30 Dec 1880
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Newspaper
Lebanon Weekly Pioneer
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1880
Page
1
This preparation claims to relieve menstrual disorders ovarian troubles and vaginal inflammation. It promises rapid improvement by correcting systemic imbalances and easing fatigue headaches nervous strain and low mood while aiding menstrual regularity and overall vitality.
A fragmented verse scene unfolds with a jealous husband overhearing a ballroom affair. He laments his wife’s dancing and contemplates vengeance as the hall fills with tension and ominous passion. A mood of despair and lurking threat prevails.
In Saint Denis a duel to the death ends with Auguste and Andre Berni drinking rum in a cabaret over Adele Vergeri. Auguste collapses first, Andre dies soon after at the hospital from brain and heart failure, while Adele remains indifferent and disappears with Auguste afterward. A prior tale of Oregon gold seekers and a persistent miner closes the item.
An anonymous letter recalls anecdotes about centenarians in distant lands, noting many claims of extreme age are exaggerated by memory and storytelling. It highlights how dates, events, and local lore inflate ages, with examples from colonial contexts and aging figures in Asia.
A satirical fragment advises men on quarrel tactics with their wives. It suggests delaying until she is at her toilet and responding to bonnet concerns with broad generalizations about women. The setup implies a comic exchange about marriage and common sense as the joke escalates.
The article surveys how writers from Trollope to Hugo, Dumas, Sand, Eliot, and others achieved work patterns and environments. It notes varied practices from walking, meals, and rituals to writing by heart or at night, with mentions of surrounding influences and personal habits shaping creative output.
A scattered column notes humane horse care for broken legs with a farmer's plaster method and cold season anecdotes. It includes cultural quips from Brooklyn and Keokuk readers, plus a long skeptic on whipping children, urging humane treatment and restraint.
The text argues for decentralization, intelligent rule by the masses, and reform of taxation and government contracts. It calls for no monopolies, reformed corporate franchises, and a divorce between government and banks, while criticizing the Solid South and party factionalism.
Gossip centers on Senator Sprague and his wife amid rumors of infidelity and Conkling’s alleged predatory wiles. Reports claim Sprague may reveal details tied to the presidential canvass and Roscoe and Kate in Buffalo, signaling political damage but unclear impact on party standing.
A jumble of quips and snippets from a historic issue, listing jokes about stars, a hanging, funerals, marriages, lawyers, and odd remarks. It mentions a dog star, a pipe found cold, horse-shoe branding, and a parodic mix of line gags and misprints across newspapers.
One hundred seventy men work the Flood Rock project in Hell Gate with four acres excavated and a planned blast in 1883. Twenty two headings rise across the river, seven feet high and ten feet wide, spaced twenty feet apart, with larger shafts near the main shaft. Heading lengths will extend before widening chambers into a great cave roof supported by pillars drilled from the sides. Roof rock thickness runs ten feet, current rock 15 to 30 feet thick. Tunneling is slow as rock is very hard. best progress 600 feet monthly or about 1 500 cubic yards. In the last year 54 000 cubic yards were removed, 43 000 blasts fired, 58 000 drills sharpened, and 200 blasts executed each night.
The president of the State Vinicultural Society estimates California now has 60 000 vineyard acres and about 45 million vines. He predicts continued growth as more vineyards are established, with expansion likely in the near term.
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