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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
8
A rugged tale describes a hunter escaping a stampede in Modi Kansas as a pony tires and a rider leaps between buffalos to survive. The narrator recalls leaping from one beast to another and finishing the ordeal after traveling six miles. He claims the escape was his closest shave yet.
White Snsakes, Ay correspondent of the Bardstown Record writes from Welchburg about an original snake sighting on the West Fork. He describes three snakes about 8% feet long, white with pinkish eyes, moving sluggishly on a rock, and notes he would have captured them for science. A second item describes a new meat preserving method using potassium iodide dipping and air drying.
A garbled passage discusses a chainless bicycle and its potential popularity, questioning at a glance if gear is high. It also mentions Genuine Hair Restorer and a street scene where a man drops his wig. A boy retrieves it and is thanked by the wig’s owner, who remarks it is the first genuine hair restorer seen.
A lengthy roll from The Southern Mercury details U S pensioners living in foreign countries totaling 619043 last year. Ohio has the most at 163471 receiving 15522079, followed by Pennsylvania 100873 with 12761973 and New York 68 600 with 12320528. Other states list veterans from 2 to several thousand, plus 10022 Mexican War survivors and 4288 widows of Indian wars. An 1812 honor list includes Hosea Brown 105 Elah Glenn 101 Eleazer Smith 101 Hiram Cronk 97 and others. The article also recounts anecdotes about Mrs Grant and Gen Sherman and a Confederate flag prank at a Fourth of July event.
The piece defines caretaker as one who tends entrusted to them and argues care prevents pain and decay. It likens neglect to thieves stealing peace, suggesting a caretaker for health and wellbeing keeps the body free from aches and discomforts. It hints at remedies and preventive care embodied in a imagined healer.
In an account from the Evenning Post, Mr T C Wales of Boston and American Bell attests that the Louisville telephones offer superior service. The new system lights a canal incandescent lamp at the central office when the receiver is lifted and extinguishes it when hung up, replacing bells and the accumulator drop. Louisville’s model is touted as a precursor to widespread adoption in major cities like New York.
A fragment from Health Monthly offers varied home remedies and odd tips such as cranberries for rheumatism, cranberry poultice for crises, clam broth for weak stomachs, wet towels for sleeplessness, swallowing saliva for sour stomach, buttermilk to remove stains, turpentine fumes for whooping cough, cod liver oil in tomato sauce for palatability, and walking with hands behind to curb bent posture, alongside garden mintlowers staying in a harsh neighborhood.
A Cin cinnati Enquirer piece notes a woman's reasoning for marriage centers on emotion rather than logistics. The commentary remarks that it is about all the reason she could have for tying the knot, highlighting social expectations and personal motive.
A weekly Monday issue titled Klondyke Bulletin Widely published by the Book Line offers telegraphic news and updates on routes services steamship callings and facilities for Alaska prospectors and friends. Mail subscriptions cost six cents sent to W B Callaway G P R 4 Minneapolis Minnesota.
A compact historical note describes John Ward linked to the Danciad pillory in 1727 and his wealth, estates in London and Essex, with prayerful pleas for regional safety. The piece blends biographical oddities with a Victorian style quotation about piety amid scandal.
A struggling artist tells a reporter he liked the piece about his marriage to the daughter of Hora ti Bilyups but objects to the phrase bonds of matrimony fearing her father’s possible disapproval and trouble.
Prediction warns that vessels of the Tasmanian whaling fleet, many insured in San Francisco, may be trapped in ice mud with some set to abandon ships. Call for action against ailments called trading, urging use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion rheumatism malaria constipation nervousness and kidney complaints.
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