04 Mar 1886
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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1886
Page
1
The piece presents a devotional poem praising humble daily laborers as heroes, noting workers like Korane and Kane in a local office setting. It extols duty, helping others, and moral strength as true heroism beyond fame.
A rosy widow reveals to dressmaker Mrs Fittem how she outlived three husbands by letting men have their own way. The dressmaker and a drunken husband are drawn into the tale as the widow explains her strategy and its deadly outcome. The final irony shows the dressmaker contemplating a widow’s fate after learning the secret.
A miscellany of curiosities from science and history includes a Dakota tornado photo resembling a waterspout, anecdotal notes on ant recognition lasting years, and a violent dust explosion in a German mill. It mentions Turkish dogs, smoke chemistry at Elk Rapids Mich, and senators with combat injuries, plus strange cabinet and medical mishaps, folklore from Central American peasants, and notes on Lincoln’s Old Abe nickname.
Observations on how a horse uses a mobile upper lip to select hay or forage and reject waste. The lip acts with precise sensitivity, distinguishing edible from undesirable food. In weedy pastures this instinct becomes striking, illustrating nerves' delicacy and warning against lip twitching torture.
A historical note contrasts scarce matrimonial ads with modern continental papers and notes a French suggestion. Instead of personal details and photos, lonely hearts could tour Paris in illuminated carriages displaying a printed catalogue of wants and offers, sparing lengthy preliminaries.
A Methodist bishop asks Lincoln about slavery policy. Lincoln recounts a tale of Father B saying not to cross Fox River till he reaches it. A minister then tells the president they must go to Fox River, noting the later investigations in Washington seem less stormy by comparison.
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A woodpecker in California stores acorns by drilling holes in pines each fall, matching acorns to holes. The bird does not eat the acorns, showing foresight and instinctive behavior rather than vegetarian habit, as the stored nuts endure until needed. The text notes the acorn’s saturation and the bird's preference for caching over consuming.
A compilation notes claims on volcanic activity versus local chemistry, perfume industry yields from orange blossoms and other plants, tiny machine screws from steel, and cholera spread linked to human actions. It describes Salt Lake salt and sodium sulphate, Coast Survey triangulation, lanolin absorption, and a China maritime report on self harm. It also profiles Koch and Kaiser’s life, flour aging risks, and alkaloid reactions in old wheat flour.
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