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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
4
Two girls discuss a missed party in Duluth. One explains missing the event after she washed her hair with powdered alum, leaving her curls stiff and brittle for a week. She fears friends would see her in frightful condition and hides away.
The piece argues the tongue’s aims push toward self mastery, warning of dangers from careless words and rash promises. It cautions that speech can wound innocents and stain character, yet notes the tongue can also serve as a tool for significant good when used wisely.
French novelist Xavier de Montepin later sold a sensational story to the same publisher who once refused it. He demanded £4000, and after protests the sum was paid. The twist is that the story was the very same one he had previously offered unsuccessfully.
A peculiar central Indian tree bears highly sensitive leaves that give electric shocks upon touch. It reportedly influences magnetic needles from seventy feet away, strongest at midday and fading at midnight, vanishing in wet weather. Birds avoid it and no insects perch on it.
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls a bedtime moment where a little girl prays to “make all the bad people good and all the good people nice,” turning cynicism into warm consolation for readers skeptical of virtue. The story frames virtue as accessible through simple, sincere kindness.
Miss Cutting tests a mind reader, Softleigh, asking to read her thoughts. He admits surprise, she agrees to try, inviting him to perform on her next visit, in a playful Chicago News vignette.
A humorous exchange on raise requests from the Ohio State Journal notes the worker asks for more pay after a recent raise. He explains his mother remarried and now two relatives require support, prompting the request for compensation.
A fragmentary dialogue notes an older man described as aging and socially fading. The speakers reference mortality and his place in society as one foot in the grave and the other in societal circles.
A witty exchange highlights Rodney and Rodney living by wits amid others errors as printed in the Detroit Pree Press. The brief dialogue reflects a sharp urban tone and black humor typical of the era.
A vivid excerpt from Outing titled Trout and Philosophy on a Vermont Stream describes a fisherman cooking brook trout over fire with flat stones and gathered wood. The narrator invites epicures to abandon Delmonico meals and experience simple mountain fare by a cold spring with fresh trout and bread.
A Hartford attorney argues the term lot for land is American in origin. He notes colonial practices divided township grants into numbered parcels, each occupying the land by lot, a method he says predates other uses and should be recognized as a uniquely American tradition.
A Washington Star anecdote quotes a junior partner from a major downtown jewelry firm noting that electrical storms cause damaged mainsprings in watches. He jokes that dull business prompts a thunderstorm prayer among staff, and that after lightning visits, many watches need repair for days.
A country woman newly housed in a fashionable uptown hotel asks for two pitchers of rainwater and well water. The bar staff balks, noting Croton water is used instead and rainwater is a quaint memory from rural days in New York.
A Life editorial argues society may regulate a decedent's property to prevent heirs from living in luxury or unduly prolonging disputes. It contends testators' whims burden law, and society has a right to restrict their licenses to specific purposes.
Superstitions link bees to illness or death in a family. In Scotland and Ireland a bee entering a cottage, especially a bumblebee, signals death of a resident. In other places a swarm settling on dead wood is considered ominous.
Dialogue from a Philadelphia Press item shows Tess revealing marriage to her former partner and the reaction of disbelief from Tess and her companion Jess.
A dialogue notes a silver handled penknife praised by Mr Courting while a child dismisses it and mentions Bister wearing a plate of pure gold teeth, reflecting odd objects and remarks from a fanciful scene.
An old saying notes a clear divide in labeling quirks by wealth. A rich person’s unusual tastes are called eccentric while a poorer man is just a crank.
In McClure's Magazine Ciara Morriss recounts Henry Bergh stepping onto a crowded streetcar at University Place to order unload. He stops the chaos with a calm command and a dramatic throw, deterring rioters and forcing passengers to face their excess, earning cheers and aid from many.
A Success magazine writer urges mixing with people freely to suppress self focus. By praising others impartially and forgetting self, individuals can gain will power to conquer sensitivity. The passage notes many have overcome years of timidity to rise to commanding positions through effort.
A psycho logical writer explains that suspending a watch by its chain and concentrating on a motion makes the watch swing in the intended direction. He notes the movement follows thoughts even without hand movements, a claim reported by Jewelers' Circular Weekly.
In Nottingham a clergyman praises a local tailor for repairs then remarks that when he needs a good coat he goes to London for makings. The tailor retorts that for a good sermon he goes to London, implying London makes better sermons as well.
In a quoted exchange the speakers discuss belief in ghosts, with one admitting seeing at least one specter while the other remains skeptical. The fragment references the Chicago Tribune and a light, humorous tone about hauntings.
A fragment from Chicago News features garbled phrases about marriage reform and regret. The piece exhibits misspellings and odd wording that misstate intent and outcome of unions, reflecting a chaotic local humor column.
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