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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
6
A fragmentary item features quips about superstition and luck with playful banter between Pelzier and Dexter, referencing sciatica and a humorous left-handed moon-watching line.
An advertising narrative extols Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a superior laxative. It argues against imitators, highlights health benefits, and urges readers to try the product, noting its presence in leading publications. The piece shifts to a Christmas dinner description by Lieut Peary, listing Arctic fare and festive items.
An advertisement lists $2,000 for a new corn with yields of 318 bushels per acre and mentions other seed products including Biz Four Oats and Bromus Inermis. It invites readers to request a free seed catalog by sending stamps to John A Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin, offering $3,000 in corn and 10 seed samples.
A wartime note describes Japan’s growth in demand for bicycles, claiming the Japanese require special bikes and asserting a need to produce them rapidly. The article stresses manufacturing focus and supply efficiency.
The text blends recipe ideas with garbled phrases about breading frying baskets, hot fires, and pie crusts. It appears as a scattershot set of kitchen notes lacking coherent structure, with mentions of bread, croutons, icing, and cooking steps that are unclear and misplaced.
Four ounces of blue vitriol and one pound of lagweed dissolved in warm water dye fabrics. Six gallons of water in an iron vessel. add vitriol and dye goods just covered. Simmer about an hour, then rinse. Directions mention homemade lye and clarifications, with garbled remnants of steps and tips.
A fragment from an old guide covers making bread with yeast, sweetening pork by parboiling, and a Japanese foot polish recipe. It mentions starting yeast for bread, parboiling pork to improve flavor, and a home polish using ground seeds tea and egg whites. Also notes on bilious health tips and mildew removal with lime water.
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece recounts a man once prosperous who, through a subtle omission by merchants, discovers his fall from social standing. He notes fewer invitations to buy, lingering courtesy, and the silence of circulars that once kept him in the trade loop, revealing his altered fortune.
The article traces the wedding ring tradition to ancient Egypt and Isis worship. It notes the third finger of the left hand is linked to the heart by a slender nerve, and that ring gold was chosen for its supposed sacred connection to Apollo.
A fragmentary tale discusses a Spanish threat near Boston Harbor and a searchlight operation by gunners under time pressure. An Irish city worker resists official orders, delaying permits as chaos unfolds during a late afternoon attempt to secure fortifications and illuminate the harbor. Public notices touch on a lecture by J H McCarthy comparing Omar Khayyam and Hunyadi Jancs.
A cryptic note references Kosten and Le Countof Stimiston in a curious exchange. The text mentions cours house and airs, with a direct speaking script style. The fragmentary source hints at a dialogue or broadcast context without clear narrative.
A noisy dinner tale unfolds as a host’s carving knife slips, skewers misfire, and a boy blurts a joke while guests trap a tense mood. The page also features varied ads about deafness cures, Christmas gifts, and humorous clippings from 19th century periodicals.
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