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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1873
Page
4
A collage of terse witticisms and anecdotes spans politics, society, travel, science, and daily life. Subjects include river navigation jokes, theatergoer quirks, legal and postal notes, and explanations of engraving methods, with numerous named places, people, and institutions peppered throughout.
Dr Dunuiy cites Massachusetts habits delaying digestion, arguing meals should take 12 to 15 minutes. He warns haste swallows air, disrupts saliva mixing, distends the stomach, and disturbs esophageal propulsion, urging slower, deliberate eating to avoid health issues.
The article explains line engraving as the highest form and notes masters combine line and stipple. It describes stipple using small dots to lighten high facial and drapery areas. Claude Mellan reportedly carved a full Christ head in one unbroken line beginning at the hose, looping outward like a watch spring to the border.
The article advises learning to swim underwater with open eyes, emphasizes breath control, and outlines a stepwise method to extend breath holds. It recommends gradually practicing with garments on to build safety and the broader value of swimming skill for rescuing others, highlighting eye and lung management.
A 19th century account notes Mexico and United States cross-border actions. It recounts Colonel Shafter at Fort Davis pursuing Mexican crossing parties after stolen stock, with General Augur directing capture of such parties. It mentions Secretary Fish and Minister Nelson informing Mexico of disavowal expectations, and references President Juarez’s death and later Jackson’s Florida crossing with Seminoles.
A Davenport Gazette tale recounts a widow near Princeton in 1862 who spurned one suitor for another. After repeated apparitions urging postponement, the Californian fiancé deserts his past life only to be jailed for robbery, leaving the widow and family convinced a supernatural intervention saved them.
The piece notes enduring climate patterns and extreme temps in Europe Africa and the Americas. It cites records like 1064 degrees in the shade and 96 to 106 degrees in former and later countries, with wild desert torrents forcing travelers to seek high ground as camel and rider flee a sudden flood. An Arab’s remark highlights a panic over a torrent washing away his fortune and family, illustrating the peril of arid landscapes and rapid weather events.
A Rochester paper notes Dover Vermont once had doctors and preachers, with old practice of pills and deaths. It recalls earlier years of “stated preaching” and fears of townspeople dying for social aims, while a local lawyer resisted sensational claims as slander.
A partial fragment references a fighting peoy or related topic with unclear details. The incomplete line mentions a Chinese element and a sneeze remark, but no coherent event, names, places, or dates are readable.
A historical fragment recounts 18th century land deals from 1686 and 1787, a swift walker reaching Blue Mountains, and Indians angered by territorial loss. It shifts to assorted household tips, depilatories, waterproofing recipes, and a tale of smugglers disguising tobacco within a funeral cortege.
The article discusses tea and coffee as non nutritive but nourishing aids, advising against boiling and recommending proper brewing. It contrasts tea preparation in a well warmed pot with fresh infusion, warns against stewing, and outlines coffee methods using egg white or the French pour through grounds. It also notes beef tea as superior to tea or coffee for nourishment.
On the Belgian frontier French smugglers profit amid a beacon of suspicion. A wagon of straw hid tobacco, and customs officers, after probing bundles, paused for a funeral procession with incense and psalms before resuming the search.
The article discusses spring planting of beets carrots and parsnips with careful field preparation level land marks sowing rates and weeders. It cites costs per ton for carrots parsnips and beets and notes prairie soils are suitable. It also covers Allen’s Lung Balsam as a curative for consumption and endorses Dr Walker's California Vinegar Bitters as a popular non alcoholic tonic with broad praise including a London organist testimonial.
An 19th century description explains bronchultes as irritation or inflammation of bronchial tubes from a cold catarrh or loud voice use. It notes hoarseness coughing and mucus with possible blood and warns of spread to lungs. The piece attributes success to Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery sold by druggists.
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