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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1890
Page
3
A reader summary describes how natural sounds shift with the seasons, noting wind, water, birds, and insect calls grow harsher in cold weather and softer in warm months. It also describes seasonal color changes in waters from silvery to blue and green, with Niagara Falls cited for color variation.
A humorous talk on absent-mindedness leads to tales of forgetful relatives. The piece also reports on paternal regulations in India guiding Kadya Kanchi marriage gifts, dowries, and ceremonies to curb expenditure. A wax figure mishap at Eden Musee recounts beheaded Emperor views, and a historical note on Agnodice the first female physician ends the column.
A homemaker touts lists as essential to order. She explains daily meal and marketing lists crafted on paper blocks, kept in the kitchen, guiding cooking and shopping. The system reduces daily decision making and frees afternoons for other tasks. Cor. Christian at Work.
The article profiles Marshall Roberts the tenth to inherit a large fortune from his late father Marshall O Roberts. It describes the will dividing 5 million dollars to his wife and granddaughter with the son receiving half and his mother collecting income until he reaches adulthood. It notes his education travels and aims as an athlete and describes guardians and investments in real estate and government bonds.
A saloon keeper in Washington exposed a noted alcohol fencing plot after a man delivered a keg of ten gallons of illicit whisky. The keg proved empty when drawn, revealing a hidden tin tube and water, exposing a fake siphon scheme tied to a major smuggling style. Police were alerted to the ruse and the thief disappeared.
A Boston observer notes two idle classes of youths, skilled workers yet without trades and graduates avoiding labor, highlighting concern over wasted potential and the danger they pose to promising boys as cities face unemployment and a lack of opportunity.
A rusting Prairie du Chien No. 51, built about 1857, outlived its prime and lay scrap-bound until an autumn load to Chicago revived it. Boilers and brass were reused for other engines as the aging locomotive sunk to the mud, then found new life supplying steam for warm trains on the yard’s heating system.
A vivid account describes Zalco, a Salvadoran volcano near the coast rising about 7000 feet with an active lava plume and nightly eruptions. It is surrounded by sugar plantations, timber forests, and a lava belt. at eruption, cannons roar and the land trembles, while ships nearby witness a spectacular lights and smoke show promising a perpetual beacon for shipping.
Senator Pettigrew recalls a chaotic territorial court session where two judges, the marshal, and the attorney staggered from a whisky shop to the bench in a disorderly procession. The adjournment was set for 10:50 am after the farcical scene.
Dr Hoeguard recounts a Brenge officer’s marriage to Ti San, an Annamese girl bought for forty five francs under a village contract. The officer explains he must treat her well and may return her, while Ti San inherits debts, wardrobes, and occasional gifts. The tale notes her gambling lure and family interventions amid a harsh, coercive union.
An El Paso Juarez lottery quarter ticket 17 308 drew $15,000. Wells Fargo Express paid G N Dilworth in Gonzales Texas. W H Austin El Paso National Bank confirms the prize and notes Texas winnings boost. El Paso official comments on ticket sales and payments.
Tarnished gold embroidery can be cleaned with a brush in rock alum. Cloves on buttered shelves deter ants. Lemons aid fish dishes, especially boiled or fried. A paste of gum tragacanth and gum arabic dissolves in water. Carbolic acid stops souring. Cheese mites prevented by cool storage and water. improves cheese when moist. Water purification with pulverized alum in large quantities. Tipsy Parson dessert layers cake with wine almonds cream and whipped cream for a tea dish.
The sheared sheep becomes more thrifty than the woolly one. Heat harms sheep without cool shade and ample fresh water. Sheep seek food early, rest by day, and graze again late in the afternoon.
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