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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1871
Page
1
A poet narrates courting Milly at the spring, planning to confess a secret and propose. The speaker chronicles Milly’s playful mischief and hesitation, noting three failed attempts before the hoped moment at the spring when she arrives with water pitcher. The verse blends rural setting and romance with hopeful resolve and a tentative yes.
A 19th century anecdote recounts Josephine’s betrothal ring passing from a Paris girl to Louis Napoleon as a child, later linked to Eugenie Montijo. The ring’s journey spans empire lineage, marriage, and destiny, with a moral on patience and fortune. Also included are moral anecdotes urging restraint, perseverance, and self control in daily life.
A humorous archaic monologue extols Korn as essential to life and state prosperity. It weaves absurd anecdotes about corn dodgers and whiskey, praising corn’s versatility, its uses in food and drink, and its cultural role while joking about frauds, lies, and old lore. It riffs on Job, nailing, and regional speech quirks across the Western country.
The Portland press reports a Newfoundlander in Maine showing remarkable dog wit. The dog visits daily for meat then, after being asked for puppies, returns with two litters and later three pups, witnessed by neighbors. It claims the tale is from a book on chronic diseases by Dr. Pierce.
A historical treatise explains liver disease as a major cause of many ailments from jaundice to nervous debility. It argues the liver is the body's blood purifier and depurating organ, noting climate, diet, and malarial influences raise risk, with post-mortem evidence of liver disease common in deaths. The essay describes bile production, digestion, and the need for the liver to eliminate toxins daily, warning torpid livers poison the blood and system.
A historical medical notice explains how bile poisoning from liver trouble harms heart lungs kidneys brain and skin, causing numerous ailments and chronic disease. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic purifying blood, stimulating liver function without overwork, and claims preventative and curative benefits for bilious attacks fevers and related symptoms.
Open to and after March 5 1871 trains run from Lawrence to Kansas City with night and day services. The timetable lists departures at various stations including Sibley Vinland Baldwin Prarrre City Norwood Olathel Princeton Richmond Garnett Welda Divide Carlyle Lola Humboldt Tioga and final arrival at Bayer. The schedule shows times from 11:50 a.m. to 6:20 p.m. at different stops and multiple connections along the route.
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