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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1895
Page
3
A young man idolizes a fearless engineer named Silas Wey. During a vacation he secretly takes Wey's place on a fast run, witnessing Wey's calm mastery as a second train thunderheads toward disaster. A near miss at a siding tests nerve, duty, and the choice to save lives at speed.
The excerpt surveys various authors and their preferred or most acclaimed works. It mentions Dickens favoring David Copperfield, Goldsmith and Deserted Villas, Emerson on essays, Browning with The Ring and the Book, Scott on Waverley and The Lady of the Lake, Washington Irving on Salmagundi, Longfellow and Strangeline, George Elletts on Romola, Byron on Childe Harold, Defoe and Robinson Crusoe, and Tennyson on Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington.
A long excerpt discusses an efficient household routine with a servant, detailing meticulous shopping, accounts, and meal planning. It then shifts to fashion trends of the era, describing sleeve expansion, capes, bows, and the redesign of skirts to balance the silhouette, with emphasis on designers, milliners, and ornamentation.
The article reviews prevailing styles for waists and dresses, highlighting materials like taffeta and silks, Mephisto plumes, lace garnitures, and trims such as gimps and velvet ribbons. It describes shirt waists in washable cottons with bell sleeves and belt-draping fronts, Norfolk styles, and embroidery or linen lace yokes, noting fullness and box-plaited silhouettes.
A miscellaneous 19th century guidance piece discusses stain removal methods for dining cloths, boiling water use, and lamp trimming. It covers avoiding wrinkling by air and general hygiene lectures, plus a DIY advice on creating a bright fabric catchall bag for mantels or sewing tables to reduce clutter and save time.
Virginia Yeaman Remarts recounts a true St Nicholas tale of two young Americans at a Danish king's court. Ellen dances with the king and queen, sits between royalty, and experiences a magical night. The scene blends childlike wonder with royal formality as Ellen drifts toward sleep and dreams of the king’s crown.
A Louisville Courier Journal column riffs on the phrase under the weather as a social mood. A Main Street man questions the real meaning while noting widespread ailments and restless complaints, blaming the weather and frost for keeping air impurities trapped then released.
The Duke de Dino now married to a New York girl has published a grand poem The Land of It may be remembered that About a year or two ago the Due de Dine accompanied Pierre Lou on a journey from the Red Sea to Palestine following Moses route. Pierre Lou describes the trip in Le Desert and Rochefort praises the poem as a grand work.
A Georgia judge warned the public to avoid drunkenness entering his courtroom. He declared that anyone coming into the court while he sits on the bench drunk would face consequences, signaling strict enforcement of conduct in his proceedings.
A Turkish sultan funds Muhammedan missionaries to Africa to curb the Christian advance, intensifying religious influence amid imperial contest.
Wastuxarox April 1 Dr Salmon head of the bureau of animal industry proposes admitting Mexican cattle into the United States amid beef price rises. Regulations issued Feb 3 and Feb 1 set quarantine and shipment rules. Cattle entering Texas south and west of Brownsville will be admitted for slaughter with rail or boat transport to destination.
Photographs by Prof. Keeler using spectroscopy show the inner edge of Saturn’s ring moves faster than the outer edge, indicating the ring is made of many satellites rather than a single body. Precise speeds will be measured after careful microscope work.
Report from California dated April 18 says the cruiser Olympic may bypass Santa Barbara flower events and head to Corinto on sealed orders. It notes the Monterey likely follows, with two American warships seen to await England’s latest Nicaragua dispatch, while the Olympic moves to Vara for target practice and drill, and the Monterey sits in San Diego.
A blaze swept the senate wing of the state capitol on April 13, raging over an hour and flooding corridors with water. Firefighters saved the building but caused extensive water damage and feared total ruin of the $5,000,000 structure.
Advices from the east state report many rivers out of their banks. The Hudson, Delaware, Mohawk, Lehigh and Susquehanna are all higher than in years past, causing considerable damage from the flood surge.
A dispatch from Shanghai reports impending American warships near Syria to protect citizens. The Emperor’s proclaimed abdication and alleged corruption spark excitement and signs of rebellion, though officials doubt the document’s authenticity, deeming it the act of secret societies.
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