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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1873
Page
4
A collage of humorous vignettes from late 19th century life includes a woman winning a foot race in Mississippi, a Milwaukee forger jailed, a Lake City joke about mosquito bills, and a frontier railroad rumor. Notable items describe a Newport man’s prank, a Kentucky post office pair, and dramatic war history recollections about Nolan and the Light Brigade.
A German science note explains a method to date the earth’s crust by comparing Earth's longest and shortest diameters. It suggests a rotation slowdown since the crust formed, due to tidal effects, yielding an estimate of over two thousand million years since the firm crust appeared.
The piece argues that busy people especially women can read in short spare moments and still gain mastery. It cites Dr Johnson and famous readers, stressing that habit, not total time, builds learning and enriches the mind with fresh ideas and purposeful action.
The narrator recalls a six hour climb to Mount Shasta’s crater summit. They describe a rounded rim, a distant view into a deep 13 000 foot valley, slippery blue ice, and a volcanic crater rim with a vast, desolate interior. The panorama spans from Pitt River to a bay near San Francisco.
John Fett of Franklin Lee County, a longtime Mississippi River raft pilot, fell from the third story of the Mississippi House on Front Street in Davenport. He described dreaming of a storm while steering a raft before his fall. He sustained multiple broken ribs and a fractured spine and remained at Mercy Hospital in a paralytic state.
The Albany train brought twenty eight young Chinamen to Springfield under Commissioner Laisun. At the depot they marveled at Grand Central Depot and rides to Haynes House for a day while arrangements are made for their placement with host families. Wong Shing speaks English. Yung Foo does not.
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent lauds castor oil for boots wagons and buggies saying it keeps leather soft waterproof and black with minimal application. It outperforms neats foot oil and other lubricants by lasting longer lubing better and resisting wear.
The article offers home garden and craft tips including edge grinding to temper tools, horseradish drainage technique, a water purity test using sugar and light, natural dyeing with bark and wool, and winter flower preparation. It also shares ivy poisoning treatment from Maine Farmer correspondents and a simple skin salve recipe with sugar and cream.
Editors hail reduced premiums by The National Life Insurance Company of the United States and urge agents nationwide. Led by E A Rollins as president and Jay Cooke as finance chairman, the firm claims capital greater than any rival and seeks to place its rates at about three quarters of others, inviting inquiries from those seeking employment in life insurance with addresses to Philadelphia.
The article reviews Penn Mutual Insurance Company strength with a $4,000,000 fund and strong Pennsylvanian support, urges policy sales at 921 Chestnut Street, and critiques medical men clinging to old formulas while praising Vinegar Bitters as a safe tonic. It also cautions about sustaining wealth, endorses New York Life as a reliable insurer, and ends with a quip about a New York street car conductor.
An edition highlights August issues with frontispiece cathedral of St Marks Venice and child friendly content. It advertises subscriptions for AnrtHUR's Home Magazine at $2.60 yearly and a children's version at $1.25 yearly plus club deals. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for dyspepsia debility and fevers and notes Shallenberger's Pills as a fever remedy.
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