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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
1
A reflective tribute to a child lost nearly two years ago, recalling a small barrel’s memory and a family’s sorrow. The piece blends personal loss with excerpts from 1876 letters describing frontier dangers, travel hardships, and political debates, including warnings about Indian attacks and a critique of presidential salary politics.
An inhabitant of Fontenay-sous Bois dies in his bed after a heavy alcohol binge. Doctors say spontaneous combustion may have occurred shortly after he lay down to die, tracing the death to a long habit of drinking and prior delirium tremens. A second brief item recounts a Wisconsin man vomiting a dead lizard, linked to past whiskey use, with the victim’s health improving after abandoning the drink.
A jumbled OCR fragment describes a remedy for diphtheria involving red pepper, strained nanae, and frequent dosing, with instructions to tie something and use castor oil. The text is incomplete and unclear, but centers on a folk remedy rather than medical guidance.
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