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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1892
Page
3
The New York hotel sector involves about 17 million dollars to build and furnish, with annual receipts around 14.75 million and profits roughly 3.5 million split among 62 establishments. Yet crime and hotel “beats” erode returns, leaving some profits squeezed to about 1.08 million after losses and operating costs.
A playful cartoon-style exchange recalls a girl describing a picnic with swings, daisies, and flirtations, ending with a wedding-trip joke. A New York man misplaces a $45 luck penny as a room mate helps, ending with a humorous twist.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch article warns Northern hunters in South Florida to beware ferocious wild hogs. It describes the hogs as fearless, attacking all predators from alligators to cougars, and notes their relentless packs and deadly bites.
Describes a vast lake surrounded by towering snow clad peaks with Terror and Giants gates and multiple avalanches. The writer details Poseidon river ascent, a night camp, and a three leap fall totaling 1904 feet making it the world’s highest waterfall. Also mentions rainbow mist and sunlight enhancing colors. An earlier note cites cotton cultivation failures in other regions including India.
Lafcadio Hearn describes in Harper's Magazine how diverse skin tones from yellow to bronze appear among workers in the tropics. He praises muscular definition, notes frugal diet, climate, and race-crossing as factors in organic strength and sculptural bodies.
Fashion notes describe hair ornaments and wide bracelet styles with belts and round bodices. Novel table items include crystal claret jugs with painted landscapes and shells, and silver mounted china with Doulton, Worcester, and Minton pieces. Bejeweled bridesmaid gifts feature diamond brooches and curbs with wedding date medallions. Cardinal Mazzofanti, famed for knowing many languages, reportedly never forgot a word learned.
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