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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
6
A list of ladies junior and children coats and jackets with marked values and sale prices. Items include ladies coats valued at 12.00 with 9.95 price, ladies jackets 5.00 to 6.50 values, a tan jacket 12.00, and missus and children coats priced from 4.95 to 0.00.
A local ad promotes skirts with prices listed as five dollars for walking skirts and six fifty for golf skirts, offered in a clearance sale format with a total price noted as one twenty five.
Noted quirks seen by travelers in front of a butcher shop and nearby storefronts. Phrases warn of river danger and advertise goods such as cashmere shawls, while odd typos and clipped sentences hint at local humor and daily life.
A ten year old tree at Shilifried near Matsen grows horizontally from a hollow ledge after a landslip. A Paris detective hid in a wine barrel to observe wine thefts at Bercy, enabling arrests of four thieves at a disused factory.
Chesty the baker and Jimmie, described as a dago, argued heatedly for days. Jimmie finally declared with scorn that he came to kill two people, not steal a chick, sealing his fate as Sing Sing Star of Hope.
A satirical note from The Gentleman's Magazine claims statisticians foresee the loboter as extinct like the dodo. It jokes that the dry land or evening variety Homo ridl Allens will endure while chorus girls cling to easy tasks in forward rows.
The German war department maintains stocks of duplicates for many bridges within the empire and also holds copies of numerous bridges in France and other countries of interest, prepared in case of war or damage.
A New York woman seeks a divorce alleging her husband caused her misery by a fevaily parrot that swore and spilled legal trouble. The case centers on whether the parrot’s behavior can justify separation and alimony.
A historical report notes that in the last twenty five years fire losses in the United States exceeded 2.8 billion dollars with the year 1901 contributing over 170 million in losses across the country.
A humorous note on a German English dictionary listing four English meanings for gimcrack. The London Daily Chronicle retranslated them as the handsome girl the bad machine the ordinary handshake and a magician.
Editor of Harpers magazine explains four of five manuscripts are rejected and only rarely is a new writer's first offering accepted. The piece suggests readers should not despair about writing chances.
Theodore Hansen the new first secretary of the Ruciat embassy in Washington excels at piano. His touch technique and expression rival great professionals. He especially shines in works of the modern school.
Colonel Charles Denby, once minister to China, is described as possessing exceptional knowledge of Chinese language and literature. He speaks high level Chinese dialects nearly as a native and reads Chinese with the same fluency as English.
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