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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1873
Page
6
Fragmentary miscellany notes from The Sunken City column discuss dramatic imagery and literary fragments. The readable lines mention a throne, a destroyer, and themes of regret and youth within a wider city reality, attributed to an identifiable author and street address.
An orphan heiress Nina Lascelles travels to a Northern hillside village seeking a quiet life and encounters rural charm, a budding romance with Dr. Hilton, and a country moralizing circle. As Nina contends with gossip and a conscious plan, a reunion with old friends leads to a surprising engagement and a bright, unsettled future.
A reflective piece on childhood sorrows and their lasting imprint. The author muses how early pains from losing a parent, being excluded, or denied a tailed coat shape later empathy for children. Strong memories temper adult judgment of present distress.
The article describes Canada thistle as an oblong leaved pest with spiny margins and rose purple flowers that spreads by creeping roots and wind blown seeds. It notes difficulty in eradication after establishment, the ineffectiveness of cutting in blossom, and the need for root-shoot control methods such as mulching and herbicides, with regional variation in success and spreading to infested fields already.
Rev Dr Wild of Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, previously in Canada, writes to the Canadian Advocate opposing the proposed union of the Methodist denominations. He says if the Methodist Episcopal Church remains faithful and returns to her fold, he cannot be a member of the United Church.
Practical household notes on water purification and bathing methods including distillation substitutes using tea kettles and pipes, steam coolers, and vapor baths for colds and rheumatism. Also covers bran and oatmeal baths, skin care pastes, and weekly hot soap suds baths with cautions on duration and method.
Instructional fragment describes skinning a sheep quickly then disemboweling it to avoid taste. It emphasizes rapid, painless methods and includes crude surgical directions. The text also mentions a physician’s anecdote about identity loss, a note on pew rentals in a county, and praise for a volunteer system.
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