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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1899
Page
6
A detailed survey notes the long coat as the season’s leading wrap in both street and domestic fashion. Features include sable-front trims, bell sleeves, a high velvet collar, stole ends, and a velvet toque with sable muff. Also described are a caracule cape design in green cloth with a waistcoat effect, and varied velvet outfits with elaborate braiding and embroidery.
News digest reports Chief Justice Sir Thomas Taylor of Manitoba resigns. Other items include France planning a 50 million dollar military loan, consular illness in Colombia, Aguinaldo envoy Agoncillo fleeing to Canada, and a San Francisco revenue sum of 249708 for January. Also noted are a Spain tornado injuring several, a mixed tribunals extension in Cairo, and San Francisco’s 1901 expo plans.
A poem fragment recalls a lyric about banished words and unspoken names. The speaker laments the stopped memory of a familiar term as others push on with sports and smiles, hinting at social censorship of spoken names.
A compact critique of Dutch colonial history noting their global reach and losses, the persistent conservatism of Dutch settlers, and strict social controls in places like Johannesburg and Van Kerken’s town. It contrasts liberal traits with harsh by laws and mass disenfranchisement of Uitlanders amid imperial struggles.
T A Tolman of Lacombe Alberta writes he brought 34 cattle 15 horses 2 wagons 150 dollars and homesteaded in Section 28. He reports 1897 yields 60 bushels per acre and 1898 wheat 37% oats 60 barley 35 potatoes 400 per acre, praising cheap lands and strong schools.
In Belgium a mother stork laid eggs in a village letter box and hatched twelve chicks with patient care. The postman discovered the nest but the birds remained undisturbed as residents allowed the family to stay, protected by the postmaster and local priest.
In a jesting exchange the young author asks for feedback on his play. The manager offers a drastic revision proposing the opening scene shows the mob hanging all characters rather than lynching the hero in the final act.
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