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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
6
The piece notes Paris claim of the coming exposition as the greatest in history as the world’s fair serves as a model. It mentions Kipling’s poem The Absent Minded Beggar raising funds to aid families of soldiers in South Africa and its nightly performance in London music halls.
The piece mocks Ignatius Donnelly claiming a Baconian cipher for Shakespeare works and jokes about reading upside down and sleeping with his explanations under the pillow. It also notes an English firm building a flax straw plant in Fargo North Dakota to supply Manila paper and mentions a large flax harvest and growing acreage.
A distinguished American military expert argues that British forces face a near impossible campaign in the Transvaal. He cites Polish banker Biicki’s prewar analysis on modern rifles, stating entrenched Boer positions can hold against large assaults, creating fire zones where casualties rise rapidly and retreat becomes inevitable. He predicts Kruger's toll will grimly test humanity.
Miss Ethel Ferguson of Salt Lake City becomes the first woman to hold the deputy sheriff post in Utah. For two years she has served under a Democratic sheriff, mainly as a clerk and custodian of the insane at the state asylum in Provo. She has faced danger, sometimes using her pistol to subdue violent prisoners, yet remains courageous and dedicated to her duties.
A saying suggests individuals grow by expanding the principles they follow rather than letting those principles widen their own stature. The idea contrasts inner change with outward rule extension.
The article highlights La Porte at Galveston Bay as the southern gulf seaport with ideal inland position, dry land, drainage and artesian water. It notes American Land Co of Chicago plans a property sale February 14 to 17, 1900 to develop shipping facilities for growing grain and merchandise flow.
A report notes about 900 hereca of ordinary railway strength reported at Me agade. The line details amid unclear OCR text.
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