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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
5
Report discusses hybrids between zebras and donkeys, noting average weights around 650 pounds for donkey dams and about 600 pounds for yearlings, twelve hands high. It argues hybrids should gain greater endurance and size, with better disease resistance than horses or mules, inspired by zebra traits in Africa.
The article traces the Baldwin apple’s origins to a tree on the Butters farm near Wilmington, with rival claims from the Thompsons and other towns, and notes a Rumford Historical Association monument marking the site amid legislative involvement in the 1850s. The “pecker” tree is linked to peat cutting in the Highlands and a disputed discovery date.
A note on the Baldwin apple as a longtime popular variety, its enduring appeal to growers and consumers, and a fleeting account of a historical discovery connected to the tree during an expedition.
Government efforts to breed a zebra donkey hybrid yield promising results at the National Zoological Park in Washington. Lincoln ad hoc breeders from Roosevelt by King Menenk of Abyssinia report a dozen young hybrids showing at the fence, their markings attracting public attention.
In the Great Saint Bernard valley of Switzerland there are ice formations called Devil's Organs notable for their eerie whistles from the wind. The icicles are often 100 to 150 feet long.
Deaths from animal attacks rise in India as floods drive snakes and predators into villages. In 1910 elephants tigers hyenas bears leopards wolves wild pigs and other beasts killed over 2 000 people and snakes killed over 22 000. Total mortality nears 24 060 with 93 000 cattle killed and 91 000 snakes plus 19 000 wild beasts killed in reprisal.
Lady Ashburton once a New York deputy allegedly caused 5000 men to be trapped on her English estate. Their skins were said to be made into coats and wafts for her three American sisters.
A Providence Journal excerpt argues that true character reading is rare and fragile, contrasting live judgments with photographic portraits. It notes photos offer ongoing study and reveal enduring traits despite fleeting expressions, though self consciousness can blur accuracy.
The defendant claims he did not violently pull his wife from a cab or force her to her knees. He says at the Lady Glen-Coats ball he offered to leave. she delayed, then agreed. On the cab ride to Sloan Street she scolded him for spoiling her fun and struck his hat down over his face.
The author argues character shapes destiny through guardrails of inner life and daily habits. He cites ideals, aspirations, secret thoughts, and companionship as builders of strength and beauty, urging living so others see marks of the good and great.
The will of Mmmil von Brisony, a 65 year old bachelor tied to a Hungarian deputy, is published. He owned rich lands yet lived frugally and left all real and personal property to twelve draught horses in a curious bequest.
David J. Winder recovered five thousand dollars in diamonds from the toe of an old shoe brought to his Evanston and Irving Park shop for repair. He refused a one dollar reward offered by the owner and recounted how a neighbor later paid him a one dollar tip after revealing the diamonds had been returned.
Louis Degener, a coffee importer, faced a speeding trial as his new car ran wild through Golden Gate Park. The vehicle then mounted a tree, leaving Degener aloft six feet in the branches while a friend lay on the road and a mounted officer pursued the scene.
An Indiana man writes to fisheries official George W. Miles confessing to hunting rabbits on a state game preserve. Miles forgives the offense, citing lack of intent, and the man omits whether he actually caught a rabbit.
A Boston cigar maker, Mazes Pimentel, and Amsterdam resident Marie Johannes Liesmann wed by proxy after Dutch consent. Procedures included powers of attorney and notary swears, with Massachusetts state seal and Consul Casey certifying before the marriage is recognized.
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