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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
2
A wheat calendar shows ripening and harvest months across nations from Burma to Argentina. It notes December harvest in Burma and New South Wales and peak activity in June to August, with market speculation rising during reported shortages.
The Biograph is used in a New York hospital to film minute patient actions during epileptic fits and similar conditions. Movements of microbes and blood cells are photographed, magnified, and shown to assess patient progress. It also records plant growth by taking a sequence of pictures every half hour for days, revealing blooming and fading in rapid playback.
An 1890 census counted 249,473 aboriginal people while the latest Interior Department annual report lists 267,417 Indians in the United States. The author notes a dramatic change in the native population and laments the pace of disappearance.
Eleven hunters died and seven injured across Wisconsin and Minnesota during the most recent season. The brief season casualties, given the sport's small participant base, rival the death toll of a noted South African battle reported by the English.
A fragmented report notes warnings about a public association urging people to stay away. Details on the group and the advisory are limited in the readable text.
The St. Louis Republic notes a yearly pelican gathering near St. Charles Missouri at Pelican Bend on the Missouri River. Pelicans arrive around September 4 and stay until cold weather, with notable pouch capacity and distinctive head plumage described. the centerboard crest forms by winter and pelican skins and plumage are used in women’s garments.
An essay contrasts worry with anxiety, noting worry drains mental energy with a single vague fear. Anxiety faces life’s issues calmly, with hopeful readiness, while worry steals focus and weakens present action.
A Brahmin priest near Okra, aged about 730, awards himself a total 800 pounds of metal chains. He wears chains on neck waist wrists and ankles, increasingly heavy over four years, to earn spiritual favors from followers who pay with the heaviest links they can find. He travels slowly, sleeps on a board, and claims the practice is ordained, though it is described as revolting religious fanaticism.
The Sun notes a changing city custom of wrapping coin offerings to organ grinders in paper. Monkeys are banned and cannot climb to upper stories, so money is tossed down. The organ grinder travels with a large wheel organ and a helper to collect coins, yet some funds may still be lost.
A Vassar professor questions the value of the lowest form of animal life as a student challenging the stance. The exchange captures campus tensions over ethics and science in a concise record.
Paper features promotions for Tin Tags by Star-Play Tobacco and other products. Mentions magnetic starch laundry aid and a new Denver state armory costing 65000 dollars. Also notes The Grip Cure claim and Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with E. Grove signature on each box.
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