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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1889
Page
5
English government warns it may nationalize the telephone system after indicating the field has been left to a single company. France has already taken similar action, signaling a broad move toward state control.
A Philadelphia wholesale druggist pays 2 dollars per gallon for dandelion wine made from wild plants. It is noted that the average fingernail grows about one thirty-second of an inch weekly, just over one and a half inches per year.
Denmark has built a vast egg export trade mainly with England. Twenty years ago annual exports stood at 200 000 eggs, now the figure is about 111 000 000 eggs, reflecting a dramatic rise in production and trade.
The report notes that a professional rat catcher earns about 1500 dollars annually, with only ten in the United States. In contrast lawyers average 700 dollars yearly, and the field is described as overcrowded.
A floating note asserts Apache County Arizona is larger than Massachusetts yet has no doctors. It also notes courts allegedly proceed in murder cases without expert testimony, a point left unexplained by the source.
Rev. Mr. Baxter of England revises the doomsday date to April 11, 1891 with no weather postponement. Reports claim a portrait message sent via telephone wire appears as a shadow on ground glass abroad. Edison works on the idea in the United States.
A centennial event to commemorate the lighting of the world will celebrate the sinking of the first petroleum well in Pennsylvania. Oil regions of Pennsylvania New York and Ohio will take part with no difficulty about the illuminations.
Annette and Miriam Boggs, elderly sisters, died by their own hand in Jackson County. They left a letter confessing they were tired of life as there was nothing in it for old maids. At Alnwick museum a vase with ancient Egyptian ointment was opened, releasing a pungent scent from a 3000 year old perfume.
Seven men under a Danish naval officer will depart Copenhagen in spring with two and a half years of provisions. They aim to explore the east coast of Greenland from 66 to 73 north latitude.
A Swiss invention creates two connected ponds where fish move from the first to the second as waste accumulates tiny animalcule. The fish return to the first pond to feed on the developing organism, leveraging a unique in situ cultivation method.
In Blair County an evil case unfolds when a blacksmith refuses to repaint a brown wagon to green. A citizen secretly paints the wagon paris green overnight. The cow of the blacksmith licks the paint and dies, prompting damages sought for the cow.
Poor Cartorra the ex-Empress of Mexico resides in the Castle of Boushout Belgium under strict seclusion. Once a year she emerges for the Fete Dieu day to observe a rare public moment.
A formal procession of priests and citizens through the castle grounds attracts spectators. Ex-Empress appears at a castle window, visibly white haired but otherwise unchanged with the years.
The Tur Lancaster Ohio Gazette notes that gas trapped in earth cavities may be condensed into a solid form before release. When released into air it expands massively, possibly triggering earthquakes through the sudden expansion of large gas reservoirs.
An explorer describes reconnaissance through the Sierra Madre and Tarahumari lands in Mexico. He details pitch pine forests, vast canyons rivaling the Grand Canyon, night torches casting eerie light, and a cave-dweller panorama along the Panascos and Urique rivers.
Frederick Greenwood argues for aiding those in temporary distress rather than the chronically poor. The piece praises the idea that respectable citizens can prevent slum entry by help for disaster, noting that self-reliant strivers often miss aid. A Northern church secrecy in relief is cited as example. The truly needy are not beggars.
The Grand Duke Alexis has been stripped of the office of Lord High Admiral and honors after a reported scandal involving a wife of another Grand Duke. The punishment hints at possible deeper motives and suggests intrigue linked to liberal ideas observed in America.
A Tampa grocer claims ants carry sugar to lemon juice after observing them near caves and smoke-stained shelters. He recounts testing the idea by placing lemon and sugar together, observing consistent ant behavior. The report frames the anecdote as an oddity from Bridge Street.
An Oregon girl wrote to Anna Dickenson asking how to get a enhancer. Anna replied by the same method.
Washington Cor reports on Mrs Hannah Hayes wife of Colonel James Hayes of the Twenty third Ohio. She aided sick and wounded at camp and inspired cheers and affection. A wartime tale shows her kindness as a seamstress turning a recruit’s blouse pocket into a humorously neat gift. Her death is mourned by Twenty third Ohio veterans.
The article outlines Victoria's lineage tracing to William the Conqueror, listing a chain of monarchs from Henry II to Elizabeth I and beyond. It concludes that Victoria can trace ancestors roughly eight hundred years and notes the dynasty as the oldest reigning in the world.
Mrs Phunnyman mocks umbrella makers ads while Mr Phunnyman notes Victoria’s fifty two year reign explains familiar advertising phrase in London shops.
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