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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
2
The article describes diverse rickshaw types used in Lagos Ceylon and Madagascar including pousse-pousse and the Korean cab. It notes the influence of American wheelbarrows and lighter Yankee rikisha on West Africa and how carriers adapted these vehicles, balancing and lifting them.
The London Daily Mail notes a rise in superstition among serious gamblers. Players buy ankh charms and favor lucky tokens like lucky sixpences and New Zealand greenstone. Card players at White's boast of hangman rope pieces and seek lucky houses and clubs for favorable outcomes.
The Youth's Companion notes a notable trend among American Board missionaries in India and Ceylon. One third are children or grandchildren of earlier missionaries. It contrasts European and American career paths and highlights a generational commitment to missionary work.
A fragment notes a discussion about a young man with a sum of five thousand dollars and related implications, reflecting caution about wealth and opportunity. The readable line suggests a moral or social commentary rather than a full incident.
The passage imagines a future with automatic dish cleaning and oxygenation of waste, trains that gain speed without stopping, flying machines for weekend picnics, and actors replaced by perfected kinetoscope and phonograph reproductions, projecting cleaner, quicker daily life.
Consul Pike of Zittau reports wage despair in his district with many workers earning 0.5 to 7 cents hourly. Homes double as workshops, families labor up to 90 hours weekly, and food costs exceed U S levels with high prices for beefsteak pork butter tea and coffee.
A Walbrook mother warned her two daughters before a trip to Atlantic City about dangerous rails and fast engines. That evening the children prayed at bedtime and the younger asked God to keep mother from running off the track, a remark noted by their nurse.
The text describes the March end or fret week in April when gray geese in the Outer Hebrides gather in a single caravan. The king goose signals the flight, about fifty geese rise and form a wedge with three at the apex, then disappear. The king returns, repeats the run, until all leave except 300 veterans who join him and head toward the pole, to return in October.
Farmers' Review summarizes stern cautions for children on hygiene and manners. It prohibits spitting except in a spittoon, prohibits licking lips or turning pages with wet fingers, and forbids nose wiping on hands or sleeves. It urges washing hands before meals and keeping face and nails clean.
The Soo canal traffic for April 1906 shows 1,079 vessels totaling 2,006,640 tons not registered and carrying 2,513,267 tons of freight. Iron ore leads with about half the flow, coal about 650,000 tons, followed by grain and flour in the mix of goods.
The piece warns that modern funeral practices grow costly and elaborate, driven by living expectations rather than honoring the dead. It argues material displays tempt in the surroundings of mortality and that expensive monuments may dull the true record left on the heart.
Flubb notes the famous architect Dubb struggles with classic orders yet can design a sit room. the piece playfully contrasts architectural fame with knowledge of Greek temple forms.
Miss Pease comments on a new beauty doctor while Mia and Quee express strong dislike. The anecdote ends with a sharp remark about trying the doctor and choosing to return home to bake bread.
A report attributing a height of the atmosphere to Prof T J J S describes measuring sunset shade shift from blue to black to calculate air depth. The method yields about 131 miles, with a shooting star comparison giving roughly 109 miles.
A Turkish sultan curates a canary collection chosen by singing duration. He recently paid a high price for an English canary that sang without stopping for 20 minutes according to the sultan’s watch.
Milan Secolo reports 1904 emigration at 470 932 and 1905 projected departures at 716 343, a record exodus not matched by any other nation. The interior ministry will publish the 1905 figures soon.
A Pittsburg Dispatch remark notes French government policy that railroads must carry chamber members free and deduct mileage from state salaries. The comment highlights France doing things differently in public transportation policy.
The piece notes Sargent Abbey and other American painters achieving greater recognition abroad. It contrasts Paris London and New York reception, cites Luxembourg museum representation, and mentions measures to boost American collections, including gifts and a foreign director's influence.
The New York Tribune reports late Italian coastal explorations show submerged ruins are remnants of noble mansions, not sea bath foundations. The shore holds buried city wreckage. roads, quarries and harbor breakwaters lie flooded. a submarine sea wall with 17 foot concrete piers protects fragments unseen for 2008 years.
The Isle of Man oath is described as quaint and printed for humor. It invokes divine content and the six days of creation then swears to impartially enforce the laws between the king and subjects within the island, using the herring backbone as a simile for neutrality.
Frith describes Huskison as a young, self taught artist who painted imaginative works. At a Cheltenham dinner Lord Northwick asked who bought Huskison last picture. Huskison replied it was bought by a gent, not a dealer.
Pat, a Buffalo church sexton formerly a street car conductor, amuses the congregation with wit. He once handed the collection box to a pillar of the church and, while fishing out change, a man found two cigars. Pat deadpans in a solemn tone that smoking is allowed only in the three rear seats.
An English critic laments the decline of singing and proposes a society for the prevention of singing except in privacy. He urges encouragement of his stance as the "Good Old Summer Time" returns, noting many believe they can sing and should be restrained.
A brief science sketch describes how rivers dissolve minerals like salt and carbonates, making seas saline. A doctor tells a father his girl will recover in days, while a mother worries about inviting a minister to tea, reflecting gentle household dialogue.
Eva-Catharine, once called a nimrod, and Edna-Ah claim bold feats. The dialogue hints at big game hunting and a claim by her husband, News ot.
A Chicago Tribune item notes a nasty little drizzle kept nearly everyone from going, dampening attendance and events. Weather affected plans and turnout.
A newspaper sketch recalls peculiar lake country sportsmen and Capt Pete a sailor who hunts near the Rappahannock. He boasts of Sweet Lips the gun and a 40 pound wild turkey with a wooden leg and a large gray breast. Four others shared the feast.
A Korean gardener twisted a vine into a chair shaped frame and embedded gingko seeds into its fibers. The chair was cut from the ground, dried, polished, and now resembles mahogany, standing 4 feet 11 inches tall, 25 inches wide, and weighing over 100 pounds.
Lord Northcote governor general of Australia attended a banquet in a coal mine at Newcastle New South Wales. The hall lay 300 feet below the surface.
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