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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1873
Page
4
A sprawling miscellany of humorous and critical snippets covers fashion morality crime and public affairs. It notes Quebec and Wisconsin events, census quirks in France, school attendance in Wisconsin, and social schemes in Washington territory, with satirical jabs at public figures and common beliefs.
A man posing as a high end shopper visited a major Chesnut street jewelry store and arranged to buy 32 000 worth of jewels. He left a bag with a box and key for the clerk to secure the goods, then claimed he forgot his money and booking at the hotel. He returned to the carriage and fled with the bag containing only worthless iron padlocks. No news of the thief.
A long, error-filled excerpt outlines human bone counts and weights, muscle totals, body water, respiration, and blood. It cites bone distribution skull to feet, numbers of muscles, lung air volumes, heartbeats, brain weight, blood quantity, and gastric juice secretion with a closing adage about studying mankind.
The vice president’s February 1 message warns Congress of potential clashes between federal and Territorial authorities in Utah. It urges that Territorial Legislature not override federal judges or seize control of courts. It demands independence of grand and petit juries and limits on Territorial court powers over U S Courts.
Observers recount Napoleon IVs levee with the Prince Imperial in an open and emotional welcome, while a Kansas political crisis and damning national corruption revelations spark urgent calls for integrity in public life. The piece blends royal spectacles with a warning about plutocracy and popular sovereignty.
The passage notes the young man's pleasant, frank eyes and asks whether his destiny on the throne will bring happiness or regret, pondering if he would have been better off not born to a crown.
The article discusses how extreme cold affects the human body and animal life, noting physiological changes during freezing and thawing. It cites cases from Minnesota snowstorms, offering practical lessons to mitigate cold danger and preserve life, including how gradual thawing can prevent shock and how snow provides protection for buried travelers. It ends with a call for travelers to heed these observations during ongoing winter weather.
The discussion condemns opium use as a dangerous stimulant that rapidly harms youth health and beauty. It warns that early use leads to pallid countenance, memory loss, and moral decline, describing the addict’s enslavement and the futile pursuit of relief through the drug.
A clipped, archaic meditation on dreams and visions of death, describing horrid dreams, fearful specters, and the collapse of bodily function as sleep ends in a nightmare annihilation. The fragment reads as a bleak, sensational meditation on fear and mortality.
A reader describes German hot beds using translucent cloth to protect seedlings and extend the growing season. Advantages include lower cost, reduced watering, and stronger, healthier plants. frames should have cross-bars for support and can be moved after frost danger passes.
The piece profiles varied abilities from Thoreau's plant and bird knowledge to trapper counting, a magician’s rapid perception, a nun on a train identifying people, backwoodsmen and log markers translating marks, and note of every plant and bird in Concord woods.
A SpringfieldRepublican reader quotes a New Haven party showing extreme childlike dress and behavior. It notes girls aged 7 to 11 in elaborate costumes with jewelry and late suppers while adults debate child rearing and propriety. A bachelor editor adds a dry metaphor about lovers and eyes.
The Girard House, run by Baldwin and Battles, is described as one of the largest in the continent with capacity for thousands. It offers a two dollar daily rate well below typical three to four dollar hotels, supported by immense guest demand and a prestigious reputation in St Louis.
Historical ad proclaims Maguire’s Cundurango Brreng as the true antidote for Small Pox and claims it prevents contagion. It asserts benefits for liver kidney and stomach, compares favorably to spa waters, and markets it as a purgative and alterative sold by J. & C. Maguire in St. Louis for 75 cents a bottle.
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