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Newspaper
Le Mars Weekly Sun
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1891
Page
4
A meditation on why many writers fail to be truly original, distinguishing seer from maker, with notes on imitation and the lure of the exemplar. It contrasts poets who chase inspiration through others with those who channel beauty into deeds and character over mere verse, and it hints at the muse’s elusive fellowship.
It extols staying true to self and laments the dangers of overlong journeys. The text questions modern medicines and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe, plant based remedy derived from pure spirits. It contrasts this with harsh, questionable tonics and stimulants used by the debilitated and constipated.
A 19th century correspondent writes that Japanese treat women as inferior and subservient, forcing wives to approach husbands on all fours and denying them basic respect. The piece contrasts American ideals with Japanese behavior. Also notes a soap advertisement praising Wobbins Electric Soap as meritorious since 1865.
An observed scene at a reception shows a palm reader asking a participant to lower the light while others crowd nearby. The dialogue includes a boastful Barefoot Bill and a joke about a medical cure. An aside mentions the Plaza Blanca silver mine in Sonora, Mexico owned by Jesse Grant, his father in law Mr Chapman, and others with ore reputedly high in value.
Mrs Won, wife of the Parisian dressmaker, outfits herself plainly as a Bible class leader at a Martha's Vineyard camp meeting and appears harmless. A medical note reports no fits after the first day, praising Dr Wines Grew Restorer. A curious offer promises a free trial and a treatise, urging readers to send to a physician in Philadelphia.
A comprehensive Alaska resources report by Ivan Petroff shows fur seal exports to London worth about 28 million dollars and other furs 16 million. Salmon products reach 7 million from 1884 to 1890, with 3 million salmon taken at Warluk cannery and 200,000 cases canned last year employing 1,100 people. Herring oil yields 150,000 gallons and fertilizing material. cod fisheries in Alaskan waters valued at 3 million. Whale and precious metals outputs are noted, along with timber uncertainties and concerns over labor imports.
A noon newsboy questions the price as a reader seeks the latest horror story about a street car colliding with a milk wagon. The driver narrowly escapes, but the incident is described as a terrible accident amid hurried sales.
Hiram C Wheeler of Sac County Iowa announces Lananse Importation bringing drift stallions to America this season. Quality promised as the very best with first class horses available for breeding at $1,000 and up. Two and three year terms offered with a percentage paid, an able horse expected to pay for itself.
A fragment recalls a marital split inquiry over a newborn’s upbringing and potential schooling, with Mrs Yntill from Boston favoring Harvard and Mr Yntill preferring Yale. The note appears among miscellaneous tips and advertisements, including patent medicines and employment inquiries, typical of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
In towns nationwide the Dr Benner Modu company seeks a reliable person or merchant to act as local agent for its Standard Family Medicine sold for over sixty years. Send particulars to De Benxer Muneum Co Chicago TL Ex Senator Spooner recalls earning his first dollar by sawing wood then $7 by contracts. a pig and lumber investment ends badly. The Brazilian assembly adopts the proposed constitution.
A provocative poem questions how women’s rights would alter public life. It ponders women attending front-row seats, riding streetcars, and feminine senators, imagining reactions from men and society with sharp, satirical tone.
Ad claims Syrup of Tigs dispels colds headaches and fevers cleanses the system gently and effectively and permanently cures habitual constipation while awakening the kidneys and liver to healthy activity. The fragment ends with a college joke exchange about attendance and memory.
The excerpt describes a patient using August Flower with fluctuating symptoms. He feels cranky and constantly experiments with dieting and meals, experiencing a gnawing voracious appetite at times and later loss of desire to eat. He shows fault finding attitudes at meals and, after such episodes, an abhorrence of food and irregular bowels.
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