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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
6
The excerpt critiques political sentiment and self deception while noting Chicago voting totals versus New York. It mentions a Boston Indiana peddler dying from sneered humor and dismisses fears of resource exhaustion, asserting new coal areas continually open and old ones linger.
The coming literature may avoid showing the schoolboy with a slate as health plans roll out. Slates are to be banned unless signs of infection prove otherwise. Elven literature may drop pictorial detail for sanitation and can omit the state but not the boy.
The note describes Venus visible in the west and Mars in the east after sunset, bright and striking. It playfully suggests the planets are awake in the night sky, peering toward Earth and making remarks about people beneath.
After two and a half years since the murders of two young women in a San Francisco church, Durrant, the Sunday school assistant superintendent, was tried and convicted over a year ago but execution delayed on technical grounds. The Durrant family likely has a few dollars left for the lawyers.
Since March the Cape Colony government fights a deadly cattle plague identified as rinder pest. The disease spreads rapidly with death often within thirty six hours of first symptoms. Natives demand compensation for slaughtered herds amid ongoing efforts to curb the outbreak.
The Rev William Justin Hartha of Harlem cites science by M Courbet and the Prince of Monaco to support Jonah. He notes sperm whales swallow large prey and recalls James Bartley reportedly living after being swallowed in February 1891 by a whale before being cut free.
James Payne of Parkersburg West Virginia recalls a nightmare on a Pullman southbound banana car. After pockets were picked and he hid in a fruit car tarantulas crawled over his face biting him. he collapsed and woke to a speeding train In hospital in Portland he recovered slowly, later marrying his devoted fiancée and vowing never to eat bananas again.
A column contrasts Washington society with widows from abroad, noting rich retirees mingle with diplomats while trade shuts its doors. It praises Washington as European in manners yet American in location and mocks social snubs. Also promotes Salzer's Golden Rind Watermelon seeds with prize history and prices.
The article notes that England imposed its first horse tax in 1784, marking a historical milestone in taxation on equines and state revenue policy. It places the event in a broader context of 18th century fiscal measures.
In the Ragged Top district near Deadwood gold bearing rock runs at $35 to $75 per ton. Float rock is widely found across the area, with promising prospects in Spearfish and Iron Creek districts. Three towns Ragged Top Preston and Balmoral have been established, and regular livery service from Deadwood via the North Western Line facilitates prospecting.
A Chicago fancier feeds dogs with horse hoof parings as a weekly treat, claiming health benefits. Blacksmiths note that dogs first choose the frog parings and save the harder parts for last, a habit observed in passing visits to Macksmits shop.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offer half rate excursions to western and southwestern points. Tickets go on sale Tuesdays: Feb 16 Mar 2 16 Apr 6 20 and May 4 8. For pamphlets with state descriptions time maps, address H C Townsend General Passenger agent St Louis Mo.
Obscure product pitch and misread lines include Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup teething claim at 26 cents a bottle. Mentions Hegeman's Samphor Ice and C G Clark Co New Haven with scattered phrases about virtue and sharing.
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