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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1873
Page
2
The Troy Herald recounts shared life stories of multiple marriages and elopements. It notes widows and widowers finding new partners, a former wealthier lifestyle rising from hardship, and local anecdotes of couples forming unions across age gaps. The piece blends moral observations with social gossip in a late 19th century tone.
A Pro tempore Dry Goods Clerk at a Nelson Street store assisted on a Saturday afternoon as a well known polite man and his father helped. A young lady waiting to trade with him faced inappropriate comments from a man, causing her distress and a tense confrontation that ended with her departing the store.
A fragmented note discusses how dry fodder quality affects animal intake and daily feeding rules. It notes variation in per diem amounts and how different feed types influence appetite and health, with references to unknown factors and potential management practices.
The author argues tobacco has dual effects from stimulant to narcotic, with moderate smoking aiding focus but excessive use dulling will and reducing effort. He notes individual variation, medical opinion split, and even finds tea and coffee more pernicious than tobacco based on his own experience.
A short, older style explanation outlines bee society with one queen, workers, and drones. It notes the queen reproduces, workers develop from larvae, and drones arise. and it mentions hive dynamics, honey and beeswax production, and a call to observe a hive to see both industry and monarchic structure.
A fragment describes a harsh seven day exercise regimen led by Belna with extreme hard labor and no coffee. Reports note participants losing twenty five feats in weight and two collapse hazards. One man developed lung inflammation, another fell from a horse and broke an arm.
The notice lists the State Fair beginning in Milwaukee with events starting September 8 at St Paul and the Brook Fair launching October 6. Authorities urge attendance and detail schedules and venues for both fairs.
A cholera epidemic devastates communities with rapid deaths and widespread fear. The narrative recalls abject poverty, crowded streets, and undertakers working around the clock as residents flee or stay to nurse the sick. The Banner notes moral resolve among volunteers and cites Nashville reporting on the contagion’s moral impact.
A Chambers's Journal essay surveys diverse views on bathing across nations and ages. It notes Christian prohibitions on washing infants before reason, a bride's final bath before marriage, and the instinctual dislike of cleansing found in mothers and nurses. The piece cites nursery lore and popular sayings about soap and water, suggesting a universal tension between cleanliness and natural repulsion.
A fragmented nostalgic meditation on Venice as it mourns the loss of liberty and the impact of global forces. The piece personifies the city and reflects on commerce, independence, and the costs of history, ending with a somber note on Venice’s fate and its relation to distant powers.
A garbled quotation from Milo Osstelar in Appleton's Journal laments a doomed city. The text blends undiscernible names with inexact phrases about seas, oaths, and orators, concluding with mournful, desolate street imagery.
Sir J. K. Tennent records in an account that local informants described numerous coconut products. They include uses for food and drink from the nut and sap, oil for curries and cooking, fabrics, preserves, matting, and cordage, with the trunk providing firewood, shipbuilding materials, fencing, and farming implements.
Unparalleled petition reports extraordinary efficacy in removing pains and curing Cholera Cholera Morbus and similar bowel troubles. Testimonials come from educated and even high rank physicians who endorse this preparation as one of the most effective remedies offered to the public.
A fragment argues against reliance on mineral alkaloids and endorses Doctor Walker of California and Vixegak Bitters as a safe mild remedy. It claims the medicine cures bilious complaints, fevers, dyspepsia, named ailments, and blood impurities, asserting unparalleled effectiveness without alcohol.
Public opinion supports insured protection for families, likening life insurance to fire coverage. The National Life Insurance Company of the United States is praised for low rates, financial strength, liberal policies, and prudent management, with Jay Cooke as Finance Committee Chairman endorsing its nationwide reach.
A persuasive notice urges wise money placement via endowment policies in a six year old life insurance company. It claims insureds receive surplus premiums returned each year and emphasizes low rates. Contact J W Inepert Jr in Cincinnati or the Philadelphia home office of the twenty company.
Tax Elmwood and Warwick are the only collars made with all the edges folded. This peculiarity makes them the most popular collar of the day. All first close furnishing stores keep them for sale. Oom.
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Book agents can overcome the obstacle of hard times on the new and liberal system adopted by E. Hannaford & Co. See advertising.
An advertisement claims Johnson's money mend is the best internal and external family medicine. It mentions E HammarerD & Co acting as subscription publishers promoting a plan to enable agents to coin money. The text appears as a fragmented promotional snippet with mentions of physicians surgeons eminent men and women and soldiers. The overall tone is speculative marketing.
An extended ad touts Sheridan’s Cavalry lore alongside a cure catalog. It promotes Brown’s Worm Vermifuge and Brown’s Panacea as safe, universal remedies for infants to adults, listing symptoms, dosages, and sales through Curtis & Brown at Fulton Street New York.
A mid summer urging for a tonic to revive appetite and digestion. It extols Hostetter's Bitters as a pure vegetable tonic with alterative properties to treat dyspepsia biliousness constipation nervousness and related damages. Labels the old methods as ineffective and promotes the medicine as essential for renovation and defense against poison in air and water.
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