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Newspaper
Mora Tribune
Location
Mora, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1895
Page
2
The Mora Tribune notes varied items from the era including ink longevity on manuscripts, the Thames embankment expansion at London hotels, and projected Lake Superior ore shipments near 10 million tons. It also covers a tomato sausage novelty in Portland, Canada’s heavy deficit, unusual harvests and records in Oregon and Nebraska, San Jose fruit shipments, Chicago born-at-sea residents, and a porcupine incident near Cumberland Maryland.
The report notes Wastwater as deep with its bed and surface measurements. It cites corn exports rising to 1.2 million bushels per week, Europe valuing Indian corn, and knights ceremonies with royal ritual. Postal receipts in the last quarter exceed 1892 levels, led by New York then Chicago and St Louis. An English naval writer plans Ironclads in Avon.
The Minnesota capitol commission awarded first prize to Cass Gilbert of St. Paul for the new capitol design with revisions planned. The $1,270,902 project includes planned interior changes, lighting, ventilation, and a rotunda opening to illuminate the first floor.
Miles Standish landing site at Squantum Massachusetts was commemorated with a stone cone monument. Daughters of the Revolution and allied societies supplied the stones, with only masonry costs. Descendants attended while Charles Francis Adams gave the address. National historical societies are acting as well as writing.
Gus Mooney, a Frisco county clerk’s office copyist, is praised as the happiest man with a pen in the new city hall. He writes with both hands, performing feats that astound ordinary men and displaying a beautiful Spencerian hand.
A Victorian note on Wales s sineater custom and popular apple fortunes. The piece questions the moral burden on sin eaters and compares Welsh medical rivals to conquerors, then shifts to apple fortune games and lead prognostications echoed from St Nicholas.
Reports say a leading life insurance company accepts up to 300000 on lives of consumptives using Amick Chemical Treatment. The Amick Chemical Co of Cincinnati pays premiums and presents policies to patients claiming full statistics on consumption and good risk if treatment is followed.
The Germantown corner house, traced to 1783 and pre Revolution, drew attention for bayonet marks from the Battle of Germantown. Dr Shippen lived there long, hosted meetings leading to the First Presbyterian church of Germantown, and it was Lafayette College’s birthplace. Dr Blair and Rev George Junkin also connected to the property as tenant and school founder. The doctor showed strong loyalty, even hauling down a rebel flag at Lexington. His two sons in law served with Stonewall Jackson and Col Preston.
Paris betting shows a vast, opaque system with pari mutuel figures totaling about £7.56 million yearly. Bookmakers and agencies pass bets through clearing houses, adding tax to commissions, while aristocrats prefer bookmakers. The Paris gambling budget, larger than education costs, is largely borne by the city’s working classes at suburban tracks and Chantilly.
A rosy cheeked apple sleeps high in a tree until the sun and a bird fail to stir it. The wind finally shakes the tree, waking the apple which falls into a waiting apron and grants thanks as the child runs off with her fruit.
Lou ise Willis Snead writes in St. Nicholas about love-grass and love-in-a-puff as playful fortune telling games for children. The piece describes pulling love-grass, deciphering heart seals on seeds, and the dandelion ritual of finding gold bags with a successful breath.
In Edinburgh a university examiner warned against hats on his desk and later cut up his own hat after a student slipped it onto the desk. The hat was destroyed amid applause, with the outcome of the examiner discovering it was his own hat not stated.
Edinburg Scotland uses a bicycle rider to trim 150 arc street lamps. Previously two hours on foot. now the task takes 30 minutes. The change reduces unnecessary current use and carbon, saving about $200 in electricity yearly.
The Washington Star quotes a skeptic challenging weather forecasting as easy but notes a counter by predicting heat waves during cold spells and cold waves during heat spells as a simple rule.
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