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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1899
Page
8
A string of wry notes and quips covering manners, bragging, and foreign affairs. It references Filipino prisoners, Chicago sausage makers, wealth and crime, Queen Victoria, Ted Sloan, Manila cigar prices, Kansas City mill scandal, and water chemistry as social commentary.
The New York supreme court rules unions do not justify divorce but may fuel scandal. The piece also notes naval strength with sixteen battleships and U S warship status, and reports wage hikes at the American Tin Plate Company raising pay 5 to 10 percent benefiting about 10,000 of its 20,000 workers.
The speaker rejects Mr Rhodes as misled and argues the United States should not pursue world wide dominion or violate neighborly duties with possessions gained from an unwanted war. The duty is to uphold honest dealing and restraint in postwar policy.
A starving soldier fainted before Governor Mount's residence in Indianapolis. He was carried inside where the governor hosted guests. After relief of immediate needs, the governor dispatched a legislature member to secure a railroad pass to Chicago, showing a knack for swift, effective action.
Twenty year veteran Larry McGregor, famed bugler of the Seventeenth cavalry, is arrested after another bout of drunken guarding. Lieutenant Mason seeks reform guided by a dying mother’s warning about wine. Indians threat and cattle theft prompt early ride. McGregor wakes to a cracking head and restless chatter.
In a frontier action, Larry escapes a guard system and rides to a skirmish with Indians. He dies after shielding Lt Mason, who reveals he is Larry's father Hugh Mason, a reformed deserter, before the bugle sounds taps.
In a playful exchange from the Boston Journal, Little Dot tells Mamma she was using her best tea cup when away. She warns she will shock guests by noting a hair in a cup, but clarifies it is only a crack transforming the cup’s appearance.
The article notes Canada covers 237000 square miles to equal Europe, is nearly 30 times Britain and Ireland, and is 5000 square miles larger than the United States excluding Alaska. It emphasizes Canada’s vast area.
Ab a wonderful bird of the Orient owned by Miss Emma Thursby of New York died of the grip. The creature spoke five languages sang well and could imitate a banjo often part of Miss Thursby’s entertainments for children, even a whole show at times.
Grain-o offers a coffee substitute made from pure grains. Suitable for children and adults with no injury, it resembles mocha in color and costs one fourth of coffee. Available in 16c and 25c packages from grocers.
In the last four months more than 5 million dollars has been invested in the canning industry, signaling strong growth and expansion. Investors are expected to fuel plant upgrades and new capacity across regional facilities.
An old catalog snippet advertises German Coffee Peaciee and Java Coffee packages at 15 cents each with Salzer seed brands. It urges sending 25 cents for any three packages or 0 cents for all three, plus a free catalog to John A. Salzer Reed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin.
The fragment lists Manis as the sole animal with a chronic longing for the nunattarnsebie, a detail highlighted in the partial read of the page.
The ad promotes a liberal offer from T. M. Roberts Supply House in Minneapolis offering free Farwers knives, described as one of the grandest bargains ever offered to the public.
The remark contrasts lunar cycles with male resilience, noting two weeks to fullness and two weeks to wane. It frames men as inherently different in response to natural cycles.
Foot powder advertised to relieve swollen smarting burning sweating feet bunions. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
The saying notes a common bias where individuals more readily confess others errors than recognize their own. It suggests self awareness is harder than judging others.
Health ad promotes Cascaret a candy cathartic for the liver claiming to energize the body. It lists druggists at 10 and 25 cents and urges readers to wake the liver to lively action.
J M Johnson freight traffic manager of the Rock Island was elected third vice president. In service since 1884 he rose from first assistant general freight agent to general freight agent and then freight traffic manager. He began railroading in 1871 at Franklin Indiana on the Indianapolis Cincinnati & Lafayette road.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad receivers place orders for five thousand steel coal cars with Pressed Steel Company and Carnegie Company raising total car purchases to 30 394 since March 1 1896. Locomotive buys total 216 with about 20 remaining deliveries. Additional purchases include five postal cars ten express cars ten combination cars and six dining cars.
After the surrender on August 13 Corporal Montalvo of the Utah battery in the Philippines describes how Colorado troops pressed a Spanish force. General Halé demanded surrender and was surprised by a Spanish captain speaking broad Irish, who agreed to surrender.
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