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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1873
Page
6
A rural vignette depicts a neighbor with a forty acre farm living simply and righteously. The narrator contrasts wealth and abundance with contentment, urging that happiness comes from prudent living and faith, not material riches. The piece highlights Sabbath observance, family harmony, and modest piety as the path to true wealth.
During the Indian Mutiny a small party led by Captain St Clare and Major Darville fights through danger to reach safety. They rescue a child found near a well and later reunite with a fatherly officer, revealing deep affection and wartime loyalties amid loss.
A German naturalist notes ant slaveholding behavior in a tribe called Amazons. The article compares ant warfare to human battles, cites defense by the enslaved, and references historic conflicts like Waterloo while detailing how captives are trained and later neglected.
Security. Business men recognize the necessity of Fire Insurance and many neglect life coverage. The text stresses that a family’s labor value should be insured and promotes the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia with applications through the home office at 21 Chestnut Street or I. W. Iredell at 73 West Old Street Cincinnati Ohio.
A claim that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures catarrh when used with Sage's Catarrh Nememy. The proprietor has long offered a 500 reward for a catarrh case he cannot cure, asserting the treatment reaches the head cavities with an instrument.
Fragmentary text shows stray symbols and garbled names with a Pittsburgh reference. readable facts are minimal, no clear event, date, or responsible organization.
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