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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
A nostalgic survey of wedding superstitions and June parties notes rituals around unlucky or lucky wedding days, color choices, and omen beliefs. It then describes a wedding themed children’s pageant with costumed guests, bubble contests, and a multi‑course tea, ending with a birthday lawn celebration for a June-born child.
A Boston Globe note observes a young woman with bright red hair and blue eyes in a stark all black gown. Her striking appearance is enhanced by long black jet earrings that reflect red gold lights in her hair.
Directions for a knitted jacket with bust 3840 detail cast on 54 stitches. Includes multiple rows and ribbing patterns, holes for ribbon, widening and narrowing stitches, shoulder shaping, border work, crochet edge, and size adjustments up to 44 stitches for smaller busts and larger size guidance.
A report details the vast energy potential of Victoria Falls in the Zambesi river, with 35 million horsepower available and Niagara as a dwarf. Engineers propose transmitting power 600 miles to Rhodesia, Tanganyika, and Rhodesia’s cotton mills, funding a five million initial plant to support 20,000 horsepower, using steel towers and concrete embeds to transport electricity for telegraphs, phones, and railways, unlocking riches in South Central Africa including possible gold deposits worth billions.
In a humorous retelling, Mr. Lewis R. Freeman describes a near fatal night in Verde Creek canyon where a jaguar stalked him as a storm raged. He hid in a blanket bundle, feared a feet up attack, and was saved when a companion’s approach scared the cat away. Also noted is global gold production reaching $409 million the prior year.
General Kuropatkin, former Russia war minister, criticizes policy leading to surrender in the Russo Japanese War. He argues Russia could have won, cites weak navy and railways, and hints at renewed hostilities while condemning morale gaps between Russian and Japanese forces.
A Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly Magazine profile names Old Yuma a 120 year old chieftain of the Wyoming tribe now living near Anahuac reservation in San Diego County California. Once a famed raider known as Yellow Sky he despises white settlers and dreams of leading peaceful tribes in revolt. He has been expelled from over 40 reservations and dwells in an adobe on the Quyamaca mountain reserve where aging tempers his fierce will.
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