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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1898
Page
4
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader recalls a tale of a sagacious goose that cared for a motherless puppy. The goose fed the bottle, guarded the duo, and even retrieved the nipple, thwarting danger and ending with the pup thriving under unlikely parental help.
Barber Fred Drust of Philadelphia invents a sledging cycle ride by tying a sled to his bicycle with a rope. He drags two children on the sled through icy streets, inspiring neighbors to join in as cold snap ice and snow enable street sledding and cycling.
A Johannesburg correspondent notes a social shift with dancing replacing orthodox reserve. Singles are scarce in Krugersdorp while invitations flow in Bloemfontein, and a local bride import from Edinburgh is hoped for. Critics joke about dancing, taxes on pianos, and the charm of concertinas as Boers prefer music over expense.
A portable ch ar en was sent to the area aboard the British steamer Tara stable which cleared the London house for Port Antonig. Swin wilt of wood assembled on site to verify parts then reassembled and stored in the Barnstable hold. The fast cruiser plies Philadelphia to the West Indies. Dawn in Jamaica churches are scarce inland. Americans export much fruit and plan a movable church with a designed edifice and bell, accompanied by furniture and books from Philadelphia.
Dr A G Panton reports a winter Gulf coast friend sent a skin of a fish unlike any seen here before. Its diamond shaped bone scales resemble tiny sharks teeth and the armor like hide makes the fish appear impervious to conventional attacks. The specimen measured about 10 inches long.
George Marcle, a Gilmer County farmer near Colutla mountains, fought off a pack of wolves when they attacked his pen. He used fists and pushed wolves toward an open well, killing five by the time dawn came. he was badly wounded and bedridden for days. Wolves remain a presumed threat in remote mountain settlements.
Two men, Accrew Ancahson and Worry Christensen, unable to pay passage, hid in a cold storage compartment of the Umatilla bound for San Francisco. Locked in for hours, they endured hunger and thirst, nearly driven mad before release in San Francisco. They recovered slowly afterward.
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