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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
2
A Chicago Times-Herald poem notes a shift from the merry milkmaid of old to the milkmaid of today wearing greasy overalls. The piece satirizes changing roles and rural labor with playful rhymes about cows and work.
A tale unfolds of a lawyer narrator in London who drafts a marriage settlement for Marcia and Dupray. Leroy, a rich father, learns his daughter will choose her own partner after a dramatic reveal: a stolen pipe exposes a French impostor, exposing Providence at work and ending the arranged match.
A New York Sun piece notes wooden Indians carved by a lone artisan are fading as molded signs replace them in tobacconists windows. Circuses also shift to cheaper molded wagons, leaving the carver with dwindling work and no new recruits entering the trade.
Ainslee's writer argues climate shapes Colorado character. He describes Denver's lofty air and high country mining towns Cripple Creek Leadville and other sites. The piece praises pioneers resilience and the indomitable civic spirit born from elevation and frontier life.
A humorous note on Dewey mania shows hats shoes collars and even restaurant desserts named after Admiral Dewey. A diner jokes about Dewey cakes prompting a waiter to defend their ginger flavor and distinguish from the General cakes recently introduced.
The Czar revoked the long standing prohibition dating from 1850s that forbade Poles from owning real estate except by inheritance. Restrictions remain in Poland and western Russia limiting holdings to sixty five hectares for non cautious buyers.
The article notes that in Spain there are 3,250 children in Sunday schools. It highlights the size of these religious education programs and reflects on regional participation.
The passage notes a new role described as an “opener and closer” who assists families when leaving home and returns, doing housework and rights fixing both before departure and prior to return. It also catalogues diverse historic and geographic items and curiosities from the era.
The essay envisions dramatic planetary reshaping by civil engineers turning dry regions like the Sahara into seas. It argues modern progress reforms the globe as fashion reforms society, and suggests a 60 mile canal could reconnect land to Atlantic waters, with water only covering parts of the desert.
The article explains smallpox history and vaccination impact, then offers strict precautions for home care. It details isolation measures, room removal of furnishings, wet sheet over the door, disinfecting procedures, nursing hygiene, and clothing handling. It emphasizes revaccination every ten to fifteen years and warns that varioloid remains contagious.
A roundup of varied patent ideas including an optical frame with a vertical guideway for pupil alignment and a nasal rest. It mentions a cotton filling for puncture repairs, a Swedish cane gun with a hollow grip, a bicycle crank extension device, and an English portable water filter with a siphon. Also notes a new travel toothbrush, and a quip about a former New York governor and prison visits.
A Western city mayor uses a fast health and cleanliness approach to complaints. A marketman charged with depositing filth faced a testy witness who admitted throwing one rotten egg. The mayor found intent to violate the ordinance and fined ten dollars plus costs.
A brief note from the Philadelphia North Americas describes Johnuale, urged by his mother to keep quiet while playing. The boy explains he is playing in the boiler shop, highlighting a small domestic scene.
In Paris a young American questions a shop price for a silver brooch. The clerk quotes twenty francs, the tourist balks, offers five, and the seller declines noting he cannot judge who the sister would be. The exchange ends with a light cultural quip about gifting and propriety.
Women in France may enroll as Freemasons and join a mixed lodge opened to both sexes led by grand mistress Mme Givorge Martin. The lodge, six years old, has about 200 members, two thirds women, and allows wear of the same insignia to discourage marital drift.
A young physician defends excluding women from the profession and Dr Emily Blackwell fires back asking for one reason against women practicing medicine. He cites lack of muscle and strength and she counters with a sharp remark about the sick room not being a slaughterhouse.
Alvaka Lake that does not freeze lies near Dawson City Alaska. The sixty mile broad lake reportedly remains unfrozen in winter and shows tidal changes despite having no connection to the sea.
An active man is said to have walked about 207200 miles in 84 years, far exceeding ten times Earth's circumference, simply by moving around his house and office.
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