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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1873
Page
4
A collage of wry maxims and quotes on human foibles, faith, and society. It cites figures from Carlyle to Dickens, notes a Brooklyn fire tragedy from 187?, and jests about engineers, canoes, and church life while musing on ignorance, virtue, and manners.
A guide stressing steady habits to keep timepieces accurate. It explains daily winding at a set moment, careful handling of the winding key, avoiding loose pockets, and the impact of temperature and movement on accuracy. It notes when adjustments are harmless and when never to adjust the regulator.
The article profiles Mr Anpen B Stockwell president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company as a leading Wall Street operator whose rise from humble origins to vast wealth rivals Gould and Smith. It recounts his ascent through Pacific Mail stock and his control via the Panama Railway, plus a dramatic short sale and bailout episode with Henry N Smith. The piece notes his Madison Avenue home and a personal scandal with a New York belle after the death of his wife.
The Bank of England and the Stock Exchange were hit by a bold bull fraud. Reported February 21 1814 a Dover inn lieutenant colonel forged news of Napoleon’s death triggering a market surge. Banks and precious securities then crashed as £2 million were exposed as fraudulent. Names linked include Lord Cochrane among others.
The article notes the Queen writes simple dignified English while ministers craft the speeches. It highlights the paradox of high government rhetoric versus clear royal wording and hints at subtleties in parliamentary arbitration and ongoing inquiries.
A hardware dealer recounts a man who confessed thefts from multiple stores, returned five to ten dollars, and pledged honesty thereafter. The confessor also paid for chisels and a book, with others noting sincere repentance and no lasting stigma on his name. Separate items recount a Revolutionary War era incident involving a woman who disguised as a man, died in an asylum in New York.
The York World recounts Mrs. Slater of East Fifteenth Street trapping a man named McLaughlin posing as a friend to extract a $25 payoff to end a supposed scandal. Lahey, a hidden detective, springs the arrest as McLaughlin confesses the ruse and admits prior blackmail schemes involving priests and others.
A historical advisory discusses how wines and spirits raise brain blood flow and facial flushing. It explains initial faster circulation then cautions that prolonged excess forces arteries to enlarge, compressing veins and hindering blood exit, potentially triggering a fatal apoplexy within hours or minutes.
Virginie Chesquieres dies at Petits Menages Asylum Issy France just before her hundredth birthday. An Empire era tale recalls a young sergeant and two soldiers risking life to retrieve their colonel’s body in the Peninsula campaign with the sergeant feigning injury to draw enemy fire.
A colonial anecdote describes Richard Bellingham, governor of Massachusetts Bay in 1641, allegedly marrying Penelope Pelham by performing the ceremony with himself as groom and officiant. The union lasted over thirty years, and Pelham outlived him by decades, dying aged eighty three.
In a letter to the editor a writer advocates mercy killings for incurable patients with doctor and cleric approval, proposing court authorization and painless ending. The piece questions humanity toward the sick while a rebuking anecdote ends the column with a joke about a fashionably vain daughter.
A compilation of DIY tips and recipes for health and domestic tasks. It covers garden and kitchen advice, fabric care, simple medical suggestions, and small craft formulas, including salves, cures for burns, and methods for measuring land, with cautions on kitchen utensils and safety.
A mix of old patent medicine pitches and anecdotal notes. Maguire's Cundurango Bitters claimed to purify blood and restore color, with testimonials from St. Louis. A tale explains glass origins from plant ash and sand. Parker's Compound Extract Brown posses plant virtues with juniper berries and acetate of potassa. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is presented as a cure for coughs, colds, bronchitis, and consumption, sold by druggists.
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