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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1901
Page
8
The piece lists easy seeming bets that prove hard to win, such as breaking a newly laid egg with hands, rising from a chair without moving or placing feet, hopping a long distance for a fast runner, cutting silk ribbons with a sharp penknife, and standing five minutes blindfolded without foot movement, noting the improbability of success for each scenario.
The Philadelphia Record notes a curious old trade in Kensington where snails cleaned exterior window panes. Snail carriers roam South Street and Front and Second Streets, selling snails for glass cleaning rather than food. The snails dampen, glide on leaves, and leave windows crystal clear, with a market among aquarium owners. Also included are brisk quotes from Harper’s Magazine on a breakfast delicacy called popovers with humorous kitchen mispronunciations.
In a terse exchange cited by the Philadelphia Record, a lawyer and client clash over fees. The client, Hetty, dismisses a 1 percent offer, while Mealy mocks the lawyer, noting a prior deal cost merely five dollars.
The butter of Denmark is superior to rivals and fetches top prices in luxury markets worldwide. Epicures in South America, Africa, the West Indies, India, Egypt, and tropical countries pay up to $1.4 per pound for one to three pound tins. Danish butter endures tropical heat on ships, keeping flavor, unlike ordinary butter that melts or spoils.
A New York Sun excerpt recounts Moses rejecting a proposed partnership with a white man. He recalls an earlier visit by Kurne Daw son, who proposed timber, axes, meals, and selling wood, but Moses downplayed chopping as merely exercise and warned partnerships could be risky.
The piece notes how a large porpoise requires about 500 mackerel weekly, implying vast numbers in British waters and potential yearly waste. It recalls historic porpoise fisheries in Cornwall and laments changing English use of the animals’ flesh. It then describes Bahamian sponge sales, where buyers estimate weight rather than count strands or sponges, with strings common for bundles and weight-based pricing guiding purchases.
A veteran physician recalls a boiler explosion accident in 1890s America, where a man lost his legs and received cork prosthetics. The cork legs allegedly helped him in water, leading to a humorous court dispute over damages after he briefly swam and was rescued. The anecdote is paired with quips from Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer about weight and meals.
A remark attributed to Victor Hugo in which he answers a young man about the difficulty of writing poetry. He says it is either easy or impossible, a line noted for wit though its truth is debated.
A Chinese junk used an unusual ruse when attacked by a man of war. The crew cast cocoa and rats overboard, leaping in after them. Most escaped, as it was hard to tell which were beads and which were ute.
A fragmented 20th century CincinnatiRequest exhibit mentions Moderna Taost and a US woman paying a million dollars for a cigarette holder. The text suggests a curious item with a possible tithe reference, but the source is garbled and lacks concrete details.
A London Globe anecdote describes a host shifting away from an unwanted topic at a dinner, prompting angry glances before a fresh line of conversation. The piece shifts to a humorous cartoon about a deacon and pastor, joking that preachers catch bad coughs from frequent travel and dust from family Bibles.
Crude petroleum yields products such as kerosene gasoline naphtha paraffin and vaseline with heavier residues used as axle grease and carbon processed into lighting sticks. Sulfuric acid employed to purify fuels is recovered and converted into fertilizer for farms lacking phosphate rock.
A London judge cites biblical precedent to explain the right to defense, recalling God’s inquiry of Adam before He pass ed sentence. The passage, attributed to a learned source, frames due process as universal from divine to human courts. Also recounted is a recipe attributed to John Chamberlin of Washington for preparing a ham by slow boiling, cooling, simmering, and late addition of spirits, with cotton cloth tied around the ham to prevent tearing.
The text blends a wry anecdote from a game of eun dor about a wife and rival with a long list of historical executions for murder. It cites cases from Rome in 1900, England in the 18th and 19th centuries, and a 1808 leaf theft acquittal, highlighting enduring legal quirks and delayed justice across centuries.
In a Philadelphia Record note, Nell concedes Chally finally made up his mind amid his costly tastes. Belle notes the expense tracks to his wife, described as the dearest girl in the world.
A clipped Philadelphia Telegraph item records a quote exchange on the harshness of life. A curbstone moralist declares the world tough while a busy man remarks that few will escape alive, capturing urban dialogue in a brief urban newspaper voice.
The long obituary notes actress Agusta de Forest died Sunday at her New York home. She previously starred opposite Alexander Salvini John McCullough and Edwin Booth. The piece also mentions period ads for cough cures and patent medicines, praising Dr King’s New Discovery and other tonics while citing varied testimonials and a senator’s interment.
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