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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1896
Page
10
A rural family and their hired man pass time before a train by mimicking a thimble game using walnut shells and a paper wad. The stint ends with losses, a lesson on avoiding games of chance, and a delayed departure as the train leaves.
Captain General Weyler orders farmers in Pinar del Rio Havana and Matanzas to move the new corn crop to garrisoned towns. Rail officials must supply cars and mules for transport. Corn to be sold to Spanish column commanders for military use. After December 20 stored corn without military consent will be contraband. violators face criminal prosecution. Dispatch reports insurgents defeated at Mora farm near Cano with 10 killed. wounded taken away.
The Cloud City Miners union sends an address to Governor McIntyre and Colorado residents arguing that state troops in Leadville aid one side against organized labor. They deny involvement in Coronado outrages, offer to guard property if troops withdraw, and condemn costly militia support. They demand the right for their union and for themselves to live.
Menus from the St Louis Republic describe turning leftover pastry into small cakes and wafers. The piece outlines wells of Cupid jelly rings marigolds made from puff pastry and ringed with almonds, plus Henry shoestrings and pastry wreaths with bright jelly centers for children.
The column surveys theories on why the sun burns without dwindling, noting gas ball explanations, fuel from wrecked worlds, and a calculation that even a mass equal to Earth would exhaust heat in under a century. It cites a top astronomer’s view on indestructible substance and fuel limits. Also described is the Holland tea table with mahogany, brass mounts, and a Delft service, noting its beauty and the rarity of genuine old Delft.
Fashion notes discuss belts and sashes in current dress. Close fitting satin and silk belts with piping highlight outfits of silk mohair and lawn. Draped belts, crossed fronts, and matched collars and bows are praised for shaping slender figures.
In Boston at Mechanics Hall the Home Market club, a large Republican organization, cheered Grover Cleveland for the first time in Massachusetts politics. About 1,000 members attended, with over 1,000 more in the galleries as generals touring for the Republican ticket spoke alongside Senator Hoar and Lieutenant Governor Wolcott.
The Oak Hill Record notes a corner house at Washington and Delafield streets in Poughkeepsie as likely the oldest on the Hudson. Traditionally built in 1718, the plaster is six inches thick and the laths two inches thick. Despite age the home is described as warm in winter.
The Long Man of Wilmington stands about 240 feet high on a steep Sussex hillside between Berwick and Polegate. Once an object of veneration it now attracts curious visitors who approach on foot to view the figure, which is outlined in white bricks and visible from afar in good weather. Historians note its antiquity and suggest sacrificial origins tied to ancient Briton and Gaul figures, with local folklore linking it to weather lore.
A Washington Star correspondent describes entering a Chinese arsenal near Fuchan with a French-built plant from about 15 years ago. A crowd of 50 Chinamen watches a twist drill cut metal as an amateur actress jokes about conceit while a photographer asks to take her picture.
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