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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1877
Page
7
Far away on drowsy pools and inland forests scenes unfold as brown birds nestle in sedge and snow winds whirl. The speaker soothes a sleeping baby with murmured comforts while nature's sounds loom, ending with a February note.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent details tests of Gen Pleasonton's blue glass therapy. A woman with lung hemorrhage improved after sitting beside blue glass, with chest soreness fading and facial fullness returning, though not a full lung cure. A spinal meningitis patient also recovered after daily blue light exposure, hair loss reversed as health returned.
Gen Crook argues Sioux warriors make formidable cavalry, noting transition from bow and arrow to breech loaded rifles with metallic cartridges. He observes improved armament multiplies effectiveness, describing Sioux as cavalry soldiers from early riding age and adaptable to mounted action with trained ponies and horses.
The passage notes that the tribes can travel up to fifty miles per day with lodges and families, keeping spies and hunting parties spread out twenty to fifty miles from villages. They know troop movements, enabling them to choose when and where to fight or avoid conflict.
A look behind the scenes of valentine production describes the factory process from lithographer to die cutter to hand finishers. Workmen stamp lace, apply decorations, and assemble gifts while laboring for bread and butter. The piece condemns cheap comic valentines as beneath respect and notes the sentimental end depends on the recipient.
The piece recalls an ex vice president’s alarm over a supposed army of five hundred thousand drunkards in Christian America and echoes Charles Lamb’s anguished critique of youth and drink, detailing the despair of self ruin and the lure of temperate restraint.
A Helena Montana Herald report describes Dr. Holmes removing four left side tumors from Mr. L. F. Herrin. While asleep during the operation Herrin read a daily paper and did not notice the knife until the tumor sat on the table. The freezing was done by applying snow with salt until the surface froze white.
A mother-in-law dominates a household after her son's death and despite a daughter-in-law remarriage she remains meddlesome. A friend argues her claim ends, but she asserts she is still the stepmother-in-law on her wife's side. Also promoted are tonics and remedies for vitality and chilblains with various patent medicine claims.
In a humorous note from Hawkeye, Mrs Hockenberry wakes to a zigzag trail of buckwheat batter foot prints across the sitting room, traced toward her sleeping husband. He denies involvement, but the scene leaves him a casualty of circumstantial evidence and laughter in the wigwam.
Excerpt praises rose colored cloud banners seen in sunshine on Alpine cliffs and links beauty to inner health. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s diseases, urges reading The People’s Medical Adviser, and notes availability from Dr. R. V. Pierce in Buffalo, priced $1.50 postpaid.
The text touts Messrs James S Kirk & Co soaps made in Chicago with 25,000,000 pounds sold annually across the United States and claims pure refined tallow and vegetable oil without adulteration. It also promotes Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, offers subscription details, and includes assorted notices about medicines, remedies, and a Gen. Lewis grave adorned with flowers.
A 13 year old girl in Osceola, after being bitten by a rattlesnake in her kitchen, calmly turns on the light and has her fiancé kill the snake. She then amputates her bitten thumb to prevent poison from spreading. Estimated losses from New York ice blockade detentions reach $100000.
A compact advertisement listing high school choir books and song collections from Emerson, Times, and Ditson for use in common schools and Sabbath schools. It highlights mult part vocal editions, Italian style exercises, and affordable retail prices from publishers in Boston and Philadelphia.
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