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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
3
A Boston firm manager ill in the South is nursed by a southern hostess who refuses pay and distributes the money to her maid, recounting a sneering remark about true hospitality. The tale prompts reflections on what hospitality means beyond mere kindness.
Two Boston women, Misses Mary and Clara Ware, revive gilded leather hangings for homes and buildings. Their study in decoration and time in Venice led them to explore medieval Cordovan leather produced in Spain and the Netherlands, reviving a once great art for modern décor.
The San Francisco Call notes a dramatic swordfish clash off Santa Monica, with two large fish leaping and engaging in a fierce, cavalry like exchange of blows. One fish impales the other with its sword and the victor drags the foe, then the two separate.
The New York Sun cites Mr Nippingly on thrift. He argues fortunes come from living within income and investing the surplus with caution. The speaker admits he has not followed this, but praises self denial as the key to wealth and willpower, enabling ongoing earnings.
Fishermen near Mayport Florida report a battle between a sunning alligator and a man eating shark. The shark grabbed the alligator by the tail and then by the head, tearing and swallowing flesh before the gator was killed. The carcass later drifted from the river mouth.
A Manila dispatch in Leslie's Weekly tells of an enlisted bugler who, ordered by Capt Hannay to sound a charge, forgot his role and prompted misinterpreted orders. Lieut Ross followed the bugler's second call, leading to heavy casualties as L company pressed forward. About 60 enemy dead were reported, alongside several officers. The piece also notes plant self protection by young longleaf pines, whose thick bark and green needle cascade shield seedlings from fire, influencing Florida evergreen oak growth where fires rage.
The piece argues love spans worlds and ages, but emphasizes the physical side influencing marriage and child rearing. It condemns sickness in women as harming family welfare and promotes Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo as a private home cure for feminine complaints, citing a testimonial from Mrs O N Fisher in New York.
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