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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
6
Delegates at the Savannah Convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy face a New York Committee ruling Gen. Robert E. Lee out of the Hall of Fame. A plan exists to send a special committee to protest the action in the metropolis.
A column describes a noiseless ring toss game using ten hooks on a circular board made from a barrel or board about a square foot in size. Players throw rubber rings from about ten feet away aiming to hook hooks numbered 1 to 10, with 100 points winning and a 10 point minimum per hook to reach the target. The piece also includes brief vignettes about horses reacting to music and light humorous exchanges, highlighting everyday amusements and street corner humor.
An account of coastal Maine defenses a century ago notes the lone remaining powder house near Wiscasset. A small outbuilding stored powder away from a fort magazine, the relic still standing and sturdy against time as a window into early frontier military life. Also included is a light anecdote about a clever cat that pulls pins from cushions and nibbles flowers whenever possible.
A Chicago Record item laments unsolved mistakes that cause ongoing pain and frustration, describing them as the meanest blunders when explanations are lacking.
A mixed digest cites global coffee and linen output, fisheries, clockmaking in Germany, Norwegian grain imports, and copper production. It notes U S telegraph mileage and overseas holdings, then adds a humorous exchange from Chicago Record and a brief romantic vignette.
A dialogue snippet quotes a First Doctor delaying due to brisk business and a Second Doctor noting two patient deaths from consumption this morning, as reported by the Boston Courier.
A collage of quips and juvenile misquotes from Boston Journal and Tit-Bits. A mother and child discuss an apple and peeling. Miss Snapper and Mr Lurker clash in a playful exchange. A Chicago Pout quip questions an artist’s resolve and career.
In a brief exchange the two citizens discuss the health board's energetic efforts to prevent the spread of bubonic plague with concern that officials fear catching it themselves. The Weekly notes the public health debate and precautionary steps.
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