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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1899
Page
16
A poem by Dia Wheeler Wilcox argues most troubles stem from a lack of willing heart. A sly elf labeled I didn’t think corrupts youth, but true remedy lies in following the Golden Rule to keep God’s laws and prevent remorse.
A fiancée Edna Lewis debates pleasures before marriage with Alvin Hall who forbids a circusy night. She marries Jack Woods, bears children, faces hardship after paralysis and widowhood, then a job as a dressmaker leads to a fateful reunion with a man linked to her past.
A Boston Post excerpt portrays Alvin and a woman praying for a fresh start after years apart. He seeks forgiveness for past arrogance while she acknowledges fault. They contemplate rebuilding their relationship with their children, but a family twist arises when Mrs. Gleason appears announcing the dressmaker belongs to him.
A series of pithy maxims and observations on everyday life from the Atchison Globe humor page. Reflections touch on marriage, money, manners, and social quirks, with pointed proverbs about women, men, and common prejudice. Many quips use domestic scenes and generic town-life humor to illustrate human foibles.
A new fare meter claims several improvements over the tax meter. It features two inside dials for miles and elapsed time from hire, both starting at zero, plus secret registers to verify daily distance. A steel wire connects the wheel to the mechanism, driving a racket wheel via hub motion.
The article notes that electrical treatment changes skin color and may affect epidermal pigment. It suggests electricity can depigment skin, leaving light scars, and contrasts this with traditional whitening methods. It mentions various groups to illustrate depigmentation by electric current.
The Spanish army is awarding honors lavishly despite military failures. The forthcoming campaign honor list is expected to include 500 to 600 officers. For Cuba service in 1896 and 1897, 58 generals and 1,382 other officers plus 6, can be noted as rewarded.
The Eiffel Tower is readied for the exposition with a five shade enamel coating. The scheme ranges from lemon chrome at the summit to deep orange at the pedestal. Two coats will be applied, using nearly fifty tons of enamel.
A compact Indiana newspaper card notes a quip about a daughter’s piano playing and a comment on moral elasticity. The fragment mentions the Indianapolis Journal and contrasts a daughter’s claimed skill with a listener’s impression. The line about the average man’s conscience being elastic appears as a social aside.
A long survey on how slang words enter English, with examples like cinch converse con-game bogus and lobster, tracing origins from Chicago to the West. It lists common colloquialisms and phrases rooted in trade law church math stock market and race course usage, ending with a sentimental New York Sun vignette.
A story describes Madame Patti the renowned singer wandering near her Wales castle when thirsty she asks for milk from a cottage. The peasant woman refuses payment and asks for a song. Patti obliges and entertains the modest audience with a generous act of song and kindness.
The Paris exposition plans extensive fire safety rules with 36 articles in six chapters. they regulate exits and doors with arrows for egress, fireproof construction, nonflammable coatings, and fireproof floors and railings. lighting will be electric, heating by gas or electricity only, and a robust fire service with adequate water pressure will be provided.
An autograph letter signed A. Lincoln presents wisdom on simple daily rules. It urges eating well, praying, kindness to creditors, good digestion, avoiding biliousness, exercise, and steady pace, suggesting these bring happiness and a lift for one’s special case.
A Spectator quoted story recalls during the Franco-Prussian war a prominent English correspondent sent to the front. Von Moltke warned the man that if the paper published the forecasted German achievement, the reporter would be shot. The news did not appear.
In National Geographic Magazine two writers Garret and Leiberg argue climate is drying on the Pacific slope. They cite past eastern Oregon arid plains once forested and note that clearing current forests threatens the redwood lumber supply due to unfavorable growth conditions.
An English exchange recalls a case tried in Westminster where a shorttempered judge quarreled with a counsel. The judge declared I can teach you law but cannot teach you manners, to which the reply was That is so, my lord.
In a nationalist call from the British Columbia Times the speaker extols independence and self reliance. He frames Atlas as the source of Earth’s sustenance and urges urban laborers to abandon confinement for open fields and productive toil on their own land. He envisions transforming deserts into green, livable spaces.
A New Jersey woman patents a rain friendly skirt protector combining a short petticoat with a detachable waterproof bottom. A Chicago man offers a bottle washing shaft with bristles. A Pennsylvanian designs ribbed tubing to prevent conduit obstructions. A hollow handle with a piston feeds water to a window brush. An envelope moistening and sealing machine uses a roller and hinged plate. An Australian bus attaches pumps to bicycles via a socket and spring system.
The text recalls Emile Zola as a youth facing poverty in Paris after his father's death. He describes hunger and deprivation, noting he sometimes went months with little meat and survived on apples. He recalls fire as a luxury and being glad merely to have a candle to study by at night.
A fragment quotes Howser saying wealth changed his mood and style, noting since becoming poor he has grown real fat, as reported in the Philadelphia North American.
A wry remark defines society as the realm where mothers and grandmothers organize games for children and award prizes, highlighting domestic influence and community warmth.
A Georgie gab style tale recalls a Vanderbilt heir who marries under pressure and confronts a grim life with a huge fortune. The narrative follows a stern father and a pregnant wife as the family battles pride, money, and future security amid a controversial union.
A New Yorker touring BB City, a West hamlet, mocks its “shoe emporium” and meets locals Sam Peters who runs the post office Long Mike who runs a grocery Handy Jim who owns a saloon. They joke there is room for a loonatic asylum, suggesting a stranger could start one.
Windsor, Osborne, and Balmoral hold vast ice stores with Windsor alone capable of about 500 tons. Ice supply comes from the lake under the north terrace, Frogmore, and the lake between Frogmore and Virginia Water. Ice cools royal kitchens and apartments in heat, packed in wooden buckets and placed in fireplaces. A good thing may be cheap, but a cheap thing is seldom good.
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