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Newspaper
Mora Tribune
Location
Mora, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1896
Page
3
A detailed tour through a paper mill reveals rag pulp cleaning, bleaching, and tinting, with kettled vats and rotary bleachers. Workers shred, wash, grind, and reassemble waste materials into newspaper stock, then mix with spruce and poplar wood pulp before forming sheets on hot rollers. Also discusses the future role of the bicycle in warfare as fast scouts and messengers.
Discussion on a talk meter to measure and bill by length of calls emerges as a solution to excessive telephone use. Bell system in Philadelphia tests measured service where each five minutes of conversation counts as a call, aiming to curb abuse and promote prudent use. In 1940s context, high message volume suggests potential pricing changes to regulate consumer behavior.
Prof. Haines, chemist to the Chicago Board of Health, declares he has found the Royal Baking Powder the purest and strongest and superior to all others in every respect.
A Hamburg physician Dr. Faber shares his self experiment with hay fever. He found winter toryza worsens with hot ears and nasal discharge relieves congestion when ears are rubbed until red hot. Repeated thorough ear rubbing reduced nasal congestion and allowed him to live with hay fever.
An engineer returning from Germany notes Dresden street cars attractive in dark paint. Many cars are American but room remains. American manufacturers should correspond in German. Dresden drivers use a peculiar bell atop the brake handle to warn pedestrians, sounding the alarm by moving the tube while braking.
A ponderous moral about courage contrasts fear with duty. The Duke of Wellington recalls a trembling soldier who pauses before combat yet is praised for facing the danger, defining bravery as acknowledging risk and meeting it.
A column cautions bicyclists against risky hill climbs coast ing and racing in streets urging right side riding and awareness at crossings. It warns against century boasting and notes safety over bravado. Also features a new invalids chair design with upright positioning and stair handling. A Royal baking powder endorsement closes the page.
Advertisers trumpet Royal Baking Powder as the purest and most powerful leavening agent, asserting its superiority over cheaper brands and dismissing attacks from rival makers as unfounded.
A Field correspondent records a series of gun handling guidelines emphasizing safe aiming, avoiding shots near companions, never carrying loaded guns in wagons or over fences, keeping a gun at half cock, dropping it if falling, removing jammed cartridges, not handling the muzzle, and keeping guns unloaded in the house. The rules urge self-possession to enjoy field sport without danger.
The New York Times discusses pebble paperweights as artistic gifts painted with scenes of birds and beaches. It notes large white clam shells from Long Island as handy pin trays, decorated with marine scenes or playful ink sketches.
A Colorado boy blew a soap bubble in 14 degrees below zero and watched it freeze into a hollow ice sphere as it fell to the snow. The bubble did not refreeze when the temperature rose to zero, though whether air change or temperature caused this remains undetermined.
NYC traffic shifts to surface roads with gains of 38,000,000 passengers last year and 27,100,000 the prior year while elevated lines shed 13,700,000 and 15,100,000 respectively. Short trips favor surface cars despite slower speed, prompting calls for more express trains on elevated lines.
Reporters observed neckties rising above collars as delegates shouted and argued, some becoming untied in the heated moments. The cravats behaved like unconscious thermometers, prompting musings about an undiscovered natural law governing such fashion responses.
The piece notes a metaphysical club in England with members like Huxley and Gladstone. Gladstone is described as ready to discuss metaphysics, sometimes beyond mastery, while Huxley quips that Gladstone does not know the word’s metaphysics. Their public rivalry hid no private cordiality.
Admiral Kabayama commands mikado troops in Formosa and chases the Black Flags after a 300 man loss at Sankakimi. He bombards towns, drives 40,000 residents to woods, and aims to conquer Formosa within a year by mustering 56,000 soldiers and exterminating 40,000 Black Flags.
A sobered scene shows a girl kneeling beside a despondent father. She pleads through song to avert hunger, while he smiles sadly and concedes that her singing may not deter the wolf. The exchange underlines the precarious grip of poverty and a daughter's hopeful but risky effort to change fate.
A Louisville Post excerpt notes a Bungtown Ohio militia formed before the war called the Pungtown Riflemen. By laws set two articles: the unit to be known as the Bungtown Rifles and to be disbanded in case of war.
A fragment mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla and a product called One True Blood Purifier in a battle context. No clear people places or dates are readable. The note seems part of an advertisement or satirical item from a historical paper.
A dramatic World headline recounts a fierce battle where Blues push Reds from a fortress. As forty thousand advance, a sudden reversal halts the assault. On the ramparts, one hundred college men wave colors and regalia, turning the tide with inspired defiance.
A tale from the New York Sun recounts Mrs. B entering Mrs. A s deserted home with keys alike. Mrs. A returns to find a hush and then faints after a startled confrontation, prompting remarks on prudence and etiquette in a quiet town.
Noah ponders the animals aboard as Ham mentions a pair of spotted leopards. The exchange hints at trouble for “that boy,” with Noah muttering a grim remark. Cincinnati Triune.
A Washington Star caption recalls a buyer questioning a horse sold as intelligent. The seller defends the horse by saying its fence-escaping antics reveal its intelligence when a girl in bloomers is nearby.
A linguistics note observes that the toponym Newton appears at least seventy two times across England, marking it as the most common locality name. The finding highlights how a single name can recur in multiple counties and towns throughout the country.
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