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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1886
Page
4
A Victorian essay imagines two ironclad fleets clashing with rams and torpedo boats. It predicts rapid, chaotic duels, heavy gunfire, and many ships sunk or damaged, with lifeboat, hospital ship, and rescue issues debated by the English admiralty.
An early article argues wives should be companions, not mere housekeepers. It urges women to learn husbands interests, share conversations, and cultivate companionship across income levels, noting richer couples also benefit from intellectual rapport to prevent unhappiness.
The narrative describes entering Ishore and finding a town with familiar lanes huts and a Yoruba coloration. Hospitality is warm with tobacco, a hearty meal, and a night in a hut. Morning reveals an African Pocahontas bathed by servants, then a lime bath and social invitation to accompany Miss Muffin with the violin.
The text portrays Alaska Native housing across regions with circular earth mounds, sod coverings, and smoke openings. It details interior layouts, primitive beds, dog shelters, and separate summer kitchens, noting variations where timber availability reduces earth dwelling use and shifts to log structures above ground.
A reflective meditation contrasts yesterday with today and tomorrow, urging joyful daily acts. It surveys medieval science’s perilous path, noting scientists hunted by the Church, with figures like Luther, Bacon, Campanella, Bruno, and Vanini cited as examples of scholars imprisoned or burned for inquiry.
A Detroit doctor and a businessman discuss a man with a allegedly numb right arm for over twenty years. The doctor later discovers the arm is wooden, the real limb having been lost at Gettysburg, leaving the man eager to pay for restoration. The page also quotes a digressive excerpt praising U.S. prosperity and discussing population policy. In Pittsburgh, a well burns 80 feet high from a 75 foot pipe.
An old lady read a newspaper tale about a grindatore burst at a saw mill killing four men. She stored a small grindstone in her cellar for insurance and, with a servant and pie board before her face, attempted a risky improvised safety measure.
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