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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
6
A Palladium Ledger style quip depicts the clumsy man who never stops probing others for full and detailed replies. He pursues sympathy while pressing into private affairs, remarking on health, age, weight, and past incidents with relentless, invasive curiosity.
A tale from the New York Times describes Dean Hoffman of the University of the South funding a hotel investment that later became a contentious dormitory plan. A chancellor proposed moving the hotel to Suwanee, but locals blocked it as public property, leading to a legal fight the university eventually won.
The Japanese lead in kindergarten methods using entertainment rather than punishment. Their play apparatus educates infants, apply math concepts through wooden shapes and lathes, and use straw models with peas for joints. Raised Japanese characters on flat blocks aid instruction for the blind.
A cautious note urges slow use of drugs for insomnia and recommends a cold ice bag to the neck and hot water bag at the feet to equalize circulation. Hot milk sipped slowly is advised to induce a soothing drowsy feeling and help sleep.
The Baltimore Herald notes Nora, a man working in the basement of a building, plans marriage to Casey who works in the basement. A rival, Murphy, on the top story, is mentioned as a possible match or alternative.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip mocks judging a girl by looks, noting her father's $20 million wealth and two trips to Europe without titles, inviting readers to form their own opinion.
A fragment notes a boy whistling a song about angels while describing raspberries and top shelf cakes in a pantry. The line hints at simple domestic details and a light, whimsical mood.
The piece notes water as Palestine’s most precious resource with strict laws safeguarding springs and wells. It discusses artificial basins, deep boreholes to artesian reservoirs, and the enduring, revered status of well owners. It cites historic figures Abraham and Jacob and asserts water rights remain inviolate.
A London Telegraph report summarized by The Times of India recounts a Yemen Arab tale. A man who cut telegraph wires is spared by a sheik after the bail of his wife. When he repeats the theft, the wife travels at night, murders him, and brings his head to the sheik to end her husband’s disgrace.
In a London Chronicle tale Tommy, recovering from hind pneumonia, sabotages a thermometer while a doctor, busy at his patient, turns away. The improvised ruse uses a cup of rot tea to replace the device, provoking the doctor to quip that Tommy is not dead but should be.
A traveler asks about conditions in the south and an old man on a stump cites a cyclone that leveled trees and a lightning fire that burned brush, claiming both saved him effort. He then jokes he awaits an earthquake to shake potatoes from the ground in Chicago News style humor.
Tender feet are hardened by wearing heavy wool stockings and discarding worn pairs. To toughen skin, rub the soles with methylated spirits daily or wash them with salt water.
A terse exchange from the Chicago Tribune fragment mentions fortune telling, palmistry professors, and a short blond man warning about humbug. One speaker, Shyne, claims to be blond and short, asking for a ten from an older man.
The note claims English monarchs styled themselves Alice of France until about a century ago while French kings claimed the title Kings of Jerusalem up to the revolution, illustrating royal titulature shifts across centuries.
A stalled passenger train on a snowy branch line near the town of Dilkport faces delay. A farmer plans a desperate dash to his ailing wife, while a salesman and conductor improvise a kerosene fueled method to melt the drift and move the train. The crew and two passengers assist, and the train reaches Dilkport by nightfall.
A village fire on a large estate prompted heroic firemen to battle fumes. After the blaze, the husband invited the crew inside for coffee and treats while the wife apologized she hadn’t baked more, saying she would have prepared ahead if she knew.
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