17 Sep 1885
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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1885
Page
1
Fragmented notice lumps a legal office in Gillis Block with names like Kane and Mirgehwan. It lists an active medical practice, rates, and references to Pittsburgh work, plus an inappropriately inserted poem about victors and vanquished.
In Port McDowell the young Lieutenant Trent Parker schemes to capture escaped convict John Devine. He crafts a subterfuge to lure Devine into Sanford, Arizona, uses a small patrol to seize him, and returns him to Fort Wharton amid wary celebration.
A Victorian column extols salicylic plaster as a cure for corns and thick skin with DIY preparation notes. It then shifts to a long discourse on micro organisms, debating whether they are plants or animals, their role in decay and energy production, and their function as earth’s beneficial scavengers when air circulation is allowed.
Observations by the Hydrographic Bureau note waves south from the North Atlantic reaching up to half a mile long and 44 to 48 feet high, with typical great waves around 30 feet. The text also profiles Bret Harte abroad, describing his aging appearance and two sons, one named Francis B. Harte pursuing business rather than acting.
Experiments by Prof. Bauchinger show cast-iron columns bent by red heat but still support the load after cooling, while wrought-iron columns distort beyond straightening. Cement concrete pillars withstand fire longer. natural stones fail. Cast iron and cement concrete emerge as best for fire resistance. A penitentiary resident is a law abiding citizen.
A young man aboard a boat carries a dead bass with scales and a pair of small balances. He tricks by weighing the fish with bird shot. A crowd bets, the fish weighs just over two pounds, but weighs more on land when the shot is released. Police ask how the ruse worked.
An old farmer narrates hiring failures from last spring to yesterday. Each hired man quit over odd demands, from umbrellas over the plow to stained glass in a bedroom, guitars, painted roofs, windmills milking cows, or writing poetry in the corn field.
An Irish flavored tale unfolds with Salt Lake City police chief Mulvaney chasing heat and a witty exchange before Darions Brigham, mayor, a Boston cousin, and a chilly Thincess from Boston. The banter blends heat, humor, and a mock description of Boston as a frozen North Pole.
A married woman aboard a Sixth Avenue streetcar tries to reach Carmine Street and repeatedly asks the conductor for the street names. She learns each stop is owned by the company, not Carmine, until the final misidentification.
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