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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1874
Page
2
A collage of short items mentions Anna Dickson working on a biography, social quips about marriage and class, and various scattered curiosities. Among facts are Porto land Me plans for fair grounds, Iceland gift books, large fish stories, weather and harvest notes, and oddities about politicians, writers, and everyday life.
A string of curious notes from across the United States and beyond includes a St Louis woman robbed on a Vandalia train after her stocking pocketbook was cut from her hose, Cairo experience cited for coroner duties, a Minnesota mosquito description likened to Apollyon, a Nashville notice asking why doors stay shut, and musings on grasshoppers as useful material. Other items recount a controversial Camp Brown Wyoming wedding to a 12 year old squaw, a Terre Haute communicator confessing to swapping words in 700 paragraphs, and a Pittsburgh death by own action as a despondent foreigner.
This piece describes the stomach as a muscular organ binding the alimentary canal, its position below the liver when distended, and its function as the primary dissolver of food. It notes variability in digestion times, critiques rigid rules, and urges individuals to tailor diet to personal physiology for healthier digestion.
A column of practical household hints covers glue for papering, cabbage worm control with soap solution, potato cakes, eggs cooked a la Bonne Femme, red ant control, stuffed ham method, baked pudding tips, hardening steel with wax, Cream Reveuse recipe, and cucumber catsup preparation with vinegar.
The piece argues against common drugstore and kitchen fly traps and praises natural fly predators. It extols ichneumons, toads, birds, and spiders while noting human and animal annoyances. It proposes a window-box planter with moss, peat, and carnivorous plants like pitcher plants and sundews to control flies visually and effectively.
A Providence Journal item describes a plant that spreads bristled leaves with nectar on the edge to lure a fly. When a fly probes for nectar, spires imprison it, and the leaf curls to digest the insect. The note remarks the practice cruel yet safer than the alternative for the flies.
In Lower Wakefield Township Bucks County two Bennettt children aged three and five died after they secretly burned a hen sitting on a nest in the barn. The fire quickly spread trapping them and the barn was lost with all contents. Furney's Press reports the incident occurred after a dinner table remark suggesting burning the hen to force it from the nest.
A lengthy 1874 Republican piece profiles Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo praising his medical eminence and his widely used formulas. It notes a mammoth dispensary, large staff, and advisory physicians, with references to Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies. It also discusses bitters and tonic products and includes local commentary on health advertising and alcohol.
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