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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
4
IST SPECTAL REDUCTION IN GAs. On and after March 1 1888 the following additional rules will prevail until further notice. Stoves used for heat only will be free of charge for four months from May 1st if used and paid for without interruption from time when first connected. Where more than one stove to every six rooms or fraction thereof are used every additional heating stove will be at half rates.
Lots on Kane Road south side above the tannery were previously available only to lease. They are now offered for sale or lease alternately, expanding options for buyers and renters.
At Mt Jewett office, officials hold Istand day on the second Friday each month, inviting residents to attend and participate in local service activities. The event emphasizes community engagement and ongoing municipal duties.
The Kane House, now under new proprietor, is presented as the most expensive and best appointed hotel in the city with modern conveniences. It features a lighted and furnished dining room, a large sample room on the first floor, a first-class livery, and a spacious bar with imported whiskies and wines. Capacity 75 guests.
A fragmented telegraph style timetable lists railroad connections among Bradford Smethport Wellsville to Kane with dated notes, prices, departures from Smethport, arrival times in Bradford and Kane, and mentions officials Carter W., Wildclams, Wrenna, and varying operators across October 1887.
Edward Heron Allen reflects on distrust and acclaim, contrasting the mob’s praise with personal contentment. He emphasizes inner work and a private joy shared with his partner, arguing that life’s worth lies in intimate understandings rather than public triumphs.
The director general in China proposed degrading officers responsible for Yellow River flood prevention but they were ordered to wear the cangue along river banks. Officials from Shang an Cheng chou were punished, with the wooden collar meant to be worn for a fortnight to three months.
An old negro in a hotel bar requests whisky and complains it does not jolts. He asks for gin with a stronger kick, admitting past work breaking colts and disliking the idea of nursing weak liquor. The humor centers on dialect and a blunt preference for harder drink.
A Palmer House waiter tells a patron the tab dote must be the whole bill, using a drawn out exchange about selecting part of a dinner. The conversation features a Black waiter and a white patron, with linguistic regional flavor and a final assertion that tab dote means the whole amount.
Theatre gossip says a burlesque actress placed her young daughter in a proscenium box during a matinee on a cold day. The child leaned over and asked if her mother was cold, prompting loud laughter from the front-row patrons that hushed the actress.
Cash assets listed include sums such as 5.055.041 and 4 57 G9 51 1S Dit 2.260 ASO 2,501,859 G.OEL781 Poulet 1,608,187 LY75,003, reflecting ledger entries in a state office ledger. No narrative context provided to determine exact entities or dates.
In a humorously formal exchange Mrs Slimdiet offers another griddle cake to Mr De Boarder who declines the final piece. He blesses her hospitality but cites etiquette and restraint, choosing to wait rather than take the last cake.
In the Washington Critic a note recalls the Paradise german at the Metropolitan hotel last night. Nellie explains it is a german with far more gentlemen than girls. Nattie regrets missing the event as Hattie laments not attending.
An Iowa woman placed two dozen eggs in her bed to prevent freezing while out. On returning and bathing, a splash caused the cat to bolt through a window, alarming neighbors. The eggs stayed unfrozen according to the Chicago News.
In a Life cartoon, Gagley chides Skinnem for a cold office while coal prices rise. Skinnem counters that when coal is cheap he earns nothing, so he must economize regardless of warmth.
A bost on transcript snippet records a brief exchange praising a recent entertainment and the quality of creamery butter. The dialogue features Mrs Ownhair answering Mrs Smith about the olio and overall enjoyment, with JT expressing delight.
A San Francisco Report notes a witty woman who, when she wears an expensive bonnet to church, asks forgiveness for that pride and for her other sins, treating finery as a moral test and reminder of contrition.
A colored dialect reminiscence describes a rabbit that evades capture, likening it to persistent doctors who won’t stop pursuing an escapee. The piece uses folksy humor to illustrate stubborn pursuit and rural wit.
A street scene describes Japanese tying the horse by its forelegs to secure it. The brief note notes the unusual method without broader context or consequences.
A historical note reports that despite many structures being built, the area of TzAnadan still features 444 burying grounds. The figure highlights enduring cultural or religious sites amid development.
A first person account in Chambers Journal describes a hazardous alpine ascent from Martigny to the Great St Bernard hospice. The narrator, aided by a nobleman, a guide, and two monks, nearly succumbs to hypothermia and strangling sleep, but regains strength and survives after a dramatic rescue and care at the hospice.
Paris Cor New York Journal reports Louise Michel, the Red Virgin, slowly recovering from a head wound after doctors finally locate the bullet lodged at the base of her brain. She jokes about having a bee in her bonnet and defends the man who fired at her, believing he was hypnotized by her eloquence. She has hired Laguerre to defend him and suggests he be cared for by Dr Charcot for study of hypnotic influence on intelligence.
A west coast manager formed a baseball nine from his troupe to advertise. The advance agent arranges a game with locals on arrival, loans uniforms if needed, and lets the local nine win to spark pride. If a second night, a return game is set for the next afternoon, yielding strong attendance and popular pricing.
The essay compares Congress to a university, noting freshmen through seniors in the Capitol, and says several terms beyond the senior year are needed before statesmen emerge. It argues long legislative training yields guidance to the executive and judiciary, creating capable servants and advocates of American institutions.
Boston Globe corresp reports Chester exhibition where J G McCauley of California and Erastus Wiman showcase a pulverized coal process. Spray of impalpable coal powder into furnaces aims to save 60 percent of fuel, improve puddling, and reduce sulfur in iron. Cyclone pulverizer by Raymond brothers praised. claims of potential monopoly if adopted widely. The piece notes expected shift away from natural gas, especially outside gas districts, with Pittsburgh and Ohio markets as targets.
Kate Field, famed for versatility, tried a home co operation in Devonshire Street London to share living costs. She furnished rooms and meals cheaply, hosted friends in a drawing room, but the venture failed after three months as she bore all duties amid drunken cooks and unshared praise.
A Parsee birth rite described by Mrs. Leonowens features a magian and a fire priest performing exorcisms with a broom of beresma twigs and a firebrand. They sketch squares with creatures on a blackboard, read stars, and issue a birth horoscope amid ritual cleansing before presenting it to the father.
A historical reflection on how applause signals approval to artists and communicates across the footlights. It notes artists often possess highly nervous temperaments that aid creativity but bring discomfort, arguing that such sensitivity fuels much of the world’s stirring music.
A letter from Orange California claims mocking birds feed on berries from a Chinese umbrella tree that grow nearby. The writer says the birds get tipsy from this food and act foolishly, staggering about after a hearty meal. Chicago.
A New York Times Journal excerpt argues that great leaders and ideas originate in the country, not cities. It explains natural causes for urban intellectual sterility, noting more talent comes from rural areas and moves to cities for opportunity, while city life wastes potential in distractions.
U P Gates in Boston Transcript recounts visiting a Moorish home led by a guide. The simple dwelling features a tiled narrow entrance, open court, portieres to rooms, and an upstairs treasure of whitewashed walls reflecting light. No outsiders may view domestic life, with entrances designed to obscure private areas especially for women.
A Piron-sized 1887 lettersheet from Potter County Pa. feature testimonials to Dr Carey and Son praising Female Friend Blood and Liver Remedy and Prickly Ash for curing long standing ovarian and other chronic troubles. Patients claim relief after months of use and urge other women to seek the remedies.
The Haberdasher notes Americans are quick to try new approaches while English methods aim for safer, steadier progress, achieving results more slowly but more permanently. The piece also discusses opium cultivation with Mr Pratt of Teheran suggesting California and southern states could grow white poppy, arguing legitimate opium demand could boost wealth.
The narrator notes the ubiquitous question from waiters at breakfast about how to prepare eggs. The speaker laments the idea that a traveler might eat breakfast without eggs, claiming it to be a near impossibility and questions whether this is a universal custom among natives or merely a traveler’s impression.
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