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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
5
A narrator recalls a house with a surrounding garden and odd neighbors. A smoldering terror unfolds as a drunken couple’s houseguest describes an elderly mistress burning with a pale blue flame that consumes her body, leaving a greasy bed mark and a charred corpse.
A remark about a boy who mows the lawn every few days. The mother says his father threatened severe punishment when he bought the mower if he took it outside the basement. The quote appears in a Chicago Times-Herald column.
Brown says the new restaurant serves a good meal while Jones praises it as splendid even the proprietor dines there. Ohio State Journal notes positive reception and local interest in the dining spot.
Katharine Reich argues in the Ladies Home Journal that a wife must set and enforce the household standard, manage hours and children, and balance firmness with counsel. She notes many women lack resolve or yield to servants or family whims, yet true happiness comes with responsible leadership and fulfillment of heart and mind.
The Independent weighs whether three nations can collaborate in Samoa to educate and empower natives toward genuine self government. It argues success hinges on governing motives, not exploitation, and on recognizing Samoan humanity while guiding its emergence of autonomy.
A Texas observer recalls the Rio Grande region where giant tarantulas, centipedes, and rattlesnakes thrive. The tarantula hawk is praised for preying on tarantulas without harming people and linked to a tale of a New England professor who inspired ranchers to release the wasps to curb the spiders.
An interesting comet rediscovered on June 11 by Mr. Perrine of the Lick Observatory. Discovered in 1892 it attracted attention for an unexplained bright outburst while retreating into space. Its orbital period is about seven years.
A story from J A Brashear shops describes a customer asking for a 36 inch glass straight edge with errors under a fraction of a light wave. Brashear said such perfection would cost about forty thousand dollars though a typical scraper would need only one sixty fourth of an inch accuracy.
Bertha laments changing fortunes as headlines once claimed vast wealth and now note a marriage to a count while Hilda remarks on the new status.
The Yonkers Statesman quotes Mrs Busybody and Mrs Goodwife in a sharp exchange about a husband’s outings and comings, illustrating social curiosity and marital dynamics in a wry, humorous tone.
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