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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
7
A Detroit News account vivid at a crowded Saturday night in southeast London. Describes cold wind from the Thames, starving families, fuming naphtha lamps, and women with shawls while vendors display meat on hooks. Children beg and shiver as gin shops overflow and pawnbrokers swarm. A stark scene of poverty and public vice amid market noise.
A colonial schoolmaster’s fierce insistence on ciphering as essential, with the Bible and fingers guiding boys. Wingate’s Arithmetic, used for a century in Winslow Massachusetts, is examined as an example of early 17th century math texts. It includes the Rule of Three and many memory-heavy rules, contrasting with manuscript sum books and limited explanations.
A patent official ranks barbed wire as the luckiest invention, noting it arose by accident. The text credits Tynac L. Hilwood as the inventor and mentions its vast impact and the inventor’s connection to the device.
In De Kalb Illinois Elwood, after fencing his garden with his own barbed wire, drew attention from strangers who saw its effectiveness and cheapness. They ordered tons, funded him, and he built a factory borrowing $1,000. Years later he was worth about $15,000,000.
In the era when dueling shaped social order, notable figures like M. Augustin and Alexander Graithe engaged in encounters. The piece recalls New Orleans culture, the code of etiquette, and a notable duel that featured ladies in a carriage, illustrating the period’s delicate handling of insult and action.
The Oaks stage sees Gralde and Augustin in a deadly duel sparked by provocation. Gradhe wounds Augustin who survives, while Gradhe suffers a fatal chest wound from Gradhe's rival Marigny. Doctors deem survival unlikely as Gradhe lingers near death.
An injured duelist at Marigny fires a pistol in a grave display after a shouted warning. He is carried home by friends and treated by physicians. Though expected to die, he begins to mend by morning. The incident includes a graphic account of the bull and mentions subsequent recovery.
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