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Newspaper
Weekly Bulletin
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1874
Page
2
A satirical reminiscence from Our Fire side Friend by M. Quad about living with a kind but manipulative landlady Mrs. Dolby. The narrator endures pranks and pressure to stay, sleeping on the floor and sacrificing comfort to spare her feelings while recounting strange boarding-house morals.
The Chinese shops in coastal cities open daily with wares displayed on three sides of the rooms. Owners sit regally in their shops, selling silks, teas, jewelry, lacquer wares, books, instruments, and more, with old traditions persisting including gods for wealth and everyday deities. The piece highlights vibrant fruit and flower stalls, porcelain ware, and the venerable Sao Qua shop on Old Obine street, famed for its eternal fire and family lineage.
Eureka Nev Sentinel reports a devastating flash flood after a noon rainstorm. Two horsemen warned residents as rippling torrents swept from Rail Road to Goodwin Canons, lifting homes and wrecking the Eureka Stall while twelve bodies were recovered. Mrs Bray drowned with her husband, who was rescued but gravely injured.
Farm and household column surveys crop yields and husbandry ideas. It cites California orange production, New England hay, Florida fruit cultivation, and pest management for oaks, grapes, and crops. It notes a Bay City cattle exhibit, and includes recipes and care for hens, hides, bones, and soils. It recounts a Connecticut church dispute and Providence census data, plus a promotional blurb for a medicinal tonic, with broad editorial tone.
An 1890s prose snippet from Lippincott's Magazine notes the puzzling pursuit of aging years and infirmities, described as an enigma, as a fresh young narrator fails to grasp them.
A Rhode Island Baptist minister recounts a funeral where mourners in a front room and adjoining lodging room wore hats and amid quiet laughter an unusual incident occurred. In the lodging room a hoop-skirt hung from the ceiling dropped over a man who sat beneath, concealed as if in a cage, until the garment was removed. He remained demure as others watched, sparking questions about propriety and restraint.
Prince and Co advertise five octave organs with two reed sets and walnut cases priced at 125 dollars. Also an expansive public health notice touts Dr. R V Pierce’s Royal Companion Extract of Smart Weed as a safe, effective diarrhea remedy, claims world wide reputation and retail by druggists.
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