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Newspaper
Mora Tribune
Location
Mora, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
2
The article surveys diverse topics from London’s Jewish population doubling to 100000-120000, an ice locomotive used for freight in Russia, a humming bird flower plant near Damascus, Bernhardt’s retirement view, a Brooklyn incendiaries sentence, Lord Ailington’s white farm, Salt Lake City tabernacle acoustics, Congo tattoo customs, and Vienna women serving as physicians' subjects for teaching anatomy.
The passage notes that only two younger czars than Nicholas II reigned, Peter II who became czar in 1717 at age twelve, and Alexander I who began in 1901 at age twenty four. It adds that Nicholas I, Alexander II, and Alexander III ascended at ages twenty nine, thirty seven, and thirty six respectively.
The piece surveys English female beauty standards with features like regular faces and blue to hazel eyes, notes an ancient diving-bell exhibit before Charles V, mentions Tanna island’s ongoing eruptions seen from afar, and cites the Army quartermaster report praising clothing, equipment, and cavalry and artillery horse costs.
A Western club recounts a wedding tale blending humor and pathos. A Colorado Springs salesman travels from Ute Pass to a decayed mountain town, chases a post office thief, rents a room from a debt-owing landlady, and attends a rustic wedding where the groom acts as constable and lawmen arrest a culprit before the ceremony.
A Philadelphia Inquirer fragment recounts a chaotic mountain wedding misadventure. The groom lacks a license, a justice of the peace is unsure, an Episcopal prayer book saves the ceremony, and the old father negotiates a playful arrest as the couple wed. The groom receives ten years. the bride a divorce and a stronger husband.
Pearson's Weekly outlines the Queen's household as near a thousand staff with a £500,000 annual maintenance. It notes steam apparatus men added since Henry VIII, a wax fitter tied to the family, and odd jobs like four double deckers laying dinner cloths. It recalls salaries for bargemaster, waterman, lamplighters, and the swan keeper, all funded beyond the civil list. The piece ends with a Commons vote approving the charge in committee of supply.
The flowers of the pumpkin are cooked and eaten by some American Indian tribes, especially the Aztecs, who esteemed them as a food.
A guidance piece urges girls to seek popularity through unselfishness and kindness. A reader recounts Maria Matilda inspiring a shy teacher, proving leadership by example. The excerpt also touches on Bruges prosperity and myths of the Golden Fleece, linking virtue to influence.
A Portland Daily Press fragment recounts a rustic scene where woodpeckers defend their hollow nest against a ground owl with an oak ball sealing the entrance. It also offers a playful party centerpiece idea the enchanted pumpkin with tied gifts and guessing seeds.
The text notes two young Knights of the Golden Fleece a nine year old Spanish king and an eight year old Portuguese heir both grand masters of Spanish orders. It also recounts the famed Zeitz talking dog trained by a boy who made it utter about thirty words and a rival Hofland dog in Holland 1718 could pronounce letters except l m and s.
The Philadelphia Sun explains that shooting stars are meteors burning in the earths atmosphere due to high velocity. The atmosphere protects life by burning most meteors and only rarely do rocks reach the ground where museum specimens exist.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt notes amateur musicians feel unsure when asked the key of a piece. A quick guide is offered: for sharps, remember God Deluged All Earth By Flood. for flats, Fanny Baker Eats Apple Dump ling Greedily. The method helps players recall the number of sharps or flats quickly.
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