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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
7
The article notes the New York Zoological Park leads among zoological parks with 264 acres of land and water. It lists 141 on duty staff and 1,273,046 visitors in 1907, with about a quarter million from outside New York City.
Gaetano Garaguglia recounts a risky boxing tale in Watterbury involving Pasquale Bilvestro and John L. Sullivan. A scheme to win big bets leads to a deadly punch and Gaetano explains why he winds up “blacka da boot.”
A Trenton man William U Cake repeatedly sheds his skin like a snake in episodes lasting two weeks. Doctors from New York and elsewhere study the case, noting it could inform skin grafts for burn patients and possibly save lives. Cake, a linoleum printer with nine decades of age, has several children and no infection is linked to the condition. The abnormal shedding, termed Dermitosis Exfoliatina, remains incurable and mysterious.
Edison inscribed a playful sentiment on a place card at an Engineers club event. He joked about an American saving his family and pondered how water rises in a melon while referencing Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie.
Pears-like customs trace marriage matchmaking abroad and at home. Pearson's Weekly notes European feasts in Belgium and Swiss cantons where maidens wear garlands and exchange flowers as18999 signals. Tunisian markets feature dowries and symbolic daggers. Goraon maidens hold lamps signaling acceptance or rejection. English fairs on Good Friday resemble marriage mercados in all but name.
The article argues U S water power numbers far exceed current use with about 26 million water horsepower available mainlandly and a generation shift toward hydro power over coal. It notes vast waste, the possible doubling of hydro capacity, and stresses rainfall and forests as key to water power viability and long term energy independence.
Fragmentary note mentions a preacher for Miner yesterday named Willie We had foam beer and Tommy involved in the scene.
In New York a two month old girl Helen Graf fell from a fifth floor window at 17 Webster Ave. Her father Joseph Graf, a foreman mason and athlete, had trained her to grip a broom stick to bolster her muscles. The child clung to a fire escape rail two stories below and was saved when a 14 year old bystander Joseph Colombo pulled her to safety.
The heir to the Devonshire title must prove succession before becoming duke. If succession is through a direct father son line, it proceeds quickly. otherwise a lengthy proving process is required, risking a delay in full inheritance.
The piece explains that candle power varies by country and lamp type. It notes British and American uses based on spermacet candle, French stearine, and German Hefner/acetate standards, plus carcel. a plan to establish an international standard candle through the Washington bureau of standards to harmonize nine nations.
In a humorous Georgia tale a judge jokes about marriage and experience. The old darkey recalls past wives in Tennessee and Alabama who tried to rule him, claiming none fit until now to marry him in Georgia.
From the Smart Set the tale describes Captain Peebles mocked as a hotback figure with a bent spine and a changing appearance. He pursues a buxom widow who uses feigned evasion to elude capture while the widow knows how to play the game.
Readable lines show a partial discussion of charm and reciprocal demand. The fragment mentions Abwelos and a contrasting proposition about charming requiring a counterpart, but no clear event or outcome is provided.
A. J. McQuire of the Northeast Experiment Farm in Grand Rapids Minnesota outlines profitable hog-raising in northern Minnesota using large Yorkshire pigs fed on clover pasture and skim milk. Pigs are bred in December, weaned in spring, then finished on pasture with barley and peas, averaging 190 to 160 pounds dressed weight by November 1, earning about 60 cents a pound with net profit around four dollars per hundred.
Chicago Drovers Journal argues the Babcock test is not mysterious and any farmer can perform it with bottles acid and a centrifuge. It measures butter fat to gauge milk value, enabling selection of profitable cows and guarding against creamery fraud. The outfit is affordable and comes with clear directions.
A Chicago commission man outlines calf dressing standards for shipment. He recommends calves three to six weeks old weighing eight to twelve pounds, with head removed leaving head hide, entrails removed except kidneys liver light and heart, carcass opened along length, air drying, and extended cooling eight hours or overnight. He warns against water washing and bagging to avoid taint, and notes penalties for selling noncompliant carcasses.
Guidance on hoof trimming and safe driving over rough roads. Emphasizes consistent feeding, moderate work for young colts, and avoiding harsh handling. Warns against overworking horses and promotes steady, calm training practices.
In Purie-Prolaey, Ol e department, Paris dispatch reports a village where women occupy all top posts. A postmistress, public drummer Mile. Marie Marchandin, telegraph carrier, and others run offices after deceased husbands or fathers. The drum relic links family lineage to public duties.
Mr. Dooley debates fame in history and the cases of Alexander the Great Saint Augustine Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington. Aphoristic lines discuss personal flaws and the toll of reputation as an April fool’s joke on great men and their deeds.
Milly Whiskers, a d-year-old male goat mascot for J. D. Beott's racehorses, is refused entry to the United States or Cuba. The Excelsior carried Beott's horses to Havana. the goat remained aboard and was sent back to Cuba after Havana customs barred entry. The ship line pays $5 for forage each time Whiskers crosses the Gulf of Mexico.
An elderly gentleman of notable peculiarity, abstaining from wine and animal foods, cannot dine out often. He recalls a recent meal at which a spirited uproar erupted over boiled carrots, reflecting the humorous excesses of the occasion.
A quirky exchange features a fox and hare debating pacing and speed as a car speeds by. The dialogue hints at deceit and hurried competition in a fablelike scene from a Chicago publication.
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