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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1888
Page
4
The article outlines immediate steps for choking cases in children and adults. It stresses rapid action, including positioning the body head down, delivering quick chest compressions and back blows, and using finger sweeps to dislodge obstructions. It notes bystanders should act without delay and call a physician early.
Chicago News reports that many German laborers living in Silesia work in nearby Russian territory during summer. With no Russian schools, their children attend German schools across the border. Frontier guards force bribes for each child to pass, with two crossings daily, creating a sizable burden on families.
A surprised colored man astonished a well to do citizen who presented him with a fourteen pound turkey by exclaiming that they could swap it for a plug of terbacey snuff an ounce of snuff a pint of old Virginny a piece of ribber and four pounds of meal to have more fun than with a Connecticut turkey and all the eteethurrahs conjured by the white people. He was furnished his chosen fare and a coal to make it hot.
The New York Cancer Hospital for Women, the first of its kind in the country, stands near the northern end of Central park within sight of General Grant's tomb. It was built through subscriptions from wealthy donors, with principal gifts of 2000000 from John Jacob Astor and others.
The New York Evening Sun details Lustig’s on Mercer Street as the Israeli “clean” koshe restaurant serving a German style luncheon for forty cents. It notes strict adherence to Mosaic dietary laws including no milk with meat and coffee served black, with crowds of German Jews at noon. It contrasts those kosher eateries with many hidden kocha spots on the East Side that fail cleanliness and quality.
Blakely Hall in Lincoln Neb State Journal laments the vanity spiral from simple dress to costly adornments. He warns that buying overgaiters initiates a chain of purchases—shoes, coats, vests, shirts, cravats—until one becomes a full fop and spends a lifetime chasing appearance.
The article chronicles late nocturnal routines at Prince Bismarck’s palace with a light kept in the Chancellor’s chamber and night-time deliveries to his office. It notes the Archbishop household’s late dinners and servants’ celebrations, the royal dog Sultan’s poisoning at Varzin, and a life-long service culture surrounding the prince.
A reporter questions a famed concert singer about her post performance drink. She reveals she prefers warm cocoa to tea or coffee, sips it before going on stage, and believes it preserves vocal ease and prevents hoarseness.
An observer reports that Venezuelan ladies are not heavy smokers. elite women rarely smoke in male company while some elderly women in private circles smoke cigars. Poor cigar quality, high Havana prices, and scarce native tobacco reduce smoking, with women of lower classes more inclined to cigarette use and a risky inverted smoking style observed in Curacao and Venezuela.
The London Globe argues the city lacks true fountains and urges rich water displays in nooks and corners. It cites Traliiar square squirts as mere appearances and calls for a genuinely refreshing water arrangement behind the Town but in Birmingham instead.
An experienced yachtsman notes that dark tanned sails are easier to distinguish at night than white ones, a claim echoed for buoys as well. Black buoys stand out farther against the water than white, improving nighttime visibility.
William A. Hammond argues in the New York Mail and Express that Americans are driven to excessive mental excitement. He claims they endure relentless work, minimize recreation, and sacrifice meals, leading to earlier death or confinement in mental asylums. He contrasts American vitality with the dangers of overstrain and urges steadier repose.
A layoff notice highlights opportunities on Kane Street south side opposite the tannery. It notes advantageous business sites for lease at moderate rates and foresees doubled prosperity with natural gas. The town’s railroads, factories, and thriving farming country drive a boom and urge building and growth now.
An excerpt from St Nicholas describes a rapid ascent in a ship climbing to 15,000 feet and beyond. The narrator notes shrinking rivers to white threads and lakes as colored patches, heat dropping from 96 to 37 degrees, and dizziness from altitude while the air remains dry and cold.
A frail former stage beauty, once famed in Black Crook era, arrives by carriage to view The Wise and Foolish Virgins at a public gallery before dying of consumption in a hospital. The observer notes the transient nature of fame and the colossus of Rameses IT weighs three tons, a Boston exhibit.
The Chicago Herald argues that a juror who merely follows orders lacks independent judgment. Such jurors rely on those in power and view the attorney for the defendant as society’s foe. Many jurors become partial by aligning with the prosecutor and state interests.
Gen Sherman enjoys a minstrel show with Bones and Sambo, listening with interest and laughing at the jokes. He sits in a box with his family between acts and chats during the performance.
A German author argues that women in certain literary fields have wholly supplanted men, attributing the shift to women being carried along by a current of change and faded by traditional constraints.
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