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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1898
Page
7
A fragment notes orders for matzos to be handled at N. Sadovsky's Printing Office located at 2 Soledad Street. Contact J. Rev. Moses Sadovsky for arrangements.
A St Louis Republic summary notes a new silk production scheme replacing the silkworm with a chemical fluid to produce raw silk at much lower cost. It traces history from Elizabethan times, details global silk trade, and warns that silkworm health hinges on climate. The piece highlights economic and female employment implications.
Ancient observers link beard cult to Garden of Eden and Adam’s imagined massive height. Egyptian customs valued barbering highly with head shaving, full body shaving for priests, and wigs for bald heads. Barbers traveled widely, carrying open baskets and hatchetlike razors as fashion and ritual merged.
A Missouri town narrates a vivid incident where five young couples, escorted by toughs, dressed as women to mock the opera crowd. The plan backfired as armed scrappers, led by stout local youths, repelled the insult with a box of punches. Five men fled with the women after a swift, chaotic brawl.
A Boston parrot named Polly inherits $4000 from Mrs. Bradford’s will, held in trust by George H. Pierce to fund the bird’s life. The bird, brought from Brazil about 25 years ago, has lived in the Bradford family as a cherished pet, dining on crackers, nuts, and cake, and is cared for with the utmost attention.
Instructions from Golden Daya describe making small bamboo brackets from yellow garden canes three feet nine inches long. Details cover bending methods with flame or water soaking, corner joints, pattern drawing, and finishing in enamel or bronze with decorative draping of fabric, ribbon, or seaweed.
A Chicago Chronicle tale describes a daring rat on a wire above streetcar tracks at ten nightly, balancing amid rain and wind. The rodent, aged and gray, travels with its family across the cable to collect crumbs and bread, with printers feeding and cheering the feats.
The piece describes Turkish forts along the Dardanelles as mere decoys meant to frighten England, noting rusted cannon bells and a ferocious entrance fort. The journey from the Dardanelles to the Golden Horn is described with cold wind and decay, while reflections on Ottoman displays and city power readings abound.
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