08 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Le Mars Weekly Sun
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
1
A jumble of notes reports celestial measurements a hemp of willow withers a beetle in truth a long list of curiosities. It mentions Scotland willows a vast penny pencil a walking stick and a New York church tower hoisted by a derelict horse.
A note on a restless sleeper capable of walking 428 days records a somnambulist who might be guided by hypnosis to move in a chosen direction while asleep. The Salvation Army’s assets abroad total 3,213,690 with a trade fleet and stock valued at 560,000 and 22,000 army bonnets sold yearly to female soldiers. Ararat Pennsylvania hosts a lifelong Susquehanna County resident who has never ridden a railroad car, opposing rail travel since the road was built, claiming the locomotive is Satan’s invention and dies before being coaxed onto a train.
The article discusses circulars from Mexican lotteries and postal rules, noting that prepaid mail must be delivered despite anti-lottery laws. It contrasts this with Brazilian stock law requiring a portion of capital to be paid before operation and restricting trading of shares until 4 percent is realized. It suggests reform may be sweeping but beneficial.
The Pan American Conference expenses totaled about $125,000 with $46,495 spent on the inspection tour. Delegates’ expenses ranged from $130 to $3,240, and some paid part of their costs personally. A $20 balance was turned over to the treasury and the accounts are squared. The narrow margin between appropriation and outlay invites curiosity.
The article argues General Boorn faces criticism over claims his charity scheme mirrors Count Rumford, noting Rumford’s Bavarian relief relied on coercion and lacked moral or religious supports. It cites Prof Tyndall praising Rumford’s heat discoveries but contends his methods pushed beggars across borders rather than aiding them.
A London paper condemns emigration swindlers who entice sons of well to do families with the promise of Baratarian farming training and eventual colonization. The scheme huрks a hundred pound premium, offers harsh conditions, and often ends with boys returning or vanishing to American cities, while the fraud continues to thrive.
A detailed portrait of William Ewart Gladstone on his eighty first birthday describes his health vitality and daily routine. It covers his London and Hawarden life diet reading habits private secretary use, dress quirks guided by Mrs Gladstone and his restrained lifestyle. The piece notes his sleep speech style parliamentary conduct and enduring influence as statesman and writer.
The article explains how common electrical terms like farad ohm joule watt and coulomb have precise meanings and traces their names to famous scientists Faraday Ohm Joule Watt Ampere Coulomb Volta and the word dyne linked to dynamo. It notes origins in English French and German discoveries and the root meanings behind each unit.
Warieny offers a quarter to a small boy to collect many insects. The plan is to place the creatures on his wife's plants, as she restricts smoking indoors to pests on the plants.
The new railroad chapel in Chicago rises in Bedford stone with Gothic design and spaces for a pastor study infant class room library and a 200 seat classroom. The main audience room fronts 600 seats on the lower floor with 300 in the gallery. Planned cost is 35000 with occupancy expected next spring but the death of F E F Spencer, a leading promoter, delays progress.
The speaker warns of widespread youth secularism and crime, arguing that millions of young men neglect church, religion, and Christian outreach. He cites liquor use, saloon activity, and crime rates to urge greater moral and religious engagement, citing figures on saloons and social ills. General Secretary Howser of Cincinnati is referenced.
A colored man asks a watchmaker to repair only the clock hands, claiming the clock misreads time for months. The tale compares people who blame outward faults while failing to reform their hearts, fearing the higher price of surrender to the Lord.
A rural sermon on Christian priorities contrasts devoting life to God with pursuing worldly wealth, arguing that true believers endure fewer hardships and receive divine aid. The piece includes anecdotes from a Munchausen tale in Kansas, a tale of droughts and crops, and notes on sparrow control for gardeners in England.
A man, after drawing a sermon from a barrel and concealing it, went to deliver it again. The sermon matched the one he preached previously. When he began, a congregant quipped that they had not forgotten Lot's Wife since his prior visit.
A narrator reflects on a life spent washing clothes sweeping and toiling in a small shop or a laborer's hut. The passage argues such a life can be ennobled by God’s mercy and sacrifice for a king, elevating humble service above worldly status.
A well dressed man visits a Fourth Street barber shop seeking a curl in his mustache with ten dollar Confederate bills. After the barber ties the bills into the mustache for effect, the man bolts from the shop, leaving the barber with the hat as payment and the barber in disbelief at the ruse.
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