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Newspaper
Humboldt County Republican
Location
Humboldt, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
6
A fragmented note lists game items including instruments and dominoes plus various games and descriptions. The readable fragment hints at a shop inventory or catalog entry for a store named Racket Store during a holiday occasion.
A reminiscence recalls meeting Artemus Ward at the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial rooms. The young, vigorous humorist charmed the narrator with a constant smile and quick wit. Ward later appears in The Plain Dealer, with a showy persona and humorous letters.
A short exhortation on planting ornamental trees and shrubs to improve yards and lawns. Encourages choosing appropriate plants and avoiding overreaching cultivation to avoid barren appearances in towns.
The passage describes young seals learning to swim under their mothers guidance. It notes the mothers taking them into water daily, their tiring struggles, and how mothers later depart with bull seals. Bulls arrive at the camping ground, establishing territories and fighting for mates, while females float offshore.
The New York Commercial Advertiser laments about British readers mispronouncing the letter h. It notes Americans drop the h lightly while Brits sometimes aspirate strongly. The piece calls the habit a new trend and jokes it opens the door to exaggerated breathing in speech.
A fragmented report notes vast oyster shell deposits along Maryland shores. It cites about one thousand bushels of oysters leaving behind roughly eleven hundred bushels of shells, forming piles near slacking houses. The text references a long history of oyster shell accumulations reaching millions of tons.
A London Free Lance excerpt describes a tornado observed by Alantena in Sherman Oklahoma. It resembled a rolling ball of vapor rather than a funnel, about 260 feet wide and 100 feet high, moving at about 30 miles per hour. It lifted houses, hurled debris, and left a widened path as it struck higher ground. The eyewitness compared the ball to an exploding bomb as it passed.
In a bustling London theater, a standing woman suddenly fainted. A courteous spectator aided with brandy and light remedies, while a fellow patron fetched restoratives from the refreshment room. The distressed woman soon recovered and expressed thanks.
The article argues that salt is essential beyond a condiment, vital to human and animal food. It cites The Metical Press and Circular noting health risks when national salt consumption falls below twenty pounds per person. Salt deprivation weakens vitality, increasing susceptibility to epidemics and endemic diseases.
Hig Loving Spouse berates a silent partner in a dramatic exchange. A downtown errand yields a bath sponge miscue and a plea for accountability. Mr Meeker laments the only option left as emotional tension peaks in this household quarrel.
A sea captain, recounting a voyage that ended in disaster, visits a doorstep asking for help. He described his shipwreck off a coast near Switzerland and claimed to have lost everything. The Philadelphia Press notes the curious tale amid other clippings on fashion and home topics.
A fishing tale from Sault Ste. Marie describes Indian whitefish nets and a bowman in a canoe who appears to spot fish by looking into turbulent rapids. Guide Garron reveals the trick, showing the fish travel in stages up the river and are netted behind sheltering rocks, debunking the mystique of the “magical eye” and portraying a hidden skill behind a famed practice.
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