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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
5
The United States Treasury's Redemption Bureau expertly recreates ruined currency from burns, ashes, mice damage, or scattered fragments. Cases include a tomato can stash, a candle accident, and a westward couple whose $275 dwindled to seeing $350 after reconstruction.
The Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower cites an old 1768 book noting Ponce de Leon named Florida Pasqua de flores after Easter or for its abundant flowers. The Farmer adds that Florida’s Easter flower abundance supports both explanations and likely influenced the name.
A Chicago police officer testifies that a man was arrested for stealing ice, not for any harsher crime. The defendant argues his action was simply taking cold. The exchange underscores the unusual nature of the case and the courtroom atmosphere.
A veteran miner recounts an attempting claim jumping in which a man shot on a neighboring claim was chased, overhauled, and judged by a mission justice in Idaho. The jurist's finding of first degree murder hinged on the victim’s survival, a decision that stood.
The article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains how wood pulp and a chain of machines cut trees into pulp, form paper, and print pages without direct human handling. It highlights cranes, rollers, and presses as essential, noting newspapers rank highly in mechanical perfection.
Quoted from the New York Press, the piece muses on unused body parts and suggests most people lose individual toe control. It notes interossei muscles are functional in about one in a thousand and compares habitual use to the loss of teeth and the rise of machinery for chewing. It lists over 200 muscles with about half kept in prime condition by use.
A man on a corner asks if the clock is right to catch the 14 30 train car. The woman says the clock is slow by about 20 minutes and urges hurry. He realizes she may not love him as he hoped while waiting at the corner.
The Baltimore News notes how Hawaiians pronounce chief islands as Hah-owy-ee and offers examples like O-ni-bu, Ho-no lulu, Mow-ee for Maui, Ne-e-how for Niihau, and Hilo as Hee-lo. It stresses vowels like Italian, with consonants given less attention.
A Belgian restorer glued Manila paper to a damaged Italian old master, removed the decayed canvas from the back, attached a fresh canvas, dried and glued it, then removed the paper to reveal a bright, restored image. The process, described by the New Orleans Times-Democrat, restores a painting eight feet square.
A verse sketch from an Australian paper counts bones in the head face spine chest limbs and digits. It cites two hundred eight bones in the body and notes thirty two teeth plus possible sesame or wormian bones.
Julian Ralph in The Ladies’ Home Journal notes that small boys are preferred as choir members because their voices break later. He explains a boyish treble is delicate and leads to an orderly life, with many choirs drawing boys from homes to church institutions until voices change around 14 to 18.
United States consulate in Chung-King China reports abundant gold in the valley near the city. Local residents use geese to scour the gold fields. when geese become heavy, they are killed and their maws emptied for coins. Feathers and geese dressed for eating fetch 15 to 20 cents each.
A Harvard Greek professor known as John Snelling Popkin reacts to a nonstudent calling him Old Pop. He insists the nickname is inappropriate, noting it comes from a man with a dapper jaunty unacademic look and that he is not a Marvard student.
Daisy asks about currant jelly during a country meal while Mamma hushedly explains the jelly is real currant jelly. The brief item reads like a quaint family scene from the Chicago Tribune.
A brief humor item notes a sharp exchange about a busy boy likened to a bee and a playful reply that he has hives, reflecting the paper’s light column tone and wit.
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