07 May 1897
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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
1
The piece notes Japan United States tensions over Hawaii and mentions a universal postage stamp topic at the Washington postal union congress. It also covers a cigarette law penalizing minor access and a pension official pledging cautious but dutyful support for veterans.
A new Nebraska law prohibits killing wild geese ducks jack snipes and woodcocks from April 15 to September 1 with a penalty of 8 for each offense. Passed with an emergency clause this statute aims to protect game wildlife. The Ord Quiz notes rural rent shifts and Nebraska’s resilience, contrasting with eastern states while praising local crop prospects.
A retrospective contrast shows a day laborer earning scant wages, widespread debt collection, no public libraries, scarce hats and crockery, high book prices, long travel times between New York and Boston, and streets without names. Stoves rare, cooking by fire, whipping posts in New York, libraries sourcing most books abroad, and quinine unknown.
A vignette of early American life describing slow mail travel from New York to Charleston, social rules for dances in Philadelphia, charity collection methods, and strict marriage baking tests for New England girls. It notes Virginians saying farewell before journeys and the ritual of will making.
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