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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1898
Page
12
A reminiscence recalls boys in a bygone era roaming forests to harvest slippery elm bark. They cut, peel, and chew the inner white layer, using the bark as gum and treating it for ailments like sore throats or fingers. Mothers sometimes dried it for medicine as a simple, shared pastime.
A timid man in a Kansas City barber chair fumbles through pockets after being shoved. As onlookers watch, he reveals money tucked in a woman's stockings with garters, while a spectator notes two notes hidden under clothing as the barber questions his method. The Kansas City Journal records the exchanged dialogue about footpads.
The army officer's trunk described as sturdy and well built with space for both military and civilian attire. It features a rigid frame, compartments for a chaplain and silk hat, and a large interior to fit a sword diagonally. The trunk is designed for rough travel and transport without damage, suited for field officers during wartime.
The text offers a garbled record mentioning the first use of God Save the King in the Bible and a reference to a crowning in India. It also cites a Bank of England stake and Pall Mall land transactions with uncertain sums, indicating confused OCR data rather than a clear news item.
An elderly hermit named Gatiel Leftsat lives alone on a water-surrounded island in Jo Daviess County, farming with a self-made plow and relying on eggs and crops. Born in Pomerania, he has two sons who distinguished themselves in historic conflicts, and he resists living with his married daughter who seeks to bring him home. Two hunters discovering his remote hut revealed his strange, stubborn life amid sloughs, willows, and grapevines, with portraits of ancestors lining his walls.
The article explains nautical timekeeping by bells. A day is divided into watches, four hours each, with eight half hours per watch. Bells mark quarter hours and hours, with pairs in most cases and odd bells for the quarter or half hours.
The article argues for the importance of smaller guns in harbor defense, noting they supplement big rifles and deter assault. It lists six pounder rapid fire guns, three inch and 16 pounder rapid fire guns, five and six belt rapid fire, Gatling, Maxim, and Drege, plus Schroeder mortars and various small siege rifles.
The article describes the naval custom of issuing sealed orders to ships or squadrons. It explains that orders come from the president, travel in cipher or plain form, and remain unopened until a specified time after departure. Sealed orders prevent enemy knowledge and protect movement plans.
The German Leder Markt notes the jubilee of the portable leather purse idea. It traces the knitted tube ancestor and credits Karl Hene, a German book binder's apprentice in America, with inventing the neat portemonnaie in 1847. His lack of patent led to global adoption and the evolution of modern pocket purses.
Telephone company managers at Verwilles place a curiously phrased call protocol in focus as an exchange centers around the line replier’s question. The scene involves a coded response when a subscriber dials in.
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