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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
2
A collection of wry maxims and anecdotes discusses marriage humor, pride, and the theater of social life. A St Louis incident involves a kiss leaving a young woman ill, while W W Astor resists selling American property. A physician links baldness to intellect, offering a flippant take on vanity.
In a recent interview Thomas A. Ed ison stated that chemistry proves a supreme intelligence. He argued the precise combination of elements resembles a delicate machine and leads to the conclusion that a big engineer runs the universe.
A editorial urges buying top quality goods across food, furniture, clothing, tools, and machinery. It argues cost includes repair, waste, and inferior service, noting one poor component can ruin overall value. The piece insists nothing is too good if obtained honestly.
A Nordic emigrant boy with few dollars travels by wooden wheeled ride to seek schooling in Wisconsin. He later becomes Minnesota’s chief political figure and U.S. senator, illustrating a rags to prominence arc. The piece notes the modest beginnings and questions how many youths today will achieve similar ascent.
A postman on city steps tells a reporter a tale of a widow aided by cash he lent. The Klondike legend grows as a husband returns rich, paying back the loan and giving gold pieces to the benefactor, revealing a dramatic charity tale.
The article profiles the young Italian inventor Marconi born in Bologna with English maternal roots. It details his four years of work on wireless telegraphy, experiments at his family estate, and his rise after moving to England in 1896 with British postal support. It notes record etheric signal distances from 14.5 miles to 32 miles and successful ship to shore signaling, including roles of South Foreland and Goodwin lightships.
A man speaks of protest, claiming he was forced to take it all. He vows to buy his wife a monument to make her smile, then leaves abruptly, while a reporter notes the oddness of the scene but gains a strong story.
Two Cincinnati youths Masters Rankin Good and Harry Price proposed building a 13000 ton battleship for subscriptions from American children. Funds are to be completed soon, with contract planned next spring. Plans include a first class 18 knot ship armed with smokeless powder weapons and named the American Boy.
A religious tailor, based in the basement of a church, speaks of bearing the breaches in Zion. The remark frames the craft as a moral and communal repair effort within sacred space.
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