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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
6
A playful, misspelled tale follows a childlike fox or polar figure as he asks to roam. The verses mix animal imagery with cautious motherly guidance and a wandering path home, ending with a name, Nicholas, and a return.
Kent Ballard, an 18 year old night telegraph operator for the C D and P Railroad in Chicago, proves decisive when a freight train breaks apart and races down a steep grade. He signals the Mineville siding guidance to avert disaster, saving the express and earning promotion to assistant general passenger agent.
The piece notes diverse wedding customs in Germany, France, and England, detailing how brides prepare household linen before marriage, how grooms contribute in each country, and how tastes vary. It contrasts American and European practices and comments on adopting French fashions locally.
The world’s largest filter plant sits in New Orleans with a guaranteed 20 million gallons daily capacity. It features thirty horizontal sectional washing filters eight feet by thirty feet, filtering the city’s entire water supply through a coke and sand bed with cone valves and a waste pipe, using a rotating wash against thirds of the bed.
Reports describe distinctive fingerprint patterns in a group labeled idiots. Markings on all fingertips matched within individuals, with unusual thumb-finger congruence in one case. A notable smoothness of finger tips is mentioned amid ongoing office activity and drab details.
The Prince Imperial died after delaying ten minutes before reconnoitering with his escort of Irregular Horse and Basuto troopers. Zulus burst from grass as he waited, the horse reared, and the young prince could not remount. The calamity cast gloom over the camp and his death gained legendary status among the Zulus and colonial observers.
The article catalogs extreme cold and ice across decades noting winters when the Hudson River froze into spring, Long Island Sound iced over, and New York harbor blocked. It cites dates such as January cold snaps in 1835 and 1843, navigation closures, and arctic conditions extending to New Orleans and Jacksonville.
The piece argues women in business should shed womanish traits not femininity. It criticizes airs of impatience and crying in the office while praising steady, systematic work. It notes women who imitate men may discard tears and demands at work and face bias in busy publication environments.
The Duke de Moiny and others have developed notable skill as amateur photographers. He has learned to sensitize common paper and obtain portraits from written or printed documents, refining photographic methods through ongoing experimentation.
The North American Review notes that the doctrine of probabilities, the foundation of insurance law, originated from 17th century gambling problems solved by Chevalier de Mere and Abbe Pascal. It argues that mortality rates for many individuals can be predicted from large samples using these probabilistic laws.
A neighbor ploughing with a favored horse collapses and dies beside the field. The horse, loyal and distressed, returns to the scene at noon and remains frantic, seeking its master as the family mourns the loss.
The Imperial health office of Berlin declares oranges and lemons fatal to cholera bacteria. Contact with fruit surfaces kills them within hours, even on rind, due to high acidity. No restrictions on transit or sale are advised, as no cholera transmission via citrus is noted.
A period account describes microscopic life in sand and water. It notes animated insects in a plain, mould as a forest, butterflies appearing feathered, hairs as hollow tubes, and the skin covered with scales and pores through which fluids move. It claims mites travel 500 steps per second and each water drop holds vast life.
A Brooklyn pamphlet proposes importing monkeys to become bootblacks, asking if the public will tolerate such behavior. It questions the head of a person who neglects care for its animal.
An American medical student in Berlin estimates one year costs at about 700 dollars including tuition, living expenses, travel, and books. He notes fees vary by course with lectures ranging from five to ten dollars and clinics charging around ten dollars. He also describes German student life and the general cordiality toward Americans, who largely avoid dueling and focus on study.
Senator Wotcott of Colorado tells of a traveler in a parlan car from Omaha to Leaver who slept and snored loudly, annoying passengers. An old gent approached, woke him with a quip, and the sleeper claimed he could not help the noise. The stranger advised not to believe all you hear and slept again.
An electrical process oxidizes the yellow liauld from plant steeping to indigo by passing current through it using copper electrodes. The indigo thus formed is said to be purer and stain free than that produced by ordinary methods.
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