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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1891
Page
3
The mother lion at the Zoological Gardens in Berlin refused to nurse her two recently born cubs and no Newfoundland dog currently suckles them. A widower aged sixty one in Wellington Kansas married a twenty year old after knowing her for one week and she left him a week later.
The article invites readers to plan summer travel along Wisconsin fishing resorts such as Fox Lake Lake Villa Waukesha Cedar Lake Neenah Waupaca and Ashland. It highlights Wisconsin as a premier destination for pleasure seekers hunters and fishermen over the last five years and promises pamphlets titled Fox Lake and Summer Outings.
Farmers face seed adulteration as a major risk with European practices of baking inferior seed and mixing with good stock. Experts urge graded seed standards and better germination data. A farmer shares a frost protection plan using a central fire pit to create smoke and heated air to shield fruit trees.
The text warns that subsoil quality is often overlooked when choosing a farm. It notes the need for water veins or channels in the subsoil to aid drainage in dry times, and contrasts pervious sand with clay and stone, stressing that sand drains poorly and is hard to improve without organic matter.
A colonial style column offers farming advice on water for stock, poultry treatments, pruning and crop care, onion and carrot culture, and early potato cultivation. It then delves into glove history, craft, and production from ancient to modern times, detailing materials, processes, and notable anecdotes.
A Washington society gathering ends abruptly when a guest refuses to leave the hostess’s photos. The hostess declares she has seen enough and moves to hide her collection, leaving the visitor to continue admiring the images alone.
In early tests exposed rail tacks faced wilt water corrosive action. Researchers augmented expedients to prevent corrosion during double track construction at the Columbia River mouth. Experiments used mixtures of crude petroleum and paraffin on exposed rails to assess protective effectiveness.
Professor Mason notes the source of wolf skins used as fancy rugs costing about £3. Indians and Eskimos in Madison Bay area trap wolves with a fat blade hidden in sealed fat. The method lures wolves to bite the blade, then they are killed by their own gluttony. Packs then roam, others trap and skin, selling pelts for profit.
The article notes several curious items including Hinek walt sawdust mixed with Tinsel gum for durable furniture ornamentation, a Massachusetts man’s invention for a large auxiliary yacht washroom, and the first automatic fountain selling water at a penny. It mentions walnut oil extractions, dyes that stain skin, phosphorous mounds, and empirical tonics sold without merit, recommending authentic coven extracts with grap wine for tonic use.
A scrambled mosaic of notes on printing colors, storekeepers and spring goods, electrolysis softening hold water, Navajo lariat use as barrier, and care tips for removing soot from pots. Mention of a sulfur deposit in Covopa mountains near Yura, a Grand Rapids man claiming to be champion lifter, and scattered oddities about towns Bligatore Rangatuck and Loom.
A new slate writing doll by a Nuremberg machinist is described. An item for teething in children prompts warnings about corked wine bottles and ruined wine. A window in Uain nibal Me is noted for being so clean the mud was invisible. A British army practice to attach identity cards to clothing in case of death is described as already common in the German military.
The article touts more than three hundred choice resorts in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Michigan with rail access. It notes fishable lakes, hunting grounds, and warm weather amenities, plus a brief anecdote about a polyglot barber trying languages and a customer reply in Italian.
Vacation seekers are urged to voyage between St Louis and St Paul on the Diamond Jo steamers. The six trips weekly river rail package is cheaper than rail alone, with tickets to all points via river and rail. Fred A. Will, general passenger agent, Dubuque, Iowa, handles inquiries. A Blanco Arkansas sermon insulted congregants, leading to stones at the pulpit.
Publishers seek energetic boys to sell the Sat urday issue in towns with agents paid 2 cents per copy. Earnings from £1 to £10 weekly offered for street sales in America. Also note a fatal Indianapolis street car accident where James Liddy died after a pistol discharged from a brake-handle incident. his widow won $5,000 in damages from the car company.
A playful adage about Castoria used for babies appears alongside a delegation praising Count Von Moltke on his ninety ninetieth birthday. Moltke replies with a witty remark about youth and aging. A woman asks how old he would like to be and answers eighty more years.
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are advertised as a mild, natural laxative that gently regulates the liver stomach and bowels without forcing activity. A tiny sugar coated pellet is claimed to relieve sick headaches bilious headaches constipation indigestion and bilious attacks promptly and cure various digestive complaints.
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts touts a medical discovery that claims to cure deep seated ulcers four decades old and inward tumors as well as every skin disease except cancer that has taken root. Price one dollar fifty cents. Sold by every physician and druggist in the United States and Canada.
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