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Newspaper
Lime Springs Sun
Location
Lime Springs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
1
Starving India famine cry and relief appeals amid state news
A poignant appeal echoes from India as mothers plead for fed children and Christians face moral duty to aid. The note contrasts famine with plenty at home while urging generosity, citing newspapers urging help and moral duty to share bread with the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
GivBas Brea
Hanver
Spring Opening Boosts Trade For Local Store
The store reports record gains since its Spring Opening with increasing customer turnout. Advertisements are trusted to reflect safe in-store values and accurate pricing, reinforcing the business’s growing reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Auction alert for suit bargains at record low prices
Notice announces limited availability of suits, warning some lots may close and urging quick action to secure four suits at the lowest prices ever heard of, with emphasis on rare bargains and fast sales.
Oxfords and Slippers on Sale at Popular Dept Store
We offer a splendid trade in Oxfords and Slippers with the best mun i the best fitting and the best wearing shoes on the market for the price. Save 25e a pair on summer footwear by buying from our popular department. Pretty Ox Blood Rule for children at small prices.
Farrington Bros The Leaders Best Stock Best Prices
The Farrington brothers promote their store as leaders in town with best stock and best prices on hot weather goods. Men’s furnishings and a wide selection of straw hats are highlighted to attract customers.
WU Woe for the Metric System and Old Measures
The article argues against adopting the metric system, citing Cassier’s Magazine and global use of English-based units. It laments decoupling from inch and foot measures and warns of translating technical literature and altering patterns, while recounting a hunting-deception incident involving a fox and a decoy with a rubber bag and iron frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
Europe
Congress of Philosophers
Cassier
Good Enough to Fool a Fox A Decoy Tale on Albemarle Sound
Eldridge Carrington, a New Yorker turned Albemarle Sound duck hunter, describes a curious episode reported by the New York Sun. He set iron and rubber decoys to mimic waterfowl at dawn while waiting for light. For minutes no birds appeared until a rustle upwind from the blind interrupted the quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nps
Albemarle Sound
Eldridge Carington
New York Sun
Tramp Surprises Homeowner After Hidden Key Found
A town resident returns home to find a rustic tramp at the dining table, having entered via an unlocked door after a key was hidden under a mat. He eats, drinks wine, then offers blunt wisdom on hiding places before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Clever Answers and The Curious First of the British Isles
A fragment notes an unusual circumstance describing the first of the British Isles in a curiously phrased passage. The text hints at a historical or literary aside with minimal readable context and no clear event or figure identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Parliamentary Etiquette and Islands of the British Isles
A column mocks gender franchise debates and Japanese parliament etiquette. It parodies an inspector’s island naming joke about the Isle of Man and women, citing a jab about the Scilly Isles. It notes a Japanese sitting debating attire and a member warned for etiquette indiscretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Man
British Isles
Smail
Scilly Istes
Japan
Leon Say Posthumous Honor Decrees Discovered
Five decrees dated the same day signed by President Grevy and countersigned by officials appointing Leon Say to all Legion of Honor grades including Grand Cross were not published in the Journal Officiel and Say never wore the decorations. A Maine ledger with flawless entries was found in Auburn curiosity shop, kept with quill and homemade ink. Two French biologists claim fasting reduces diphtheria effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Say
Grevy
Legion of Honor
Grand Cross
Officiel
Say
Famine in India Hits Jewelers in Nelb City
Among famine sufferers in India the jewelers in Nelb suffer greatly as business collapses. Marriages are few and people seek ornaments for viewing rather than purchasing, reflecting the hardship spreading through the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Nelb
Dog with metal detecting powers captivates Iowa town
A tan ten pound dog named Silver Tip, owned by Landlont Barber of Rock Rapids, reportedly can identify genuine coins in a mixed pile and chase counterfeit or dull coins. Tested by Chicago business houses and Iowa scientists, Tip works without human aid and has refused offers of purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Tip
Iowa
Neck Rapids
Chicago Times-Herald
Landlont Barber
Lyon
Rock Rapids
Tip
Chicago
Towa
Tie
Dows Tip
Hertford-Wallace Collection Worth 7.5 Million
The Hertford Wallace collection bequeathed by Lady Wallace to the British nation is valued at 7.5 million dollars. Sir Richard Wallace died July 21, leaving an immense art trove to England, with his widow arranging final dispersal after her death. The collection, rich in Meissonier and Greuze works, includes paintings, porcelains, bronzes, and Japanese art pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertford-Wallace
Lady Wallace
Saya
Boston Transcript
Sir Richard Wallace
Ise
Sir Richard
Meisson+ fer
Greuze
England
National Gallery
Hertford
Benvenuto Cellini
Straw cubes replace wood for street paving in Warsaw
A Polish newspaper reports a Warsaw engineer's invention using compressed straw cubes under tar impregnated groundwork. Straw is cut to length, soaked in a secret fluid, bound with wire, immersed in a hot solution, then pressed into durable blocks claimed to be cheaper and stronger than wood for paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
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