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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
4
Dr. Kime reviews reference books at the Carnegie library and prints findings on the witch stick. Council members laugh at the scene, say they do not care how Grosenbaugh chose the site, but express satisfaction with the results.
A curious eccentric, a wealthy Polish youth in Vienna, lives in lavish style and entertains with unusual habits. He drives an omnibus in attire worn by his valet and shocked guests at a ball by wearing a pure white costume except for a black shirt and tie. He ends his meals with sweets and soup.
The London Zoo receives three elephant shrews from South Africa, the first of the species seen in Europe. These tiny mammals, about the size of a dormouse, mark a rare arrival for the capital's zoological collection.
Report from Indianapolis where poultry experts note an extraordinary event at the National Fanciers Club show. A Ball Orpington bender witnessed the kingdows with a hard shell, claiming an impossible rapid egg count.
In 1871 Medford Mass resident Mr Sanborn left his body to Professor Agassiz and Oliver Wendell Holmes for scientific preparation and display at Harvard. He ordered his skin made into two drum heads given to Warren Simpson to play Yankee Doodle at sunrise on June 17 at Bunker Hill, with inscriptions of Pope's Universal Prayer and the Declaration of Independence.
A strong protest in South Australia condemns the slaughter of wading birds including ibis egret cranes and spoonbills to supply milliners. The Journal of Agriculture warns this practice expands grasshopper plagues and harms fish resources as wading birds vanish crabs and crustaceans rise.
A Russian traveler misread a Berlin railway official’s nod and crossed rails. A shunted engine severed his arm. He later faced a Strafmandat demanding 45 marks for unauthorized crossing of the line.
The hoatzin, a native of British Guiana, hatches as an active climber using beak wings and feet. It uniquely has wing claws like fingers in early life, with the thumb claw disappearing first as it learns to fly.
Old black stockings offer value beyond wear. Instead of spending hours darning holes, replace worn pairs and repurpose the material into carpet rugs for nursery and sitting rooms. Cut strips from stockings to fashion spirals and long bands. use torn socks as cleaning mops and floor polish cloths.
Practical notes on cleaning and cooking from an old guide. Includes methods for removing stains with potato water and cloth care with borax, plus recipes and home vinegar making. Names and places are not specified. the tone mirrors domestic instruction from a past era.
Peel six large potatoes and cut in halves to scoop centers, leaving shells. Season two cups of chopped raw beef with one...
John E Keller, a department store manager, is surprised to find a home at 2535 Talbott Avenue fully furnished by his wife without his knowledge. The couple moved from Meridian Flats to the Talbott address on their ninth wedding anniversary after a plan she carried out by herself.
Guy Carlton Lee, a famed lecturer, sought a Carlisle doctor in media for a planned marriage but Dr Hildegarde Langsdorf married John L. Ayer of Chester in Media after a race for her hand. Lee, who followed her to the license office, learned she chose another and did not precede them.
Charles Thompson a 72 year old California fruit grower visiting Hamtramck astonishes local skaters with a tentative performance at the Holbrook school rink. He recalls prewar Detroit days, notes wobbly knees and weak ankles but steadies into figure eights and Dutch rolls amid cheering youngsters. Thompson owns a large farm in Farmersville California.
C A Lundy of Minneapolis finally meets his half brother in Perryville Wisconsin after years of posting thousands of letters to every Lundy in the world. The two men trace a family line back to Bergen Norway and 25 years apart from a shared past.
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