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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
2
The text rails at gossip and self made men while noting Emory from Pennsylvania blames railroads for trusts. It questions whether Senator Emory is off the track and describes women’s clubs as unwieldy from a parliamentary stand.
The piece argues voters bear responsibility for national welfare, urging individuals to act rightly per conscience. It contrasts academic study with rugged digging in fossils and football, illustrating character through education and physical pursuit, ending with a fragmented line about a group called AaMty Thertian.
Washington officials announce broad preparations for the 1900 census of agriculture. Advance forms are sent to farmers to familiarize them with their duties by the June 1 start date. Officials praise the department for its thorough preparations and clarity of instruction.
The Japanese government will recognize Christianity as a national religious group and grant Christian ministers the same rights as Buddhist and Shinto priests. A new law places church buildings, meetings, preachers, and maintenance under local governor control, raising concern over potential hindrance of missionary work.
Two fossil specimens delivered to the University of Tubingen museum include a complete large sharklike fish skeleton from Nusplingen lime quarry in the Heubergs and an almost perfect ichthyosaurus skeleton from Halzmaden slate quarries near Kirchheim with fins and skin preserved.
Joseph Fitzgerald, a vain city chap, visits a country hotel to woo Alice Devine, but Alice’s fiancé Tom Prince exposes the plan during a late confrontation. The lights come up to reveal Aunt Dinah in disguise as the true beloved, and Fitzgerald vanishes at dawn.
A Rio de Janeiro scientist reports after prolonged study that flower color and scent arise from bacteria and that these germs can be harmful to humans.
In parts of Russia the population currently depends on acorns leaves and tree bark for sustenance as famine and scarcity persist.
An advertising pitch asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla outperforms other medicines by its unique combination and proportion. It claims to cure scrofula salt rheum dyspepsia catarrh rheumatism and the tired feeling when other remedies fail.
Laboring under a delusion is an un profitable job. New Inventions. During the past week 34 per cent of the inventors who obtained patents were able to sell their inventions before the patents were issued. The most difficult thing for the average inventor is to obtain the addresses of the manufacturers likely to become inter ested in their invention. Two New York concerns issued, some time ago, two works, cyclopedic in na ture, which give the addresses of 428,000 manufacturers of the United States. These reference works may be consulted in the office of Sues & Co., lawyers and solicitors, Bee building Omaha, Neb. Amongst the prominent manufac turing concerns buying patents the past week were the following: Lorain Steel company of Ohio. New England Rubber Tire Wheel Co., of West Virginia. United States Aerating Fountain Co., of New York City. Michigan Vapor Stove Co., of Mich igan. Gendron Wheel Company, Toledo, Ohio. Westinghouse Electric &Manufac turing Co., of Pennsylvania. Morgan & Wright, Chicago, Nl.
Mrs H D Reed at 132 N 38th Ave Omaha Neb offers liberal religious literature free on request. The ad notes honesty stems from principle, not prudence, urging readers to seek updated reading material.
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