26 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
The Ketchum Keystone
Location
Ketchum, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1891
Page
1
A 19th century reflection argues that any shooting with a pistol against another, whether unloaded or not, is a preventable crime or folly and should be punished as manslaughter. It calls for stricter gun laws and recommends asylum or penitentiary for offenders to protect human life.
The Salt Lake Herald reports Senate committees reallocated with Cullom to approprations vacancy filled by Stewart of Nevada. Teller becomes chair of privileges and elections. Several vacancies on the judiciary filled by Mitchell, Teller and Platt. Shifts on foreign relations and other panels noted amid broader appointments. An Exciting Pastime section recalls condor lassoing in Chile and Peru with vivid anecdotes and a close call by a New Yorker.
A New York paper recalls Queen Victoria aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The monarch jokes about mutiny when grog tubs are blocked by her seat, then accepts grog with a demand for stronger whisky, adding humor to a sheltered moment at sea.
An ode extols the prospector as a noble figure enduring poverty and hardship. It contrasts his rugged life with wealth-seeking speculators, praising courage, perseverance, and a childlike soul amid mountains and solitude. The piece likens such prospectors to heroes, shaping the era of the western mountains.
The Kevarcere promotes itself as the sole representative press for the Great Upper Wood River Hawtooth and Smoky wining regions. It claims to provide a complete synopsis of mining news and local matters around Ketchum for capitalists and settlers, urging subscriptions and readership.
A humorously chaotic local column reports on Mica Pommery seeking paternal forgiveness after a comic confrontation, a elopement with Puyallyaboney’s aquaw and salmon theft, and a violent feud threat. It mocks community debates over creation, infant class tragedy, and quirky residents Constance and a painter father, in a fictional slough setting.
The article surveys a widespread belief in horseshoes as protection and luck across the United States England Teutonic and Scandinavian peoples with origins cited from Roman and Middle Eastern practices. It notes the three elements of luck iron crescent shape and horse contact and mentions Aubrey West London homes and Lord Nelson on the Victory mast.
The late Henry W. Grady earned about 200 dollars for a single letter to the New York Ledger on the South, at twenty cents per word. He dictated the first letter in twenty minutes while moments of a staff awaited guidance, a rate of fifty dollars per hour, as described by the Atlanta Constitution.
Curious readers are shown a culinary description of an elaborate Eastern hareem dish. A lamb roasted whole is prepared with a chest of Chinese boxes stackwise. The dish includes a turkey, a stale chicken, a pigeon, a quail, and a hummingbird as the smallest bird. The text notes the dish suits special occasions and mentions varied tastes.
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