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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1900
Page
12
The Chicago Inter Ocean reviews the tale of Thomas Friel near Sioux City who quit farming skunks after discovering the dream of easy profits fails. Skunk pelts and oil proved meager, while dogs, fear, odor, and escaped animals ruined family life and field work, ending his venture.
A description of one fingered gloves with a mitten section for the other fingers, noting their warmth and utility for drivers, clerks, and outdoors work. It explains thumb and forefinger free design aids handling reins or pencils, listing calfskin and sheepskin variants and common sales among markets. A second clip reports a meteoric event in British Central Africa that exploded silently near Mount Momta, with fragments scattered over a nine mile area and some pieces weighing over five pounds.
A radical Russian sect named the Begonny from a village near Tiraspol advocates abolition of identity documents and passports and rejects compulsory military service. Members seek personal liberty through self sacrifice, often choosing burial alive or cremation, with a notable mass death as several families died in a single day.
A Chicago Journal item recounts Sergeant Murphy aboard the Nickel Plate Limited toward Chicago when a missing waistcoat and other items were discovered absent. Murphy reportedly recovered the items from his berth, joking with fellow passengers about hiding the loot. Also noted is a brief feature on thrifty English sailors saving funds at a naval savings bank with over 4.3 million dollars on deposit and about 23,000 depositors averaging more than fifty dollars each.
A survey traces the rise of loving cups from medieval to modern times. It notes origins in Anglo-Saxon ritual, evolution of cup handles, and the American passion for sport cups such as the J. Pierpont Morgan, Goelet, and Astor trophies. It highlights notable cups, including designs for Fran na Korbay and Rev. Dr. B. S. Storra, and references McKinley, Cambon, and Admiral Dewey as recent exemplars.
Prof Barnes argues for recognizing plant physiology at university level. He criticizes common schooling physiology as a human anatomy hygiene blend with sensational imagery and urges lay readers to accept that plants are alive, responsive, and active in their environments.
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