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Newspaper
Nanaimo Semi Weekly Mail
Location
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1896
Page
6
In a humorous note from the Washington Star, a Chicago lawyer who wrote on whist learns his book is good but not as good as the game. The letter's quip about whist’s "pleasure" and a gaffe about a queen of clubs illustrates playful backchat.
A portrait of Elizabeth Moorhead Stone daughter of Congressman Charles W. Stone of Pennsylvania, introduced at a stately tea. She is tall, dark eyed, well educated at Woman's College in Baltimore, with refined vocal and elocution talents. Her charm and wit mark her as a rising social figure in Washington society.
The article details a marsupial termed zebra wolf or native tiger, noting its kangaroo family lineage, owl like eyes with a victitating membrane, gray brown fur with 14 black stripes, and habits such as hunting wearers skins for robes. It mentions captivity in London gardens and survival in Tasmania's mountains, ending with a warning on extinction.
A compact clipping notes two self supporting gentlewomen contrasting past years and manners with remarks on male conduct by George Meredith and a playful exchange at the Navy Yard about a minie rifle. It also cites a Baron's faded verse describing a rosy maiden and gilded beauty in ornate language.
An Austrian princess, wife of Archduke Charles Etienne, and daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, has taken to athletics. In a dramatic incident she heaved a fallen iron column off a man, aiding his rescue as onlookers rushed to help.
Miss Nellie Cheeley of Morrill Minnesota takes a homestead claim and begins a large scale honey business. She plans to teach school in winter and tend her apiary in summer, leveraging her experience for success.
Miss Fannie Unger opens a new real estate office opposite Nutley station in Franklin New Jersey. The energetic young proprietor hangs out a golden sign and offers property for sale and houses to let. She has several years of stenography experience and now runs the agency.
Brooklyn Engle recounts Jack Ormiston a veteran Adirondack guide 80 years on the trail. He narrates an evergreen tale of chasing a bear from a tree using only his booted feet and a boot kick then a staged rescue by Jim Hodge. The yarn shifts to a freezing ordeal aided by kerosene and matches lighting to warm boots and reach Bear Mountain Island by midnight.
Examination of sword forms from rapier to claymore, noting origins, blade shapes, and the sixteenth century as the zenith of sword artistry. Also discusses the rise of typewriters in New York, market scale, capital value, and notable examples including a czarina’s machine.
A fragment from the Tndiangupolis Journal shows a terse exchange about aid with the line I would not help you if I thought there was anything in you and the demand for a dime, implying a sharp street-level negotiation or rebuff.
A powerful three union bloc in glass trades plans a multi million dollar defense fund funded by per capita tax to back 75000 workers in United States and Canada during strikes or lockouts. The plan preserves separate unions while coordinating wage talks and limiting production to curb overproduction.
William and Melissa Long of Carroll County Indiana fulfilled an antenuptial pact made at their 1890s marriage. They agreed to jointly accumulate wealth and rear a family until their children stood on their own. Upon equal fortune division and the children receiving dowries, they would separate in court after more than 40 years together. The separation follows the legal action and the couple now holds a comfortable fortune.
Frank Yoder a Hazleton Pennsylvania grocer found a young alligator inside an oyster while opening it The creature was alive and frisky with only the hind legs missing He plans to send the reptile to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia Philadelphia Press
A Kansas Star article describes a nearly two mile long mole burrow along a river bank after flood recession. The sand flat remains springy, with wood debris, stumps, drift piles, and a broad ridge winding 1,000 yards toward the river. The narrative wonders if a blind molesman still works this route through Clay County seeking the bank’s end.
A humor piece follows a man who believed he was a connoisseur of patches for shoes. After a broken patch and a shoemaker’s practical fix, he realizes his limited knowledge and edges toward genuine patch expertise. The essay uses playful anecdote on fashion and repair.
Fragmentary clipping notes a line from a Last Word to the Lion with a playful exchange about love and dyspepsia. Harlem Life mentions the carthamine flower valued for yellow dye and a claim about ancient Egyptians and watermarks on banknotes as counterfeits.
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