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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
11
Frances Bennett Callaway notes that neat paper black ink and clear handwriting convey refinement. Careful punctuation and tidy letters reveal thoughtfulness, while sloppy scribbles harm trust and courtship outcomes. Simple sincerity in letters shows strength, avoids fretfulness, and spreads positive influence.
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts Moe the magician’s tour story where a townsman onstage revealed ironic suspicion after cash hidden on him by sleight of hand. The banker cashier’s ledger and a mob’s rope threat framed a rural bank scare amid a vanished audience and fading applause.
A New York businessman recalling a Chicago trip describes railroad practice on fast trains where rear brakemen drop off with a jug to warn pursuing trains. He notes conductors sometimes delay, leaving men to walk to the next station, a practice he likens to hardship and even fatal outcomes in extreme cases.
The Chicago Humane Society, with help from humanitarian women, plans to gas stray dogs rather than shoot them, arguing it is less painful. A sealed metal tank filled with illuminating gas is used. dogs are placed inside, gas released, and they become unconscious within 30 seconds and die in under a minute. The operation aims to curb starving strays before summer, with cost similar to shooting.
In 1034 Holland witnessed a tulip craze so intense that normal work ceased as people bid fiercely on rare bulbs. Rumors of only two Semper Augustus bulbs fueled excitement, with a Haarlem florist and an Amsterdam dealer each owning one. A bid of 12 acres of city property failed, while the Amsterdam bulb sold for about $3,000 in today’s terms, including cash, two horses, a carriage and harness.
An article recalls a visitor at the National Library of Congress reading room who learned to type with Hutcheson supplying a machine. She wrote a letter with only three mistakes. Mrs. Ward reads verses while a blind listener recites a complete copy later. Minerals in Canada are listed.
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