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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1896
Page
6
A dramatic account describes the kea, a South Island parrot, evolving a appetite for sheep kidneys. Shepherds report live attacks, with the bird adapting from eating fat scraps to targeting healthy livestock, even daring daylight strikes near shepherds.
A chaotic initiation at an east side lodge ends with a mule, a blindfolded candidate, and panicked members fleeing as the mule thrashes through chairs and tables. The scene includes a tail twist gone wrong, a runaway mule, and a hasty constitution signing amid uproar. Mothers warned against sharing details. lodge members vow to bar such disclosures.
A bronzed healer-like figure calling himself the Man with the Iron Skin demonstrates immunity to metal points, claiming an elixir makes skin impervious. He slides through a narrow hoop lined with knives while physicians debate the feat, with many puzzled by his purported hardening.
A country boy raised in remote Scotland accompanies his father to a village beside a branch railway. The morning after arrival he watches a train pass with astonishment and excitedly asks his father to come see the marvel.
Young women at Lawrence University in Appleton decide on a navy blue uniform dress inspired by the military school students. They choose blue blouses with black lacing and blue skirts with black trim, with blue bloomers planned for gym use.
The article cites millions of Australian and New Zealand flocks and herds, noting that over 21,000.99 sheep carcasses and more than 1,900,900 hundredweight of beef entered the country in the past seven years. It traces the trade starting in 1889 with 400 carcasses shipped.
A fragment notes six of South Africa's millionaires possessing about 195 million dollars in total wealth. Alfred Beit is listed as the richest with around sixty million, followed by another prominent figure with fifty million and Cecil Rhodes at roughly forty five million.
Health gossip discusses turpentine fumes easing whooping cough and warns that neglectful living leads to a shorter life. It cites factory foremen reporting higher output in pleasant weather and notes eye health tolerates high temperatures up to a limit. A Hungarian hygienist links dwelling level to lifespan, finding cellar dwellers die first while upper floors offer longer lives but with compounded stair exertion.
A historical note describes gold shipments from a treasury to a steamer bound for Europe. It details vault security, the ease of gold access on demand, and the risk of theft. The piece explains shipboard safeguards, salvage laws, and insurance coverage surrounding the voyage.
The Princess of Wales appears at a premiere after months away and impresses all with youth and beauty. She, the Prince, and Prince Nicholas of Greece and the Duchess of Fife exchange warm remarks, while fashion and theater manners spark debate among London society.
The article describes a gold shipment operation from the sub treasury to ships, detailing Honest John Barclay and Jon a Shay's roles in packing and transporting bars and kegs. It covers kegs of white oak, secured bags holding large sums, insurance guarantees, and the shipboard process including purser receipts and bills of lading. It notes rare general average loans and a recent salvage incident off the Scilly Islands yielding full recovery.
The article explains that the Earth completes a rotation every 24 hours, comparing its equatorial speed to a high pressure cannon ball. It states a velocity of about 1,507 feet per second at the equator, equating to a mile every 3.6 seconds and 17 miles per minute.
The article notes that the iridescent hues seen in Cyprus glass pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art arise from glass decay. As disintegration occurs, the glass forms ultra thin laminae that refract sunlight into a vivid color display, resembling forest grasses signaling impending dissolution.
Danbury News records three tramps seen swimming in a stream near the fair grounds during a cold spell. The incident adds oddity to local chatter as authorities log the event for public record.
The article notes the sale of Anticosti Island in the St Lawrence estuary to a chocolate firm head, a $200,000 deal. The 120 by 40 mile island lies in Quebec, with sparse population, wooded interior, and rough coastlines famed for wrecks. The purchase would make the buyer one of the world's largest landowners.
A lumber trust forms on the Pacific coast as Carnegie orders seven large blowing engines from a Milwaukee firm for 210000 dollars. Muncie Indiana builds an extensive silverware factory with two carloads of machinery arriving. Toledo to Petersburg Michigan electric railway work starts aiming for operation by June 1. National labor totals show 7.215 billion in annual output with 1830 dollars per worker. Eight hour pushes loom, with May 1 labor actions. Rockefeller orders eight steel steamers promising winter work for ironworkers and shipbuilders. Nearly a dozen Minneapolis printers go to Washington after civil service exams for government printing posts. Sailors unions seek crew space rules for new ships at seventy-two cubic feet per man. England’s cultivated land area shrinks since 1890, cereals down 632906 acres, vegetables 72766, and clover area 73081. Indiana window glass shutdowns threaten about 4000 idle workers. District pots total 552 with seven hands each.
Faribault youth Josiah Dougherty claims extraordinary strength and wants to enter prize fighting. A local portrait notes his height and weight, with the boy described as a machinist and reportedly capable of lifting 2,100 pounds on scales and supporting 125 pounds on a dumbbell and 79 pounds on a bridge, while his claimed best weight is around 119 pounds after training.
A Chicago sports tale centers on Jim O Rourke ridiculing Barnes over a disastrous Western League California trip. Barnes blames Comiskey’s men for misfortune while admitting losses, with Engel of Milwaukee named as the biggest loser. The Brainerd game and booze fueled controversy are recounted as O Rourke asserts Barnes’ crowd caused the trouble and the coast benefited from a stronger performance.
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