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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
12
An excerpt recounts Sierra Leone’s early settlement and the perilous Australian outback. It notes deadly snakes like the death adder and tiger snake, with humor about colonial fears and mortality, citing Norman Duncan in Harper's.
A Buffalo News excerpt suggests postmasters in some communities bear duties beyond government rules. A dialogue captures routine mail, farm chores, and errands, reflecting the everyday friction between official duties and local demands in a small town.
In Maitland Nova Scotia a farmer found three day old skunk kits in a nest and, rather than kill them, brought them home. The family cat adopted the skunks after drowning her own litter. The cat and kits amused neighborhood children as the farmer eyes a potential new skunk farm venture amid growing provincial fox farm success.
The captain laments the shift from sea authority to office hierarchy. He recalls past prestige of masters, now overshadowed by a cheeky office boy who questions him at voyage end. Many captains prefer staying on bridge to facing owners and danger of losing another command.
Local doctors praise sealing wax labor as a cure for anemia among young women in sealing wax factories. Girls in the resin department are described as healthy and plump, with anemia rarely seen except where workers take the job to address the condition.
In a London report on Alpine dangers the death toll averages 60 to 70 per year with 113 killed in 1900. Many victims are women or young men climbing without guides, often due to ignorance or recklessness. A notable episode describes an American climber in the Sehlsthorn ascent whose dress and lack of proper gear led to a dangerous ascent and rescue. A separate item notes a local milk famine in Croton-on-Hudson after the town’s milk peddler horse died by its own action, collapsing from a bridge.
A flirtatious scene in a parlor unfolds as a caller arrives for the woman’s first beau. The small boy delivering a cryptic message reveals the guinea pig’s litter, hinting at a hidden domestic turn in a genteel residence.
A New York Zoological Park expert says rattle count is not a reliable age indicator for rattlesnakes. Large snakes may have few rattles while small ones can have many. rattles are lost by rock contact and regrow at about three segments yearly. The tiny button at birth starts the future rattle sequence, with growth and eventual decline as they age.
Two Chicago dogs, an Irish terrier and a water spaniel, own the habit of selling newspapers for their master when he steps away. Rex perches on the stand gripping a calabash pipe and a paper, while Brownie sits on a soapbox with a small plug hat to guard pennies. Brownie accepts payment from passersby, showing wit and business sense.
Roman emperors feasted without menu cards and often overindulged in a favored dish. Montaigne cites Geta arranging dishes by their initial letters, so items starting with p such as pig pike puddings and pancakes were served together, illustrating a primitive serving plan.
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