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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1894
Page
10
A terse Detroit exchange with a photographer reveals plans for six photos featuring a young man on a boat with a painted ocean backdrop. The woman seeks a convincing illusion to impress a sick friend, insisting the model sit with an arm around her and the mustache near her ear for realism.
A vivid account describes a huge wisteria vine in the George D. Coit garden beside Storm Second Congregational church strangling an elm. The three thick serpentine strands coil around the trunk, harming the tree with Yellowing foliage and dead tips. The scene evokes a venomous serpent enacting a strangling grip as the plant climbs higher. The prose notes the vine later blooms with purple clusters, likening blossoms to patches on the Python’s hide.
A Lewiston paper claims Dr. T. M. Bunting of Portland planned a daring Africa expedition to test digestion by operating on two enslaved Africans. He hired a native chief with followers, paid a retainer, and, after a nocturnal pistol exchange, left with money and perilous experience, returning alone.
A London Spectator note by R. E. Bartlett describes frogs in a garden tank voraciously eating wasps. Frogs seize wasps with long tongues, swallow them, and even tiny frogs take multiple prey. Wasps recur, and the frogs appear to enjoy the diet despite occasional struggles.
Mrs Molesworth writes in Woman's World about ensuring fun food and fresh air for all children. A London Sunday school teacher recalls a child offering a totally tied package as her only treasure, while a separate note describes a man lifting a stone in a public spectacle, drawing crowds.
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