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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
3
In the South Seas aboard the ship, a lone whale charges the boats during a hunt. After savage clashes and near-misses, the bomb gun finally kills the creature, but not before a German oarsman is fatally struck by the whale’s tail. The crew end the chase, cut in the whale, and ponder the creature's deformity and its origins.
The whales described as dry-skins are in poor condition. their blubber yields less than half the normal oil. The lack of oil complicates processing and makes one such whale require more work than two rich, soft-blubbered ones.
The Bandaneira, sailing from Iquique with nitrate for Dupont Powder, faced a 100 foot high tidal wave off Chill. Capt Fant steered toward safety as a waterspout altered the sea’s course, leaving the vessel uninjured after two hours of upheaval.
A farmer asks a watchmaker to repair a watch five miles away for a sick patient who needs it next to his bed. The jeweler notes the watch runs, since the maker fiddles with the wheel and tires of poking it with a pin.
A Chicago Chronicle account recounts a well dressed man with snow white hair who claimed nitroglycerin ripening caused hair to turn white after a near disaster at sea. He described making explosives, failing a New York contract, boarding a ship, and fleeing a hotel blast that would have destroyed a New York hotel.
Rosie Pierre a 16 year old girl of 341 Madison street in New York was injured in Joseph Klein & Co. tailor shop at 626 Broadway. While feeding trousers into a button stamping machine the device did not stop and drove the next button into the base of her index finger. Surgeons at St Vincent's hospital later removed the button under ether.
A dialogue fragment shows a woman asking what he is thinking and a man replying he wishes to be bitten as a mosquito for five minutes. The text preserves a quirky exchange with a hint of humor and informal tone.
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