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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
10
A venting letter discusses the evolving skirt fashion of the season. It notes plaited hip-defining silhouettes may bow to future pannier trends as fashion houses push toward fullness. Fabrics favored include light weight elastic materials, with delicate cloths preferred for graceful folds.
Albany resident Henry Rede invested $3,000 to drill for coal on his farm after a supposed geologist claimed coal lay beneath. A shaft five by ten feet was sunk to 130 feet with no coal found, despite earlier drillings suggesting coal. Rede suspects a conspiracy to defraud and questions the geologist’s involvement.
Navy surgeons urge stronger recruits for engineer branches to endure furnace and fire room heat. Dr M I Simong reports some fit men fatigue after lifting coal buckets and four hours of heat, advocating 36 inch chest and an apprentice system to replace inexperienced sailors. Green recruits risk semi hysterical collapse in vast machinery and stifling coal bunkers during combat readiness.
Mrs. J. L. Gardner plans to bring a brick palace from Italy to near Boston. The building, purchased abroad, will be dismantled and shipped stone by stone, rebuilt near her Beacon Street mansion. The first floor will house her Italian art collection and museum, open to the public, while the upper story holds private apartments.
A French inventor found that tomato plant leaves repel pests. He covered the target plant with tomato leaves and the insects left. He then made a decoction of fresh tomato leaves to spray the plants, a simple, inexpensive method.
Great delay in designing six capital ships authorized in March. By February Secretary long directed the drafting of general characteristics, but no ship plans or bids have progressed. The board split on triple screws and double deck turrets while agreeing all ships will be sheathed and coppered.
A decree signed by M Picard and Ferdinand W Peck creates an international competition for life saving devices for sea disasters. Ten articles set rules including a 100,000 franc prize named the Anthony Pollok prize, an international jury, and an opening date planned for Saturday Aprilia, replacing the original Easter Sunday plan.
A woman shopping in a Sixth Avenue department store in New York requested snug corsets. In the dressing room a strong pull snapped a rib, she fainted, doctors confirmed a detached rib, and she was sent home to Central Park West with advice to avoid tight lacing for a time.
Army and navy surgeons focus on a wounded marine in the Philippines after a Mauser head wound at Noveleta. The man survived the field injury and is living aboard the hospital route, with mental clarity despite the severity. Also notes Boston working girls oppose married women in restaurants and stores over pin money, and a dreamship shipment for a 85 mile Philippine railway to extend American rail lines.
Rev J J Axtell a Congregational preacher and Gus Dondero saloon keeper fought five rounds in a glove contest in a neighbor’s barn to settle a Sunday beer selling controversy. The referee ruled a draw after five rounds with Axtell showing the better offense.
Representative Bull of Rhode Island seeks to curb public funeral costs by proposing a cap of 1000 dollars per member. The issue highlights decades of alleged wasteful spending on congressional funeral arrangements, including luxury trains and lavish provisions, with auditing difficulties and occasional scandals.
John Johnson known as Liver-Eating Johnson reports the petrified figure found in Missouri River near Fort Benton is a man named Antelope Charlin who vanished 25 years ago. Johnson aided Charlin, later trading with the Diegan Indians where he was killed at Eagle Creek and his body cast into the river. The fossilized man, about 35, appears life-like and will travel to Billings then Paris exposition. The piece also notes a sermon mishap and an army thesis prize offer.
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