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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1873
Page
2
A man writes of enjoying headship while his wife is absent, detailing domestic chaos and quirks of solitude. He relishes freedom from rules, drafts, and chores, complains of neighborly intrusion, and jokes about a house once ruled by his spouse, noting the quiet and odd freedoms of bachelor life.
Instructions describe how to capture and ring hogs using wires, an awl, rope, and pincers. The method details pre tightening wires, securing hogs in a fenced area, catching by the ears, looping a rope, and inserting a wire through the nose with the aid of an awl, then securing and finishing the ring.
A London Star Herald writer notes the Shah of Persia visiting Queen Victoria as a simple friendly call, contrasting fanciful American notions with reality. He describes grand public display, railway trains, regiments, crowds, music, and police as overblown for a casual social call.
A humorous and curiously misspelled essay extols the lobster’s oddities from handshake heat to backward locomotion. It describes fishing methods using a coop and buoy, praises lobster meat for colic relief, and ends with odd culinary advice and quips about its health, flavor, and peculiarities. The narrator muses on the creature’s charm and practical uses in diet.
A rough home kitchen note describes muffins made with two quarts of flour six eggs a quart of fresh sweet milk boiled and added one tablespoon of lard or butter half a teaspoon of soda sifted in the curd rub lard into the flour mix into a batter with milk and gel then rise in a bucket or crock and bake in muffin rings ready by breakfast or supper with morning prep notes.
Randomized OCR fragment mentions Chinese reorganization of an array, 300,000 figures, Remington and Colt firearms, and a remark about President Thiers not being harmed. Vague, with damaged names and phrases, no clear event or date, unclear sources.
A Danbury News recounts a chaotic New York daily shoot where a photographer forces a sitter into awkward poses. The narrative escalates as chairs tilt, the subject is manhandled for a shot, and vanity battles discomfort amid chaotic studio routines.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter explains that catgut comes from sheep intestines from lean Italian flocks, noting no historical use of cat intestines for strings beyond traditional labeling. It describes preparation including burning sulfur, twisting, dyeing, stretching, and drying, with musical strings and whip cords as primary applications.
A historical review lists major balloon flights. Charles Green's London to Nassau journey spanned eighteen hours and over five hundred miles. Other feats include the 1870 Ville d Orleans siege ascent and Paul Roller journeys, Garnerin in 1807, and Professor John Wise's 1850 St Louis to Jefferson County flight of 1156 miles in 19 hours 20 minutes, noted as the longest at the time.
The Tribune notes a phrenological display featuring the head of Minnewaugee seen by editors and Wells. Horace Greeley reacts as the head, labeled the “head of Minnewango,” is removed from the show window after a playful joke among staff.
July excerpts praise California mining wealth and introduce Dr. Michelen’s vegetal balsam for liver and stomach ailments. It lauds alcohol free formula and promotes life insurance via the New York Life Insurance Company, urging readers to contact the Broadway home office or agents.
Testimonials from diverse users praise Perry Davie’s Pain Killer as highly effective for cholera cholera rirus and related bowel troubles. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets suggested at onset of colds fevers inflammatory and bilious attacks to stimulate secretions relieve obstructions and ease heart action. Twenty five cents a vial.
The masterly speech by S. M. Smith secretary of the Illinois State Farmers' Station delivered at Pontiac on July 4 is issued as an eight page pamphlet by J. W. Dean Chicago. Prices: single copy 2 cents. 10 copies 15 cents. 100 copies 75 cents. 1,000 copies 4,000 cents. Also notes on Parsons Purgative Pills now sold under a compounded name by physicians in Illinois.
A note explains that giving five cents worth of Sheridan’s iron powders to a horse twice a week will save grain and keep the horse healthier and worth more money, even if it did not improve appearance.
A letter from Aman McMinia of Kenton Ohio extols Kino of the Blood as a cure for a tumor affecting the writer's mother Sarah Du and promises restoration of health. The text shifts to advertisements for periodicals and books, noting Life on an Island and Elden Treasure serials, club offers, Chromos, and publisher details from Chicago and Milwaukee.
Suggestions for Rammer emphasize maintaining a vigorous stem and body during hot weather. The piece extols Mostetter's Biomach Bivters as a universal aid to stimulate appetite, aid digestion, regulate digestion, regulate liver and bowels, calm nerves, purify blood, and guard against malaria and fevers in susceptible individuals.
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