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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
8
The article explains fingerprint identification as highly reliable yet not absolute. Criminologists seek twelve matching features, though rare, requiring vast sample checks. It notes nonfingerprint clues like bite marks, footprints, shoe impressions, dust, coat and varnish traces on clothing as valuable corroborating evidence.
A fragment describes plains tribes' eating habits and beliefs. It notes pemmican and wasna as staple dishes, preferences for hump and tongue, wild fruits, and aversion to apples and fish. It quotes dietary beliefs that meat makes strong and warns against cowarry behavior.
Mrs. Jones scolds husband Jeremiah Jones for buying an insurance ticket before his railroad journey and not claiming the reward upon returning home safely. She calls the purchase wasteful while he asserts no accident occurred. The exchange highlights frugality and skepticism toward insurance payouts.
Impresario Max Maretzek travels from Cincinnati to Baltimore and purchases sausage and bread. Christine Nilsson mocks his meal causing humiliation. He pockets the scraps and falls asleep until a fellow passenger wakes him for his toes and sausage.
A proposal to establish an honor system in a large eastern penitentiary was discussed with input from prisoners. One inmate voiced skepticism about whether prisoners would vote honestly, saying the idea should be left to those who are directly affected.
A Kentucky merchant’s clerk faced a curious day when a buggy harness sale went unpaid and the boss advised charging all on the books a set of harness and to collect by force if anyone objected. Only two customers kicked at the unorthodox method.
A genealogist reveals a great great grandfather died by hanging, camouflaged as a noble cause. The exchange shows Mrs Newrich seeking a euphemism while the historian warns the truth is a hanging.
A description notes that caribou possess a third horn called a digger growing from the base of an antler to the nose for digging through snow. American moose reach seven feet at the shoulder with antler spreads up to eleven feet and are thick except during mating season when they may attack others.
A Meynell passage imagines the Low Country with flat fields and a red barge gliding through flowering lands. A windmill, dyke, gray rivers, blue roofs, and a horizon broken by a cow, a woman towing a barge, a singing child, and a barking dog adorn the clean deck.
Amasa Whitney ran a Winchester Massachusetts factory with sixteen rules. The first states the mill opens ten minutes before sunrise all year and gates close ten minutes after sunset from March 20 to September 20 and at 8:30 from September 20 to March 20, with Saturday closing at sunset.
The Bureau of Mines states lifting costs account for 20 to 90 percent of total production expense. Lifting costs vary from under three cents per barrel at high flow wells to $3 at tiny output wells. Individual wells show a wide range from over $1,000 for large Oklahoma Texas Arkansas California flowing wells to under $10 for old wells pumped only a few hours weekly in New York and Pennsylvania.
For sale 8. G. Buff Orpington eggs from large pure bred hens mated to Byers Golden Strain birds five dollars per hundred and .75 per setting. Mrs A W Crossant P Q Jansen phone Plymouth lett.
Edmond Hoyle, born 1672 in England, became famed for his books on games and lessons in card play. He published formal rules for whist, earning his name as the standard authority, and died in London in 1769.
The first fiscal proposal to Congress sought a Kingston New York site for a government seat. On March 14 1783 the New York state legislature authorized Kingston trustees to grant enough land within the township to secure a residence suitable to Congress.
Announcement from Rempel and Son Henry and father offering painting and carpentry work. They welcome estimates and provide contact phone 2722. Published in late January.
The article traces early photography from sunlit silhouettes on sensitized paper to the laborious processes of the 19th century. It notes how initial images faded quickly and how early photographers endured long sessions, skill requirements, and costly equipment. It also mentions Dorothy Draper as possibly the first sunlight portrait in 1840.
The tree toad or tree frog can shade from white to black to match surfaces. They live mainly in trees and use clawed toes to climb. They are small and brighter colored than true frogs, vocalize loudly, and return to water to lay eggs.
Mentor Magazine notes Joseph Grimaldi and George L Fox began on stage as child performers. Grimaldi appeared at eleven months as the Little Clown and joined Sidies Wells at age three as the Little Monkey. Fox, called the Grimaldi of America, debuted on stage at five.
A young vacationist informs the pretty girl that she has been engaged to several men since arriving, and asks if she objects. She responds with disdain, while he proposes the idea of the group chipping in to buy an engagement ring. Birmingham Age.
The text explains that in 1780 Congress pledged not to keep western lands as territory but to form new states as populations grew. It notes the promise has been kept 32 times, with Maine Vermont and Florida aside, all other states formed under this plan. It also discusses animal weapons and parallels to human martial methods.
A businessman driving to his summer camp with his daughter stops to help a barefoot boy who brings milk each morning. He gives candy from a sack but later laments the boy received too much, while his daughter notes the boy now has plenty of milk.
Local market update lists wheat at 3 a 91.80 per bushel, oats 2st aoc P1660, potatoes 50 to 60 cents, butter 40 to 45 cents, eggs per dozen, with prices gathered from local dealers before press each Wednesday.
Wanted cattle pasture State Bank of Jansen. Sam offers his time to farm duties and installation. Radio outfits needed including electric and power outfits. Interested parties write A Bartlett Fairbury Nebraska phone 899. All material and work guaranteed.
Scattered items include cash paid for false teeth and a dental advert. Other entries mention Hoke Smelting and Refining for sale, Sudan seed, and seed core state tests. Harry Smith of Harbine Nebraska lists a bore harpess and a John Deere 1610. San Divid Thome.
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