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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
8
A Washington Star tale presents a character debating land surveying costs as a mock echo of the phrase I am monarch of all I survey. The exchange questions paying for surveying versus land value and hints at broader themes of ownership and power.
An appeal urges readers to use Jetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive trouble. It claims the product heals heartburn wind and sallow skin by aiding the stomach liver and digestive glands.
A humorous recounting recalls a boy scratched by a monkey at an organ grinder. The boy confesses a lesson learned to avoid dangerous pranks.
Classified advertisement claims No-To-Bac cures tobacco habit and makes weak men strong with blood purity. Priced at 60 cents to a dollar, distributed by druggists.
Mrs Knowes laments a crushing misfortune as a fortune shifts the life around her. Mrs Young wife is referenced in a social scene. The dialogue hints at a medical cure claim with Piso's Cure touted as the sole remedy for consumption. Williamsport, Pa. is cited with a Nov 12 95 date.
A Toledo Blade fragment recalls a clergyman asking a wife why her husband is not with her, and she coyly replies he is dead, suggesting a troubled marital scene from a settler tale.
The article notes 200 million Indians with only 2 million able to speak English the language of rulers. It observes native courts run in Hindustani and English use through a hybrid jargon for intercultural contact.
A key essay argues that selective breeding and elimination of inferior Merino stock boost profits, with well developed sheep yielding mutton as cheaply as beef. It stresses crossbreeding advantages, the shift toward smaller progressive flocks, and Merino as a universal, resilient base for improvements across breeds.
Epitaphs from Worcester England to Cane Hill Belfast reveal terse inscriptions. A Worcester slab reads "Gone" while Sussex marks show "He was" after initials and death date. Charles the Great’s stone in Germany bears "Caralo Magno" and Cane Hill Belfast offers the curious "Left till called for."
An advertising snippet touts Cees Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy. It claims to break up a cold quicker than anything else and emphasizes reliability and call to try it.
In a classroom exchange the First Little Girl protests a black mark for dropping her slate while the Second Little Girl suggests rules prevent boys from dropping theirs. An ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup promotes teething relief and wind colic cure at 25 cents.
A quip about marrying off a daughter includes a bribe of 10000 for the younger and 15009 for the elder with a hump. The other man asks for a two humped wife. An ad promises Cascarets candy cathartic to cure constipation and a money back guarantee. A closing thought links good resolutions to deeds.
Vyse tells men to strike out for themselves as Field proclaims he is a baseball player and would not work for another man. The exchange frames a personal career aspiration in a clipped ad style.
A blunt ad claims Cascarette candy cathartic cures constipation with a money back guarantee from druggists. The copy contrasts a quiet conscience with an evil one hearing a shadow in the night.
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