Livestock prices at South Omaha show steady to higher on cattle
Cattle receipts about 5 000 head Monday. yearlings and beef cattle firm to strong. Hogs drop with about 15 000 head. best butcher weights to 20.80, bulk at 20.20 to 20.00. Sheep and lambs steady with strong demand. spring lambs 15.75 to 16.50, ewes 6.50 to 7.00. Also note tariff hearings planned in July and transfer of 267 enemy aliens from Douglas to embark for Germany.
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Thion
South Omaha
Neb
Dense Philippine Forests Entrance Cut in Lowland Jungle
Dense Philippine forests form a stifling canopy so thick light barely enters. The overgrowth is so dense a person feels inside a vast cathedral with only muted light and no visible sun or compass directions. Time of day is indiscernible.
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Philippine
His Poor Start at Harvard Law in Poon Strip
A humorous caption shows William admitting a cold hindered his Harvard Law start as his fond aunt asks about his initial performance. The dialogue highlights a playful mispronunciation and college humor.
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William
Harvard
Harvard Law
Poon
Alas He Doesn’t Draw Golden Rules from Others
A brief editorial note in the Boston Transcript laments that many people expect others to observe high standards while they themselves do not. The piece argues for applying universal rules to all, including the author’s readership.
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Boston Transcript
Sage and Sulphur for Darkened Gray Hair
A vintage remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to restore natural hair color and luster. The ad touts simple application with a sponge or brush, claims natural, even darkening after a couple uses, and notes no disease cure intent.
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Wyeth
Female Executioner Instructed In Hanging Arts
A London Sunday Times report from February 15, 1829, notes Burke’s executioner married and trained in hanging by his wife who wore male dress while he carried out executions in one area and she enforced the law elsewhere. Burke, an Irishman, allegedly suffocated victims and sold bodies to anatomists, and was hanged in Edinburgh in January.
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London Sunday ‘Times
Burke
Edinburgh
Origins of Fashion Words in Dress History
The history of dress is tied to the origins of its vocabulary. Modern fashion terms largely derive from France, but five centuries ago Italian influence prevails. Velvet traces to velluto from Italian, while cameosole returns from the Italian diminutive of chemise.
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France
Italy
Our Country's Birth and Independence Treaties
The text notes the United States declared independence on July 4 1776 and has maintained it. It cites Britain's acknowledgment through a preliminary peace treaty dated November 30 1782 and a final treaty dated September 8 1783, ratified by Congress January 14 1785.
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United States
Great Britain
Continental Congress
Butter on daily bread quoted by child in prayer
A child named Litte Vivian interrupts the Lord's Prayer to ask her mother to mention Dod should have butter on the bread. The anecdote captures a simple domestic moment and a child's practical wish during a familiar ritual.
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Litte
Vivian
Robinson Crusoe rooted in Selkirk's island trials and voyages
Defoe’s fame grew from Robinson Crusoe inspired by Adam Selkirk’s four year stay on Juan Fernandez. Selkirk’s experiences influenced Defoe and articles note Selkirk’s later Cruising Voyage Around the World (1712) and Captain Cooke’s Voyage to the South Sea as sources.
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Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
Selkirk
Juan Fernandez Stand
Cinque Ports
Captain Cooke
South Sea
British Patent Lets Ships Steer By Water Jets
A British patent grants an apparatus that steers vessels by pumping jets of water from the stern sides, removing the need for traditional rudders. The device promises directional control through jet thrust rather than conventional steering gear.
Beemed i n Die trees and Kermit's hot pies
A quirky scene where Kermit's mother bakes pies and asks him to check the oven. He opens the door to find the pies bubbling over and the crust rising while remarking the pies are hot and breathing hard.
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Kermit
Telegraphing Pictures: French Inventor’s Relief Based System
A French inventor develops telegraphing of pictures using a hollow relief surface and a stylus to modulate electrical current intensity, transmitting images over telegraph lines.
Must Have Olive Oil In One Or Two Technical Uses
The text notes olive oil remains essential for certain technical applications such as wool-pinning where substitutes are not fully adequate. It emphasizes olive oil's irreplaceable role despite general substitutes from other vegetable oils.
Beginning of the Bastille and its history
The text notes April 21 as the Bastille’s anniversary with its 1870 beginning under Charles V as English protection. It mentions the prison’s rise in French history and its destruction in 1789 and that Thomas Paine sent the key to George Washington.
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Bastille
Charlies V
Thomas Paine
George Washington
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