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Newspaper
Lime Springs Sun
Location
Lime Springs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
2
An elderly veteran recalls the loss of a wartime soup stove and its impact on his regiment. He describes the makeshift cooking setup, its practical transport in wagons, and how camp kettles and a communal soup emerged from scarcity. The memory centers on November winds, the scent of soup, and the looming dinner call.
A cook tips a boiler and spoons soup onto the ground in a near calamity that costs three quarters of the company their meal. The tale ends with a night watchman brooding over the loss, eight or more words of regret lingering as memory.
A wartime vignette recalls General Ulysses S. Grant visiting a quartermaster shed. A lame fatigue-dressed man, later revealed as Grant, quietly corrects soldiers loading a wagon of hard tack and bacon, urging care and speed for half starving troops. Hannibal, startled, salutes and accepts the general’s orders during the hurried prelude to Chattanooga. The episode underscores Grant’s leadership and concern for supplies amid danger.
A veteran with a leg injury seeks busier work in government service. The governor tests him with a chance to assist Baker, who has no tasks, and the relieved soldier agrees to move upstairs to help. A Berlin invention adds to the chatter as a pot is designed to prevent spills.
Washing pretty summer gowns and belongings to an art very easy to learn. A bright day plenty of water and a little pure soap are the necessary aids. Use two thirds full warm water dissolve Ivory soap wash garments carefully through it rinse in clear water then blue water wring dip in thin starch hang in the shade. When dry sprinkle and iron on the wrong side.
A German housemaid named Katrina Rupper answers a ringing telephone and insists the voice on the line is herself. The exchange reveals a humorous miscalling as she asserts I am me and refuses to be laughed at.
Mome Seekera Lookt The Grand Prairie of Arkansas lying on both sides of the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad offers inducements to home seekers. Rich pasturage cereal lands and farming country in the New South now open for selection. For information contact Rudolph Fink general manager Little Rock Ark W H Morrison agent Little Rock Ark Little Rock and Memphis Railroad
A man explains the value of training lower animals to develop intellect. He recalls a chimpanzee once wild who, through patient education, learned to smoke a pipe play cards and drink whisky.
Next to an approving conscience a vigorous stomach is the greatest mundane delight. Sound digestion in a guarantee of quiet nerves and a hearty appetite may be acquired through Hetonter s Stomach Bitters, advertised as an invigorating and blood-building tonic. It fortifies against malaria and remedies biliousness constipation and rheumatism.
A quip from the Puck cartoon notes a prodigal arriving from his world tour to a spectacle of the fatted calf, with the elder sen poking fun at the absurdity and praising higher criticism in a satirical digression.
The Great Northern Railway announces August 17 and September 7 departures from St Paul and Minneapolis, offering round trip tickets at one fare plus 62.00 to Northern Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Tickets valid 21 days, for harvest season travel to the grain belt. Inquiries to railway agents or F I Whitney, G P T A, St Paul. The excerpt includes a humorous dialogue about a stern parent and an eager suitor.
Try Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder shaken into shoes to cool feet, relieve smarting and tight shoes, and prevent swelling. It eases corns and pain, gives rest and comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25¢, Allen Olmsted Roy N.Y. Free trial offer included.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. of New Haven Conn asserts its ammunition chief is the world’s top expert in ammunition making. His skill keeps Winchester ahead in uniformity reliability and shooting quality. A large illustrated catalogue is offered free on request.
Fragmented OCR shows odd place names and phrases likely from a poems or column. Notable terms include Catskillsa bootjack Newport Bernhardt Richfield Springs Long Branch Ocean Grove Niagara Falls Old Point Comfort and Judge. The text weaves bizarre maplike phrases without coherent narrative or clear event.
A collage of quotes and notices from a late 19th or early 20th century paper features jokes about genuine mark downs, nursery ads, and a push for traveling salesmen. It includes a testimonial about Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a long pitch for Lydian E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with patient endorsements and cautions on symptoms of womb derangement.
A collage of quips and quibbles on language and invention. Spurgeon on creation links harmony to nature while a Kink joke questions past tense usage. Various papers mock patent disputes and ethic trivialities, reflecting wartime wit and editorial tone.
A historical ad note proclaims HalPa Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The compact catalog listing emphasizes its claimed health benefit and fixed price for consumers seeking relief from catarrh symptoms.
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