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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1892
Page
5
A traveler recounts buying an iron gray pack mule named Pete and portaging goods across the Sierra Nevada. When a bear threatens, Pete defends by kicking and stamping, killing the grizzly while the narrator escapes. The tale shifts to a theater scene in Louisville and concludes with a New York Herald reflection on social pretensions.
In a London Tit-Bits note, a young artist boasts his painting hung in a bachelor pad. He reveals the dealer gave the picture away, sparking a light exchange about value and taste between the friends.
The text notes that surgical instruments began to be successfully manufactured in 1820. It describes rubber as a new industrial force entering the arts and manufactures, whose significance would unfold through the nineteenth century, per Youth's Companion.
Professor H. H. Bogesen recalls visiting Dumas in Paris in 1842. Dumas, still in bed, writes vigorously while praising his muse and shouting lines before leaping from bed in a toga-like blanket to perform his new play.
A young man risks his life to rescue a beautiful girl from drowning. The grateful editor father offers $200,000 or his daughter's hand. The rescuer chooses the daughter, and the father declares the daughter his gift for life, blessing the couple.
The Banaka tribe renowned west African canoemen propel light canoes with speed and use their feet to bail water. If an oar is broken or lost they swing their legs over the side and push the boat as fast as with paddles. St. Louis Republic.
Pall Mall Budget notes a royal tradition where a gilded horned goat precedes the Welsh Fusiliers during a march in Windsor Park on St David’s Day. After the banquet a boy leads the goat around the table thrice. In 1844 the regimental goat died and Queen Victoria gifted two Persian goats, starting a long royal supply for the regiment.
Krause's German Oil is touted as a speedy relief remedy for chilblains and frost bites. Sold by Bradshaw & Thoma.
The text states that publishers may print subscriber addresses and expiration dates along with subscription bills and receipts without incurring extra postage, citing Section 3,886 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
A Sedalia Missouri project aims to build a downhill kite track to “beat the world” with starting and finishing stretches running parallel about ten to fifteen feet apart. The plan promises a novel course layout and dramatic competitive appeal.
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