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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
1
The column covers teaching changes at the Alton high school including Kinzer Hanagan and other staff shifts, plus community updates on clubs, church activities, street improvements, a railroad project, a wreck near Hull, and local social news across Rock Valley, Loyden, and surrounding towns.
A social reformer toured a penitentiary and questioned inmates about their activities. A shoeshop inmate told him he was busy making shoes, halting further inquiry. A kitchen staff change is noted with Mrs B remarking that the cook left on her own accord, not due to coercion.
A fragmented passage warns of mine dangers including gas, collapses, tunnels, and perils, with a note on miner’s asthma and a dramatic claim of danger. It then discusses an extraordinary biography of Charles Magues, a Venetian, saying Veronese should paint his life from eight plates with inscriptions. The piece ends with stage directions and a question about cue timing.
A fragment from a 19th century paper notes a customer in a restaurant asking the orchestra leader to play a sad tune to soften the dining mood. The piece reflects period humor about music influencing appetite.
In a 19th century speculative note, St Nicholas Magazine muses on global water power. It argues thousands of rivers could yield immense electricity. Niagara Falls is compared to Victoria Falls with estimates suggesting harnessed waters could power the nation and perhaps the world.
Low rate tickets on sale daily through April with guided tours in through Pullman sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Round trip fares to San Francisco and Los Angeles effective April 5 through May 15 and limited dates into July August and September. Stopover arrangements available. Apply to any Northwestern Line ticket agent for full details.
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