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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1899
Page
2
A DNLER column comments on the sultan of Sulu in jest noting his multilingual spouse reference and the value of restraint in conversation. It also jokes that a Klondike traveler who returns empty handed avoids family scrutiny.
The piece remarks on American capitalists purchasing two islands off Cuba and contrasts sea worth with ambition. It notes Dewey avoiding comment and mocks an embargo on speech as the interviewer seeks imagination. The Washington Post predicts Mrs. Luetgert’s return would embarrass officials in the Luetgert case.
The piece notes eleven New York aldermen face jail for contempt of court with a $100 fine each. It suggests they will gain respect for law and judiciary after confinement. It adds that rising industrial production and Bradstreet figures show a voluntary wage increase in early 1899, boosting workers' incomes despite ongoing strikes.
The article compares France and its Newfoundland shore controversy to the Alaska boundary dispute. Both involve a colony lacking power to enforce its will, seeking to impose on a dependent country with the burden of war. It argues Britain must take a firm stand to prioritize imperial interests over colonial ties, risking imperial losses.
The argument suggests militarism civil education raises manhood and productivity. It notes conscription trains disciplined individuals who benefit industry after service. It imagines training all citizens for industrial skill in schools, yielding greater national prosperity than defense alone.
In a New Hampshire farm setting Martha Kidder tends her late motherly life and gardens. Abel King returns after twenty years abroad, prompting a poignant reunion as moonlight and landscape frame their renewed bond. The couple confronts a shared past and vows.
The piece describes an American style automatic letter box installed in Parisian vestibules. Letters or even visiting cards placed in the box trigger a lever to lift and deliver contents to the correct tenant’s hall, with a bell notifying servants. The device returns to its stand after each delivery.
A brief care note explains that crushed velvet can be restored by placing the linen side of the dress over a basin of hot water to reflatten and revive the fabric.
A saying notes that a time honored paper is a promissory note not properly protested, reflecting on formal demands and legalities tied to negotiable instruments.
Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer of Tremont Temple Boston writes a brief of his subject, corrects it, commits it to memory and destroys the notes before delivering sermons.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base a foot powder. It claims to cure swollen hot sweaty aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents or trial package free by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. No barber was a right in charge a man 15 cents for opinions that he doesn't want.
A tip favors Faultless Starch for making large batches of starch with better results than other starches. Grocers sell it for 10c. The note adds that some Australian sheep farms are as large as all of England.
A quick cure claim attributed to J. B. Palmer of Seattle in 1895. Includes a postal box address and dated slogan about inletting and procrastination versus divine outpouring.
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