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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1895
Page
7
A curious black bear prowls Mount Patrick in Perry county Pennsylvania. It investigates a lock tender, lime burner, and nearby farms, prompting chase scenes with mules and locals. Residents arm for protection and report the animal probing yards and windows, drawing a cautious response from the community.
Colonel Parker recounts two bears at an oil derrick playing with a can of nitro glycerine. They roll it, shove it toward a ravine, then one bear hurls it at a rock causing a massive explosion that destroys the derrick area and leaves no trace of the bears. The incident, witnessed from a heights, remains a lasting mystery to Parker.
London Tit-Bits imagines royal prerogatives, noting the queen could dissolve the government, declare war, disband forces, sell assets, create peers, and pardon prisoners, were she to act independently. however, she does not govern without cabinet guidance.
In a narrow lane two riders in single horse carriages refuse to yield to each other. The youth proclaims youth and pride, the Quaker asserts age and right, they clash then pause as one reads a newspaper and the other asks to borrow it. The standoff ends with the younger man giving in.
A New York Truth item notes a soprano song titled The Mistakes of My Life Have Been Many. The quip recalls a soprano who has been married three times, reflecting on personal history in a social moment.
Samuel Minturn Peck portrays a tender fatherly scene in verse. A child rests quietly in bed as dreamlike figures, angels, and comforting presences surround her, while the speaker begs to keep the sleeping girl safe and cherished.
A collage of witty exchanges from various periodicals. Jests about temper, secrets, weddings, stage life, and social routines leap from Philadelphia to Newark and Cincinnati. Humorous quips involve lovers, editors, maids, and mothers, with a note on a dying mother scene and a laughing mischief about a bicycle request.
An Italian fruit vendor lured eight year old Harrison Pangborn of Oakwood Ince Buffalo N Y with a five cent offer for a gold watch taken from his sister. The boy and friends quarrelled over prized belongings before the theft occurred and police pursue the suspect, though recovery seems unlikely.
The Westminster Gazette notes that Queen Victoria spoke English with Prince Henry of Battenberg and with the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Duchess of Coburg Gotha, while the Prince of Wales writes almost entirely in English to his mother and other relatives in England. German is used only in conversations with German and Austrian ambassadors, and is nearly always the language spoken in those exchanges.
A Carson Nevada tale recounts mining millionaire John Mackay using a grasshopper contest to embarrass rival Maurie Hoeflich. Hoeflich’s hopper allegedly jumps twenty four feet after ammonia was replaced with chloroform, exposing a staged wager amid other scattered notes on asbestos and a Chicago tragedy line.
A conversation between Jessie and Max blends romantic lines with a glimpse of Arkansas agriculture. The report notes Arkansas farms totaling about 100,000 producing 600,000 bales of cotton, 900,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco, 42,000,000 bushels of corn, and 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, while forests yield over 20 million dollars in lumber annually.
A travel report warns of a Birmingham factory claimed to produce heathen idols for various nations. Outsiders are barred from the works, with goods exported to Cairo and other markets. Prices vary, and Birmingham craftsmanship is said to be detectable by irregularities, while the trade reportedly remains large and secretive.
The Washington Post reports a lively exchange at Chamberlin's where Dick Wintersmith's Tales of a Cat is debated. Harry Summersmith defends the narrative as complete while General Dan Me discusses an anecdote about a fox hunt and a boastful Englishman, amid a remark about a bob tail.
In Dresden markets spread across city squares with distinctive features. Some squares end sales by 9 o clock with cleanup completed immediately while others run until noon or later. Women carry baskets of produce, and carts drawn by dogs transport goods between sales areas, merchandise laid on pavement or simple stands under white umbrellas.
A historical note states Russia has a standing army of 858000 in peacetime, followed by Germany at 580000 and France at 512000. In war Russia and France could mobilize about 9700000, versus 7700000 for Germany Austria and Italy of the Triple Alliance. Peacetime army upkeep for these powers amounts to about 1 billion dollars per year.
The Detroit Free Press notes that Rome’s perfected sewerage system and abundant pure water, plus diligent town cleanliness, have transformed it from a historically unhealthy city into one of Europe’s healthiest.
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