08 Oct 1885
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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1885
Page
1
A mix of business card listings for Kane PA including attorneys and barbers with operations near Post Office and Davis store, plus random verse about old friends. The items mention locations Kane PA and Magowar, with services from surgery and millinery to ornamental stamping and hotel guest rooms.
A domestic tale follows Tom and Mary as a farmer couple confront fits of avarice and toil amid five years of marriage. Their life shifts from happiness to strain under Tom’s hoarding, until Mary’s endurance and Tom’s repentance restore balance and love. The second excerpt describes London docks laborers scrambling for employment, crowds pressing for metal tokens, and the brutal, daily calculus of work and hunger in the avowedly harsh system.
The Chinese farm house is a curious abode sheltered by bamboo groves and banyans with clay or wood walls. It features a main room from floor to roof, corner sleeping closets, a shell roof window, wooden shutters for side openings, and an earth floor where a mixed crowd of children and animals reside. Some districts defend homes with high walls, firearm apertures, a moat, and a drawbridge.
A Paris Assize Court case centers on Victor Guinet and an Italian named Zappatern alias Malvere, accused of elaborate banking frauds earning 200000 francs. They used forged checks and letter substitutions to siphon funds, with police uncovering a cache of tools and chemicals used by forgers. The report also notes alarming bread shortages in South Austria and Italy where polenta and stertz replace ordinary bread.
A survey of curiosities touches on Maltese legends, pie crust tips, and unusual topics from the Red River to Chinamen in Chicago. It describes beekeeping disease, eye strain from shade trees, and a tale of a horse adorned by a Memphis woman that ran off. It notes early pottery ornament patterns and the evolution from practical marks to deliberate decoration across cultures.
A California prospector recounts digging along Amador County creeks where an old gum boat and hearth hid a boot. A kick toppled the boot and released gold dust and two leather bags, yielding nearly $2,000 in treasure. No human remains were found.
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