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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1873
Page
4
A collage of oddities and notes from various locales including Frvi kittens in New London, a southern terminus naming fact from Lexus Arkansas and Louisiana, a bank account for a Detnorr bootblack, a rescue during a swimming match, a red headed woodpecker sighting, and other eclectic vignettes from the era.
A fragment discusses how ants and solitary wasps appear to know about weather and feeding without direct communication. It notes that ants and birds hatchings seem to possess intuition and describes a wasp digging multiple sand holes and provisioning eggs with prey, implying innate behavior rather than learned instruction.
A collection of domestic recipes and health hints. Includes fruit boils with sugar, lemon cake, bread desserts, egg freshness tests, lice control, tomato sauce methods, and cream oil for dysentery. Also cites Dr. Grovard B. Woon on potash ashes for trees and a dyspepsia remedy involving breathing exercises and self-pounding.
The schooner Rebecca Florence arrived nine days from Nassau New Providence with 420000 guis in bulk and 1217 cases totaling 23000 cans. The Nassau pineapple canning venture, led by Consuit Co and Hyans Reeves Co, ships fruit to the United States via Baltimore with a million pineapples purchased and over a million cans packed this season.
The article urges young men to plan for marriage by securing life insurance. It praises the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia as a safe option and explains how to obtain policies through the home office or Western Agencies in Cincinnati. It also notes a Boston firm producing fine fancy cassimeres sold under a French label and a New Jersey youth building a library of six hundred dime novels.
The rapid rise in demand across the country drives expansion in the dry goods trade. Major merchants like Dodd, Brown & Co. relocate to larger, better lit buildings on West Street, boosting stock variety, efficiency, and sales. Chicago and Iowa ramp up orders. Arkansas and Texas trade flows increase via new rail links. The Dodd, Brown & Co. stock includes a vast range of flannels, blankets, dress goods, and domestic fabrics, with a six-story building and about one hundred employees.
Advertisement notes the popular song and chorus titled Maudre More by Aileen Percy published by I A Samuels in Boston with a 30 cent price. It warns that contagious diseases in horses like horse air and glanders may be prevented by Sheridan's Cavalry Conditioning Powder and advises travelers with horses to use it.
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