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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
7
A wide ranging column comments on Utah governance, Cuban politics, American influence abroad, marriage rumors involving Senator Depew, and various international affairs. It notes the death of the fifteenth Earl of Moray, discusses horse shortages, a snake bite in Indiana, and calls for condensed newspapers. It also covers railroad and patent medicine chatter, Imperial views, and a New York bishop’s stance.
The Montreal Star notes women face social quicksands and limitations hidden behind charm. It argues women’s faults are often head rather than heart, excuses abound for weaknesses, and media sneers are a modern trend. It praises female privilege and cautions against imitating men.
Miss Ida Hathaway of Hartford, a nurse, went blind caring for a Syrian infant with an infectious eye disease. Her sacrifice saved the child's life though the disease left her permanently sightless. Experts failed to save her vision as the patient survived. The story ends with a note on fire insurance losses tied to a steel trust decision.
Washington Letter questions forcing American marriage law on Indians starting this month. It argues the plan adds useless red tape, risks polygamous customs, and ignores tribal practice. The piece notes licenses, agency records, and state laws, plus the need for congressional action to legitimize any new regulations.
Chicago Record-Herald notes Swift & Co posts notices forbidding profanity to protect morals and efficiency. The editorial argues profanity breeds violence and lowers discipline among about 5 000 workers, praising the firm’s stance and citing American speech as especially profane.
A strong stance condemns profanity as a vile habit not present in Japanese and rare in English speaking travelers. The piece urges restraint in language across nations, calling profanity an abhorrent blight on language and urges stopping it.
Practical tips mix cooking methods and wardrobe advice with parenting philosophy. Guidance covers preserving candy, starch whitening, goose selection, plant care, lace and collar trends, duck preparation, flannel shirt making, cucumber fritters, and economical meat choices, plus breathing exercises, furniture choices, decorative rugs, and family harmony. The tone reflects a late 19th or early 20th century domestic column emphasizing prudence, thrift, and moral instruction.
A London sourced tale recounts Irish roughs attacking Salvationists in a Monmouthshire town with 600 driven out. A man saving his home with a hollow blunderbuss revealed a 60 year old will leaving 2000 to his father, recovered later. A Yorkshire scare involved fake chests of gold to panic rivals and shift deposits, helping one firm gain and the other collapse within two years.
Washington tale from the cloakroom notes how actor William H. Crane imitated Senator Plumb of Kansas by wearing Plumbs broad brimmed hat during performances of The Senator. Crane swapped hats at a dining table and kept Plumbs hat on stage thereafter.
May produced average temperatures matching the long term 61 degree norm with a high of 88 and a low of 40. The month recorded 1.87 inches of rain and a 46 mph wind from the west on May 7, with 14 clear days, nine partly cloudy and eight cloudy, plus two thunder storms.
The New York Sun notes czar Paul I left an iron box unopened since 1801 at Gatchina, to be opened in 1901. It mentions a sealed bag of Queen Elizabeth’s letters in the roll office, reportedly containing secret correspondence. The piece also oddly states 19,002 Great Britain locomotives exist.
Farmers are urged to ventilate poultry houses in hot weather and keep hogs in mud for fly protection. The piece notes hog product prices, corn market risks, and milk product trials favoring cheese. It discusses farm land demand, crop rotation, and feed efficiency with data from Minnesota experiments.
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