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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
4
A review of English bankruptcy rulings shows wide variance in what is deemed necessary living for peers and professionals. Dukes and viscounts may receive luxury items like champagne, carriages, and servants, while doctors and lawyers secure limited protections. The rules hinge on income, guardians, and estate specifics, with clerics faring worst.
An English traveler hosted by Mainotes, descendants of Spartans, took silver from his packing case to dine. A mountaineer’s old mother tearfully lamented her lack of her son to rob the traveler, exclaiming that such fine things should be stolen by her own kin.
A girl in a red shirt waist and plaid skirt asks if a man is a prince while a friend notes his celluloid collar and "&8" trousers. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia North American as a light social remark.
A philosophical reflection describes time as a single sun ray crossing eternity and life as a fleeting flicker that vanishes as it becomes visible.
A Baltimore bar anecdote recounts Severn Teackle Wallis defending a will. A physician testifying about insanity is called out when Wallis asks if the doctor is insane on the subject of insanity. The judge and audience laugh as Wallis pronounces the doctor insane on that subject. Baltimore Sun.
A Brooklyn Eagle summary recounts 17th century Breuckelen now Brooklyn where early records show rioting inquiries scrapes of slander and assault. Courts punished a tavern keeper and a quarrelsome woman with fines of 6 and 20 guilders for watering brandy and impugning its quality.
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