus anecdotes on fashion and etiquette and a comic club scene about William the Conkerer and a jealous husband.
Memoir excerpt describes a drayman dying from heart failure in Guy's ward. Post mortem reveals vast internal gas distention with skin and tissues distended. Gas emitted from blood burned with matches, flames rising from the body.
A returned missionary cites Japan embracing the bicycle as a practical, pillar vehicle while China lags in appreciation and understanding. He claims Japanese use emphasizes practicality over speed, contrasting with Chinese unfamiliarity and improvised adaptations.
Travelers and climbers alike leave tin cans at summit huts and distant ridges across Colorado. Old prospectors recall cans atop peaks and in remote wilderness, carried by generations of hikers. The can is described as a symbol of exploration and progress, outlasting axes in the ascent of civilization.
A Louisville report describes Mr J Telus of City Brewery returning home after rheumatic attack, aided by two men and a St Jacobs Oil remedy. Also notes a Maine windmill moved by steam, 102 years since John Jacob Astor arrived in Baltimore with instruments, and a Michigan judge condemning women who marry drinkers. A Prrenspureg man pays $50 for keeping a neighbor's cow.
An odd mix of railway brake talk and physician advertisements unfolds. Uncle Zach questions air brakes’ power while a narrator casts remedies for Bright's disease, catarrh and hay fever. Ads promote Ely's Cream Balm, Dr Pierce's cure-alls, Golden Medical Discovery, Juniper Tar Soap and Cod Liver Oil as superior health aids.
Fragmentary notes describe long illness with swollen limbs and liver trouble. The writer mentions trying remedies and bottles of medicine, seeking relief and a cure, and hints at improved mood or emotion after treatment. No clear names, dates, or places are provided.
Fragmentary ad text touts Hop Bitters as a cure for long illness and pain, claiming years of use without sickness and urging readers to visit for more information. The passage is garbled and reads as an old promotional snippet with misspellings and incomplete sentences.
A cryptic line hints at a genuine puzzle around a controversial white-label hops product. The fragment references a character or brand nickname and suggests illicit or questionable origins. Details are sparse, but the wording implies intrigue about authenticity and naming.
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