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Newspaper
Bode Republican
Location
Bode, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1890
Page
4
A collage of brief items covers wide topics. It notes vast lands in Texas, webbed figures like 400000 acres and 800000 sheep, granite varieties in Maine, and a banter on porters and cabbage. It also mentions Uncle Gideon in Maine, Vitruvian tiles, and tax details from ancient Rome, plus Dundee factory schemes to stagger start times and a tide of Southern clothing trade.
A fragmented account notes George Vanderbilt as a wealthiest outsider in New York social circles, with references to Frederick and William RK and the Vanderbilt clan echoing their father’s traits while George remains largely unknown in business and clubs. It also touches on wire rope transmission gains in western mills and a humorous historical exchange about hay, corn, and livestock fattening.
A Missouri newspaper proprietor Nathan Frank discusses a novelty accident insurance policy tied to his paper. He notes the policy paid only when death occurred, lamenting no subscriber died and claiming the policy’s value lay in advertising rather than payouts. A Chicago Tribune item and a separate Annapolis, Mississippi note follow.
A humorous Detroit Free Press scene reports Brother Gardner hosting a meeting at Paradise Hall where Hon. Sidehill Wellington delivers a satirical address on bedtimes and health remedies. The fallen banter, misread signals, and a chaotic exit mark a lively evening of comic rhetoric and club misadventure. The piece blends caricature with social flavor, noting the lecturer’s flair, self promotion, and the crowd’s mixed awe and amusement.
A historical essay praises the American elm as a symbol of New England home life, detailing its beloved status among settlers, ideal roadside beauty, and the environmental limits it faces. It notes elms thrive in rich soil with moisture but falter in drought and city street conditions, and that two centuries is often their lifespan.
A historical article condemns religious pilgrimages for spreading cholera, citing Algerian authorities banning Mecca trips due to the Mosul outbreak. It urges Britain, France, and other nations to eradicate cholera in India, the disease’s origin, to prevent further outbreaks in Europe and Asia. The piece argues pilgrims risk transmitting cholera on boats and from polluted river waters, calling for coordinated sanitary action.
Silas Barnes of Newburg uncovers a truism of natural history as a coon turns out to be a Ursa minor after a dawn encounter with his 80 pound bull terrier on Storm King Mountain. The dog’s fatal grip ends the chase and the hunter perishes. a grim oil-field mystery spans to Pittsburgh where John H. Smith, a famed drill er, dies by hanging at Bolay's Hotel amid prior violence and unsettling fates. The text also notes a Philadelphia Times squabble over a racy novel and its sequel, prompting an angry demand for censorship.
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