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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
5
Modish notes recall summer outing gowns turning back to versatile serges and simple cuts. Designers propose plain or rosette trimmed skirts with jaunty jackets, bright shirt waists, and color contrasts from blue to heliotrope. The era’s novelty includes button gowns, rosette trim, and a popular yellow peach blue palette for summer wardrobes.
A Pittsburgh company mustered in 1861 on Staten Island recalls serenading generals Meade and Hooker with vocal quartets. They describe training near Washington and Maryland, operations toward Vicksburg, and a formal encounter with Generals Grant and Pemberton. The reminiscence covers Shiloh references and a lighter tale of musical exploits amid war.
A Hudson river excursion tale recounted by a long serving captain now called admiral. He describes sighting a sea serpent nearly a mile long near Cold Spring with a dramatic confrontation and a later staged dismemberment by divers. The tale ends with the admiral fleeing the crowd aboard the boat.
A tidal pond near Logan at a cliff coast admits salt water through a fissure into a circular rock basin. Cod and other fish are fed daily by a keeper and have become tame, even taking mussels from a hand. The scene includes a elf long cod dangled for display and returned to the water with a splash.
The article estimates U tunnels at 1142 totaling fifty one miles with 1009 railroad tunnels forty conduit tunnels and twelve subaqueous tunnels totaling 359 70 85 and 9 miles. It notes a self recording thermometer that records daily extreme temperatures.
A compact meditation on virtue and prudence, urging ground in good, moderation in wealth, and action over talk. It contrasts happiness and wisdom, notes misfortune born of self and prejudice, and argues industry and good deeds pave prosperity.
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