30 Aug 1873
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1873
Page
1
An old newspaper ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a thirty year proven remedy for infant distress. It claims safety for ages from one week to adult, relieves stomach upset and diarrhea, and promises rest for mother and child. The ad warns to look for the Curtis & Perkins facsimile on the wrapper and notes local retailers.
In Pennsylvania German village Parrendorff, Conrad Rosen, a poor yet lively farmer’s son, wins a Grand Duke’s challenge to compose music from his own rural life. The duke praises him, declaring Conrad the pupil who hears music in common things, and the boy later marries Greta Brandt and supports his family by composing songs.
The Baltimore American describes public hangings at the prison drawing crowds of 20,000. A window view prompted a local observer to recount a disturbing porch stunt by three children who acted out the jail yard tragedy with a makeshift rope and noose, risking real harm as they swapped roles mid enactment.
A nineteenth century railway improvement uses an air driven submerged water tank to fill tender water. Water is raised by air pressure from a box near the track via flexible tubing to the locomotive, replacing pumping and elevated tanks.
Jefferson Davis spoke at the Southern Historical Convention at White Sulphur Springs on August 18, saying the Confederacy would have been free had surrender not occurred and that reconstruction of the South would come through future generations. The piece also notes Republican tickets in Texas, Grant’s return from a trip, and a flood of violent and criminal incidents across several states with arrests and trials ongoing.
News briefs report executions in Seville for arson, Carlist and Dutch conflicts in Europe, Malay insurrection fears, a tunnel disaster in England, a battle near Berga with Republican victory, French politics on Bourbon reconciliation, labor strife in Manchester, Dominican unrest under Luperon, a 12,000-strong Republican force entering Bilbao, papal-German relations, cholera in Vienna, horticultural guidance on black knot, and a Saginaw publican restricting liquor sales to married men with wife permission.
Britons recount Manitoba as a restless colony on the Red River frontier, noting quarrel with Canada, a mock war, and heavy multilingual mix. The piece contrasts settlers’ rough justice with lofty colonial pretensions and details early Red River life, language variety, and temperance actions among the Assiniboine and Cree descendants.
Brown of Cambridge hosts a wooden wedding celebration thought a surprise party by friends. A garden caper spirals into slapstick mayhem with a mastiff, a dress snag, a brittle walnut book-case, a ruined ice cream haul, and a broken tea set. Two lanterns fail to light the porch as the party collapses into joyous chaos.
A Youths' Companion account describes deep underground mushroom gardens near Paris where beds extend for thousands of metres under the city. The proprietor yields about three hundred pounds daily per garden and ships to Paris, England, and Germany, with mushrooms prized in London tables.
Discussion notes two ailments grease in horses and scratches on cattle, advising veterinary treatment for grease and cautions about quackery. It outlines mild care with soap and drying, and cautions against cold water, with zinc ointments preferred to white lead. Cor. Country Gentleman.
A Harpers Monthly summary notes Fleck experiments showing arsenic gas forms from Schweinfurth green with moisture and organic matter. Air in moist, coated papers released arsenic hydrogen over days, linking chronic poisoning to gas as well as dust. A Chicago editor recalls a funeral remark about a mild sister.
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