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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1873
Page
4
A humor column surveys manners and curiosities from Starbold to Niagara Falls. Notes on women’s roles, postal cards, a temperance stunt, a Providence bootmaker’s gadget, a Maine tombstone tale, and a Portland divorce of superstition. Includes a Gadsden court episode with Miss N C Stewart seeking entry to law.
The piece describes St Augustine as a strange quaint city with Moorish bells and convents, resembling an old Spanish town detached from modern America. It notes its indolent life, historic orange groves, limited air routes, and mild climate, warning of sharks for open sea bathing near Anastasia Island.
The town sits against a two mile wide sea front where storms once drove waves inland threatening destruction. A granite masonry sea wall, built by the United States Government, now stands as protection and provides a promenade for residents enjoying sea breezes and good footing. Mrs. Stowe's Palmetto Caves.
The German financier Adele Spitzeder, once a celebrated woman of wealth and charity, ran the Munich Dachaur Bank on a scheme paying high interest and commissions. Deposits collapsed when no assets remained, leading to three years in prison for fraudulent bankruptcy and a landmark case on women in business.
The Victoria colony along the Solomon River in Western Kansas grows prosperously as George Grant recruits English and Scottish settlers. The 18000 acre area hosts Capt. Charles Prescott and Hon. Walter Maxwell among others, with lands stocked by imported stock. Grant travels to the East to meet European delegates and plans a return in three weeks with partners.
A wild cat seized a Feliz infant on Morro Creek ranch fourteen miles away. Mr. Feliz rescued the child, then the same cat attacked an eighteen year old Indian boy bringing in horses, biting the boy and killing two dogs before retiring to E. M. One's house. The boy was treated with heated crowbar for wounds and is expected to recover in a few weeks.
A short tale of Ned and his dog Tray from Hearth and Home. Ned grows up with Tray by his side, sharing meals and adventures, while Ned trains a new dog Carlo. Tray watchfully imitates Carlo’s tricks, then shares a final triumph before passing away peacefully.
Granville Murray in New York Herald recounts the Persian ruler Mehrza Tagui Khan’s rise and fall. The shah allegedly lured the former prime minister with a pardon then had him executed by a bathhouse bloodletting, after wife Agha Khan’s devotion failed to avert treachery.
After a local paper merger Major Venable found a marble slab in the Jnder office with an inscription to a young daughter born 1829 died 1846. The verses from Revelations were carved below the name. He recalled a near relative and sought how the slab arrived in the office, learning no one could explain its origin.
A column offers cheap polishing methods for tins using damp cloth flour and old newspapers. It describes plant color changes from primrose to purple with soil, and ink formulas with verdigris and salts. It advocates frugal farming, cash purchases, quick repurchase savings, and selling farm produce to boost income.
Three methods for keeping flowers from summer bloom into next season are described. Alcohol preserves for years but colors fade. drying with wax seals stems for a year. arranging in a vase with proper drying and wax sealing hides the setup. The piece warns against tying stems and notes careful drying of all parts. It also discusses mineral poisons and promotes VineGait Breents as a remedy with broad efficacy.
Public opinion supports life insurance as essential as fire insurance and demands low rates strong finances liberal terms and prudent management. The National Life Insurance Company of the United States based in Philadelphia led by H A Rollins and Jay Cooke is seeking agents nationwide and the advertisement urges readers to apply.
An ad touts Endowment Policies from Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company as highly profitable and secure, noting a 26 year history and surplus premiums returned to insured. It lists J W Invdell Jr as Cincinnati superintendent and markets Cholera remedies and Santora's Liver Invigorator with testimonials from diverse readers and doctors. Beware of imitation products.
The notice touts Johnsons Anodyne Liniment as top internal external medicine with testimonials from soldiers and physicians. It promotes Shallenberger's Pills as a malaria antidote and Dr Jaynes Carminative Balsam for bowel complaints. The August issue features Life on an Island and other stories with a frontispiece and two chromes for $1.50 a year.
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