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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1899
Page
9
In a humorous exchange, Billy and the narrator muse on when the twentieth century begins and how people will celebrate. They recall inventions from the era and debate whether society has improved, with Billy predicting a long wait to fully enter the new century.
A sparrow type bird becomes trapped behind a third story knot hole in a Deckertown tenement. Birds outside bring food as the captive endures a bathed and plastered interior. Onlookers, including multiple birds, observed the scene with curiosity. The oddity is reported by journals such as the World and life columns.
Reports from Berlin say the German empress is seen as a hausfrau with focus on dress and domestic detail. She personally manages royal household staff and outfits, costs per guest are calculated for dinners, and a large staff of seamstresses reproduces gowns in multiple colors. The empress is elegant but not renowned for originality.
The Buffalo Courier notes Arcadia New York once served as a separate post office for nearly six decades. Despite Newark village post office, Arcadia remained a distinct little office until government action closed it. John Dillenbeck turned over property to Newark Postmaster Richard Groat in 1840. Local figures L Rose and I L Rose lobbied to establish Arcadia’s post office, arguing Arcadia was 3 miles from Newark, but petition figures错 led to the final outcome. Mail for Arcadia then went daily to Newark, though maps still show Arcadia as a separate village in name.
A female reporter, later a famed author, visits Grace Dodge, leader of New York Working Girls clubs. Dodge refuses to discuss publishing plans but offers tea and a future meeting. The reporter leaves with no business interview and later does not return.
A London Lancet note claims bacteria can break cement and walls while also purifying water. A misprinted tale shows a mother with apples, where two boys’ sales total a mystery cent.
In his annual report to the general commanding Breckinridge reviews the army's conduct and offers expert criticism of organization. The document, with illustrations, appeals to officers and legislators for reforms. He notes many of his suggestions were adopted by Secretary Root.
Baldwin works report high satisfaction from the French state railways with the locomotives shipped months ago. An additional order for ten Atlantic type passenger engines with 54 inch driving wheels will aid the Paris exposition traffic, while Finland and Denmark orders advance. Also shipping five freight engines to Chicago & Northwestern and two passenger engines to the Wabash.
Job Cleveland, cousin of former President Grover Cleveland, was summoned by Internal Revenue Collector Working in Asheville to explain war tax stamps. The 74 year old recluse, a Buncombe County wine maker, paid back tax due after learning the stamp rule and purchased stamps for future use. He had lived in seclusion since moving from New York years ago.
Mrs. Simon Wolff of St. Louis lost her eight month old baby in the Grand Leader department store. The child was later found asleep in a waste basket removed to the cellar. It was returned to the mother who had been alarmed by the infant's disappearance. Line of Venezuela notes it in the article.
The will of the late Mrs Pauline Less per the St Louis Post Dispatch includes unusual instructions. It directs immediate notice to Miriam lodge president and Adolph Rosenstrater after death, Rosenstrater to perform funeral services for 15 dollars, and to telegraph Jerusalem. It also limits watchers on Saturdays, lays Jerusalem sand on the face, and dictates rough lumber coffin and charitable bequests. The headstone may cost up to 100 dollars, and 200 dollars is left to the Hebrew school for daily Kodeseh prayers for a year. Remainder is split among five children, with Benjamin Burenstein as executor who may forego bond.
The Cincinnati Enquirer explains the rarity of the Medal of Honor and how the black bronze medal and its bow knot are worn. It notes the reverse engraving showing name rank date battle and act of heroism, and that the ribbon is worn on artificial occasions with the medal resting on the breast rather than suspended around the neck.
Dr W E Nichols of Huntingdon Tad returns from the Peace river headwaters with a huge mica vein worth over 260000, five tons brought home, claim of four feet square mica cubes and a prize from Britain. Norris of Chicago joins, plans mining claims and uses imagined shipboard glass needs.
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