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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1899
Page
4
A historical note surveys Fiji and neighboring South Sea practices including beliefs about the soul, ritual artifacts, and the notorious cannibal feast. It describes canoes, religious rites, and the method of preparing and sharing captives or victors, with details of the slaughtering place and post battle celebrations.
A coal black tabby with no spots travels daily in the Bourse elevators. She mews at the door to summon the elevator operator and tours the building, serving as a mouser prized by staff amid the risk of mice damaging documents.
The potato bug invades farms driving swarms toward scrub land. Thousands were crushed under car wheels at Centre Moriches station as the pest disrupted service and left rails greasy until swept and candled.
Of twenty four lynchings in Georgia thus far this year five were for incendiarism five for robbery three for complicity in murder one for murder one for resisting arrest one for race prejudice one for use of a lo Jet language, leaving seven connected with crimes against women.
The Eiffel Tower is repurposed by Lue Paris police as a surveillance tower to monitor chimneys emitting excess smoke beyond legal limits.
A New Orleans curio dealer describes a small glass-tipped weapon claimed to be of Japanese origin. The knifelike instrument fits inside a Chinese marking brush and would kill with a hidden puncture, leaving no obvious wound. The dealer compares the danger to a stylographic pen.
A reclusive man known as Old Hickory or Homestead resides in a tree hut on James Trust farm land near Selma Ohio. For ten years he has lived off the river, fishing trapping and tending a truck garden while maintaining a tidy shelter and welcoming locals who visit along the riverbank. He plans to continue his solitary life until death.
Marie Betancourt an 18 year old Taunton Massachusetts girl ate an apple offered by a coworker in a cotton mill. Within ten minutes she lost speech and has communicated only by signs and writing for three weeks. Doctors term her condition aphasia a rare, puzzling illness at a young age. Marie lives at 34 Nean Street with her parents.
The article asserts Jefferson City Missouri hosts the largest penitentiary in the United States with the most prisoners. It also touts the town as home to the world's largest factory of serviceable trees and hints at a local figure famed for persistence and artistry in persuasion.
The piece recounts the American ostrich importation begun by Edwin Cawston and his three farms, noting 50 birds shipped from Africa and the rise of a California-based industry. It then shifts to a coastal island legend of Lorenzo Villalta and a 1746 earthquake tidal wave, describing frequent tremors and local reactions.
The article describes striped neck ostriches raised on alfalfa, their rapid growth, docile nature, and nocturnal care in heated rooms. It notes a yearly plucking event where a boy is mounted to be thrown by the bird, drawing amusement from visitors as part of a celebration amid the strange happenings of the mountains.
Lima correspondent recalls San Lorenzo as a large coastal island protecting Dallas harbor. Native tradition marks its birth on October 28 1748 to commemorate a Caliao earthquake, while geologists doubt the sea rise story and cite older rock signs.
An Irishman’s influence spans nations and eras. The piece notes Irish figures in leadership roles from Ireland to England France Austria the United States and beyond naming Monroe Polk Buchanan Jackson and others as Irish connections. It discusses debates over Andrew Jackson’s birthplace and cites figures like Marshal MacMahon and the Duke of Tetuan as Irish linked leaders.
A brief note extols wholesome game as a tasty dish when well cooked and easily digestible by young and hard working stomachs.
Louis Burkher, a 70 year old Indiana farmer, beat his wife near death then set his home ablaze and killed himself. He watched the flames from the barn loft as a dynamite sequence destroyed the house, leaving a few personal losses and a dwindling estate.
The Philadelphia Times reports Arkansas lawmakers may ban Neil on the Border the life story of Judge Isaac Parker aka the Hanging Judge. Parker sentenced many to death and sparked mixed praise and anger in Arkansas and Indian Territory.
William Mercer a farmer near Huntington West Virginia has married five sisters from the Moffatt family of Raccoon Creek. He wed Jennie Ada Catherine Missouri and Anna over the years, all sisters of the late Jennie Mercer. Mercer now 59 says he fell in love with the whole family and has four children from his marriages. He owns fast horses and remains wealthy.
A boy named Hixtfield of Chattanooga rose from bed in the night and, while asleep, rode a electric car to Rome Georgia. He checked into a hotel and slept, waking to disbelief at his strange journey. He returned home next morning and now suffers brain fever.
A Kansas City woman sues her divorced husband R. M. Davis for breach of promise after he courted her post divorce, gained her agreement to remarry, and then deserted her seeking at least 310,900 in the suit.
A brief exchange notes a young woman in Chicago pursuing editor training. The dialogue hints at her ambitions and the figure guiding her approach, highlighting emerging talent in local journalism.
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