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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
6
Osborne, Michigan railroad commissioner, recalls fishing near Lake Superior where his party landed a 22 pound muskellunge and caught several more. He says the yacht group boasted several large catches only to see others return with even bigger fish.
A Seventh Avenue butcher opened his shop and hired Tallon Street musicians to play each morning in front of the door. The cheerful tunes drew children to dance and passersby to linger, breaking the street’s monotony and boosting trade, according to the New York Times.
The value of a mummy declined as medicinal use faded since the eighteenth century. Mummies once formed a regular part of materia medica with recipes to convert human flesh into mummy. Text cites ancient writers, old plays like Hird in a Cage, and methods to beat and dry flesh to resemble mummy.
A Philadelphia restaurant owner is distributing gaudy pink cards with a sentence claiming the safe is the bete noir place to stop for refreshments and that its service and viands command respect. The phrase is likely used by a prankster to mislead the proprietor into thinking bete noir is an ultra recherché term.
The passage notes the king and queen's London shopping trip with several dogs and four bird cages aboard the train. A corpulent poodle travels aboard an omnibus rather than in a royal landau, and a hamper possibly holds a small London Chronicle.
Viticulturists in France report feeding draught horses with bran mixed with wine. The tested mixture replaces oats pound for pound and can substitute half or more of grain without harming the animals. Barley beans bran and meal mixed with wine may replace oats entirely if desired, potentially saving material in good vintages.
An old shop displays unsigned notices urging readers to visit for various goods. Fragments mention cashmere, belts, and stock clearance at 26 cents a pair. Propriety issues lead to a temporary closure until morning.
A preserved 1868 Montana stagecoach, once part of the Yellowstone mail service, is on display at the Portal Museum in Wenya, Washington. It carried mail from Helena to Fort Eliza, traveled 108 miles in eight hours with six horses, and was owned by notable travelers including Garfield Arthur and Sherman.
A vintage note describes bird migration patterns with smaller species such as fly catchers wrens and bluebirds migrating at night to avoid enemies while larger swift species travel by day. The text explains microwiing birds flying short hops to memorize landscapes and guide their long journeys with the guidance of older individuals.
A Buffalo woman recalls asking store clerks for a salivet and later a cusp dor before correcting to the latest terms salivet and spittalene as fashion changes. The tale, recounted in the Buffalo Commercial, contrasts old and new shop talk.
A brief sketch of Mont Cory a small hamlet ten miles southwest of Findlay Ohio. The town is described as peaceful with seventy five houses seven of which host preachers. Residents gather at a corner grocery in winter and whittle in summer. The village has a mayor who serves as notary and matchmaker with no jail. a former calaboose now serves as a village pound.
A brief item notes that furniture repair work was neatly completed with contact reference 139 or Gro Dasine.
Cattle or horses needed for wintering at a ranch twenty miles northeast of Alliance. Plenty of hay, range, and water available. Respond to Rushville or to A. J. Gilbert, Moomaw, Nebraska, care of Watter R. Kent.
This excerpt advises on poultry care and breeding practices. It warns against morning water before feeding and emphasizes wholesome food and proper drink. It explains fattening via close quarters and milk-based feed, notes leg length effects on fattening, and covers roost alignment and age guidance for pullet breeding to ensure offspring strength.
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