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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1889
Page
3
A Atlanta Journal report cites Mrs Mire Collins wife of a Tennessee road engineer and Mrs J W Little winning one twentieth of a $50,000 prize. Each received $1,250 after bank deductions. They bought ticket No 1581 for fifty cents each and plan to store the winnings at Gate City National Bank.
In Peru Indiana a quirky farmer built a coffin too small for burial. After his death a local undertaker rediscovered a misfit coffin and sold it to the sons of Richard Ferguson, a Cass County farmer, who asked to bury him in a rain box. The reappropriated coffin exactly matched the request.
Washington dispatch reports Belt the architect of the Pension Building suggested hanging flags borne by US soldiers in war around the Pension Office walls. Kiss notes that Congress intended captured flags to be displayed. The Commissioner replies he will help if the Pension Building roof is made waterproof, as leaks plague the roof.
The notice advises readers that regardless of travel direction they can save money and time by writing to the Tibet Central Ky Co in Chicago. It emphasizes the text is not an advertisement but a public benefit disclosure.
The narrative visits Tarahumara and Tepehuan communities in Chihuahua, detailing their rugged mountain homes, eked-out crafts, hunting methods, and adaptations to extreme altitudes. It notes their wariness of outsiders, compares Tarahumara endurance to northern peoples, and contrasts rustic dwellings with semi civilized features observed in nearby Mexican settlements.
A preacher extols using biblical weapons against unbelief, tracing science and philosophy as rival Philistines. He urges Christianity to claim the tools of modern inquiry and commerce, arguing faith and learning can advance together for God.
The note discusses derangements of the iver and stomach and promotes Dr. Pierre's Pellets, sold as One & One. It mentions users of Dolbing Electric Soap and urges vigilance against imitations while claiming purity and economy.
Four to five thousand hotess te been started this year in Uhilaiet PB, with Tomahawk Lakes and Trout Lake praised as top fisting grounds in Wisconsin. Lakes lie in Unewa County along the new line of the Wisconsin Valley Division of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, promising abundance. Sermon 15 offers hotel and camping for sportmen seeking greener pastures. Tickets to Minnequa, Wis go via the CMStP railway.
The rhyme recalls a mother giving Castoria to her children and clinging to it as a comfort through childhood. It echoes a common practice of parents relying on the preparation for gentle care and reassurance in early years.
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