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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1898
Page
2
A vivid account of a saltwater lake near Nassau famed for constant phosphorescence and fire-like light. Tourists ride to the shore, watch a girl dancer glow underwater, and witness blue and yellow halos from fish and stirred water. Legend ties the glow to a cassava witchcraft tale and a canal to the ocean.
Special correspondence describes spring shirt waists with new yoke fronts sleeves and fabric mixes. Silks grenadines and bayadere patterns dominate dress materials while hats favor the Shepherdess style, yellow tones and drooping trims with wreaths garlands and long satin ribbon bows.
A sagacious bird in Nicholas Town, Mexico stores winter acorns by gnawing holes in hollow stalks of yuoeay and mugveye. It bores a hole at each jointed cavity, exploiting the structure to stash food for lean months.
An observer notes the Costa contains a remarkable California woodpecker that hoards acorns in hollow plant stems far from its home, traveling up to sixty miles for caches. The bird digs hidden cavities and stores provisions for winter, earning its Mexican name El Carpintero the carpenter bird.
The note describes a flower season with terms like roves and crushed roves, mentioning a range from Lillee of the Valley to large popples and referring to trimming and massed varieties. It emphasizes careful collection and handling under varying conditions.
The article describes women in Zuntiland gaining freedoms in domestic life before and after marriage. It recounts how a daughter reveals her suitor to her parents, the engagement visit, and a playful courtship dialogue ending with the girl choosing to become the lover of the chosen man. The piece mirrors sensational colonial era attitudes toward romance and marriage customs.
The Philadelphia Press notes Dr Eckholm’s view that Andree and his two companions could have reached Frane Jonet land after being carried toward the North Pole. If they found wintering, food and shelter at Cape Flora in spring, relief efforts could follow, given Frane Jonet land’s accessibility and feasible rescue.
A garbled passage presents scattered fragments naming historic figures and places. The text hints at an immortal William and a rough joke about Mines, with stray names like Monts Themis Helariah and Kiake. The overall content remains incoherent and fragmentary.
Dr Nekholm argues in a lecture that meteorological data from mid July can determine what happened to the balloon voyagers. He contends initial northwest drift followed by a day of calm and a northeast drift explains the voyage trajectory and eventual landing near the pole.
Nellie J. Lord of Strafford Corner New Hampshire recalls near death from heart failure and neuralgia. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she recovered, gained weight, and regained health with support for her husband and three children. The advertisement touts the pills as restoring hemoglobin and vitality.
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