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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
4
I describe layoff on the south side of Kane street opposite the tannery with high ground and advantageous business sites for lease at moderate rates. The arrival of natural gas is expected to double prospects in a thriving town, aided by low freights, multiple railroads, manufacturing, and fertile farming nearby. Now is time to build and grow with the country.
A fragmentary OCR shows a rail timetable listing towns such as Kinzua Junction Rixford Duke Centre Smethport Wellsville Allentown and Bradford with scattered numbers and times. The garbled source preserves place names and partial schedule data but lacks coherent details or dates.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece quotes B L R Dane on Miss Murfree and Charles Egbert Craddock. Readers formed three portraits of Craddock, a southern nature writer, before discovering Craddock’s feminine pseudonym Miss Murfree, revealing a small delicate woman with keen perception and immense reserve.
The Paris Cor. San Francisco Chronicle describes Epernay as a cosmopolitan wine town of 17,000 with mixed architectural styles, fortified streets, and a habit of making homes into defensible castles. It notes warm offices, homey furnishings for Americans, and a history of blood and fire in its vineyards.
Mexico Cor. Boston Herald recalls the fall of Maximilian. Insiders say he was indecisive and swayed by last advice while Carlotta acted with masculine resolve. They portray a marriage ruled by state policy, with Carlotta dreaming of an imperial crown and a misfit prince unable to withstand war.
Professor Richard A. Proctor notes exercise affects height differently. Lifting heavy weights and slow dumbbell work can limit growth, while pulling favors arm development but not limb length. Sailors tend to be shorter, yet strong. hunters and walkers build taller, well developed lower limbs.
The account relays M Sadi Carnot narrating Napoleon Bonaparte as first consul amusing himself on the Malmaison lake. He tossed stones toward a boat of ladies with Josephine, provoking their annoyance and their chiding reply from a watching four year old. The consul paused, surprised by the boy’s blunt rebuke.
New York waterfront divers describe a typical workday under Hudson waters. They retrieve an anchor and cable, inspect decayed telegraph wires, oil pipes, and debris, and report the grim realities of underwater life. The narrative contrasts danger, dull routine, and the absence of romance in a cold, dark, filthy environment.
J Macdonald Oxley notes Eskimo marriage often involves a single wife, rarely more than two. No formal ceremony. a man may relocate a wife to his igloo as fire tender and gravey. Most unions are happy, but incompatibility can lead to the wife being returned home with no formal divorce.
A baby king of Spain reportedly received a New Year's gift from Havana consisting of a large chest of cigars. Initial notes claimed chocolate contents, but investigators found real rolls of cannabis. An accompanying letter urged preservation for a future event termed Winaw Ate, a curious phrasing amid the odd gift.
The New York Tribune reports that Mark Harrington of The American Meteorological Journal finds a westward shift in rainfall lines between forty and twenty inches across the Mississippi to the Rocky mountains region. Comparing 1850 data to circa 1880, he notes the twenty inch line moves toward Fort Bennett and the twenty five inch line replaces the St Paul area.
A Grand Central depot return of a historic locomotive recalls the 1848 Norwalk accident on the New Haven line that killed many. The engine, later repaired, carried the train onward, while the signalman who caused the wreck fled to Western Pennsylvania and, years later, inspired the first oil well venture in the oil region.
Lanciani forwards to the Atheneum an account of gambling tools found near Perugia Italy. Glass spheres and 816 small blue yellow and white hemispheres along with 33 elliptic marbles puzzle the antiquarian. Sixteen bone labels four inches long carry words and numbers with the first dozen numbers labeled as unlucky terms. No 18 is neutral while No 20 is benignus No 30 ama tor and No 60 felix. Lanciani recalls Roman dice throws with triple one as dog and triple six as the throw of Venus.
A passage quotes J Macdonald Oxley explaining an Eskimo eating practice observed at dinner. The description notes the technique of tearing long strips, biting, and swallowing without mastication, praising what the observer calls providentially short noses as a practical adaptation.
The Chicago Herald notes that on the first Erie Canal passage in 1825, news was sent from Albany to New York City and Buffalo by cannon along the line. Signals traveled Albany to New York and back to Albany in fifty eight minutes, faster than a telegraph today considering delivery times.
The Cosmopolitan notes Tangier’s slave population largely consists of Guinea negroes from the Sahara region with occasional captives of other races. Public bazaars auction children for 22 to 20 dollars and adults for 50 to 100 dollars. Masters hold life and death power, and sales use deeds akin to real estate transfers.
The New York Evening World notes England has thirty four judges with salaries from 25 000 to 50 000 totaling 910 000 annually. The eighty U S judges earn 3 500 to 10 500 yearly, amounting to 318 000 in total.
A fragment shows a wife pleading with George about love, expressing fear that he does not love her as before. The line captures personal distress and emotional tension in a domestic scene.
An observer recalls a luminous Jamaica sea scene where moonlight and lightning etch a phantom ship on phosphorescent waters. He describes a mysterious vanishing at sea, the glow of rainfire on waves, and how haze and mist reveal or conceal vessels. The essay, from Macmillan's Magazine, blends folklore with atmospheric science.
A Globe-Democrat interview argues that crafts like shoemaking carpentry tailoring blacksmithing ladders and related trades remain resistant to machine replacement. It says printers may face disruption from new devices but bricklaying painting carriage upholstering lounges likely stay safer, making these trades ideal for youth.
A Pittsburg Commercial Gazette account outlines a lengthy Greek wedding, noting religious rites lasting about an hour, the bride led in by maids, two tawdry wreaths placed on bowed heads, and the rings blessed before marriage. Guests feast and dance, with the blinded bride seated atop a wine barrel until the wine runs out and she is fed. A similar Bulgars ceremony is mentioned.
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