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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
9
The article traces photography's rise in courts over the past decade, detailing how a camera can capture pivotal details. It recounts cases from a railroad accident to cemetery monu ment forgery to illustrate the camera's role in evidence, forgery detection, and identifying alterations in documents.
The article notes a growing price for caviare driven by a drop in sturgeon catches in American waters. Caviare, once sold as low as 90 kee in 1885, reached 184 kee last year, signaling high value as the most valuable sturgeon by product. Germany previously received most domestic caviare. John Nons, an agent of the United States fish com.
A correspondent notes deep gloom over English temperance prospects amid strong vested interests in land railroads and brewers. He cites failed bills restricting minors from pubs and observes widespread public drinking and poor moral education, with Parliament unable to curb the “great curse.” He recalls spending weeks in London’s east end fourteen years prior.
A Chicago reporter travels to Oshkosh Wisconsin to chase a sensational trio of missing college girls. He follows clues from their boarding house and Lake Winnebago to uncover a harmless washday misunderstanding rather than scandal, ending with a humorous note back home.
Tom Andrews and Elaine rescue a baby wildcat named Bobs during a North Woods trip. Back in the city the kitten claws, bites, and fights neighborhood dogs, provokes a bulldog, and even punctures a car tire before meeting a fatal end in an auto collision. Elaine’s circle debates safety while Bobs leaves a path of scratched dogs and shocked neighbors.
A historical take compares mammals and other animals on swimming ability. It notes camels, giraffes, llamas and monkeys struggle or fail, while seals and sea lions excel, and rodents often swim and dive well. Pigs, hares, rabbits and elephants are discussed with mixed accuracy and colorful detail.
Nebraska farmers face a prairie dog surge endangering vast grasslands. The piece details the animal’s habits, burrow towns, and how farmers test control methods from gas to poisoning with strychnine and potassium cyanide. It notes the pest’s spread across 90 to 150 burrows per acre and the challenge of extermination.
Miss Agnes Slocum of Vermont sails for Manila with two acres of strawberry plants aiming to supply Manila and Luzon, hoping to become a millionaire planter. Grace Eliott Page, a Maine girl, also leaves for the Philippines to raise turkeys, predicting profitable returns as she hatches eggs with hens and incubators. Both see favorable climate and demand but face social hurdles in distant lands.
A Northern publishing representative notes Bible sales surge across the United States and Europe. He cites American Bible Society figures of 1,426,001 copies moved from Jan 1899 to Jan 1900 and describes varied editions from costly Oxford formats to inexpensive pocket Bibles. He suggests Bible demand grows due to Western campaigns and Philippine war coverage influencing readership.
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