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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1897
Page
1
The piece discusses a hypothetical telescope 500 miles long and magnification of 300x to bring the moon near, noting optical limits and Skeptics dismiss grandeur as impractical in future century engineering. It also shifts to folklore on spirits and a dramatic serialized novel excerpt with romantic intrigues and a threatened capture.
An article notes that after sun spot minima summers tend to be hotter, possibly due to clouds of solar matter acting as heat screens. It cites A. Dowall’s England statistics showing August hotter than July following minima, a likely heat accumulation effect. It also describes California trenching work for irrigation and a concrete conduit method.
An account recalls Marshal MacMahon as a blunt speaker at St. Cyr Military Academy. A colored cadet faced a cutting prompt from the marshal, who urged him to "stand forth" and then asked if the cadet was a darkey. The cadet replied yes and the marshal added keep it up.
A vivid report describes jugglers and acrobats performing atop fifteen foot bamboo stacks tied to a waist girdle. The act features a cushion leg rest, a drum rhythm, dancing and pantomime, and astonishing feats of equilibrium balancing sticks on head chin and toes while revolving on a stone pivot.
A Virginia girl recounts a visit to the Corcoran Art Gallery with her Aunt Malindy, a touring mammy who reacts with increasing scandal to nude sculpture and the Venus of Medici, her alarm rising at every display of nude beauty.
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