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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
8
A lively look at ostrich plumes from farm to fashion shows how women, especially French workers in California, dye wash and craft feathers. The piece covers ostrich biology, gentle curiosity, and the plucking process including handling, aging, and egg-laying life cycle.
A pessimist learns a Persian parable urge to praise worthy deeds. The elf directs him to seek out good actions and report them. He returns to the caliph, overwhelmed by the amount of good, begging release from praising all that is noble. The caliph dismisses him, noting the lesson learned.
A young man who frequents a French restaurant sent for the chef to compliment Lins op a poulet en casserole. The note highlights the chef’s consistent excellence and the dining merit.
The article recounts the legend of the Seven Golden Cities as an island west of Africa with gold filled streets and grand towers. Bishops and followers supposedly fled Moorish conquest by sailing to safety, burning ships, and establishing the famed cities amid tales of disappearances by island inhabitants.
A New York Digest writer quotes Lee Cook blaming women and music for distracting gourmets and wrecking a dining room. He says a lone diner focuses on the food, while a man with a woman entertains his companion and neglects the cook and the dishes.
The Fourth Estate traces the term printer's devil to Aldus Manutius. He used a small African boy described as the Little Black Devil. Printing was shrouded in mystery and superstition, prompting Rumors that Aldus summoned dark arts. Aldus publicly showed the boy and declared the boy flesh and blood, inviting scrutiny.
A traveling narrator recounts a Colombian tale of tax collection where Colon officials demand 12 dollars in gold for garbage costs, the American resident protests no services were rendered all year, and the collector suggests reducing the charge to four dollars.
A hostess asked Matthew Arnold if he took sugar or cream. He replied he took neither and only cream if the coffee was nasty. The hostess may have imagined the guest assessing the beverage and directing the waitress to provide cream and sugar.
Miss Mainchantz discusses engagement with Mr. Jenks and reveals she learned of his two wives, a detail that surprised Miss Ascott and changed their view on marriage for money. The Philadelphia Press reports the exchange.
A Chicago Post item muses on why a woman with an unhappy marriage and divorce would remarry. The exchange centers on curiosity about whether her view of men has improved, framing the question as a public reflection on social judgment.
Casparo Spontini, the composer, regarded himself as a demi god and when inspired he wore a wide white silk gown with gold borders and white silk embroidery, a heavy tassel hanging down as he sat with great dignity.
An anecdote from Halle recounts a veteran musician noting Spontini's multitude of medals while Mozart had none. Spontini, overhearing, quickly retorts that Mozart is not headless but simply unadorned by decorations. The exchange highlights contrasting reputations.
In Brooklyn Eagle prose a woman answers her brother’s quips about palm reading. The brother teases by calling the man a story of her life, while she insists the tale is long and defiant. The scene centers on playful family banter in a newspaper snippet.
A child named Faith Rewarded Pebble was forbidden to use bathroom water. He turned on the taps, filling a tub as a nurse arriving at the door found him kneeling and praying for divine help to stop the water. The plea asked for someone who could turn it off if God could not.
A humorousBaltimore America article recalls a cannibal king advised by a head physician to abandon meat for a time. The king wonders what to do and thinks of the missionaries who visited, who were described as vegetarians.
A French tourist visiting London on a foggy morning jokes with his English companion that the sun never rises on Britain, misinterpreting the phrase about the empire's reach as a literal sun setting. The quip highlights language mixups and imperial wit in a urban park setting.
A boy questions advertising claims about connoisseurs judging products as the best. The great manufacturer defines a connoisseur as an eminent authority, one who admits their goods are the best, highlighting a humorous mispronunciation and sales boast.
A brief dialogue exchange contrasts the first and second mice about fear of women. The second mouse dismisses fear, noting women’s screaming unsettles people, while insisting he is not afraid.
A World article quotes a speaker's gripe about fatigue and doom, noting how locals fear uprisings and spring guns around a chicken coop as a warning against unrest. The antiquated dialect hints at regional anxieties in a rural setting.
A quip from Chicago Record Herald notes a couple’s breakup caused by his severe stutter, implying she could not wait for the last word in their altered dynamic.
The article traces philately from its early days noting stamps as a recent invention with postmarking since 1840. It credits Great Britain with pioneering prepaid letters and describes early stamp issues in Brazil, and the subsequent spread to Switzerland Finland Russia the United States France Belgium Spain Bavaria and others.
In England a Church of England clergyman may not ride to bounds visit taverns or lodges play dice or cards or tables meet in private houses to discuss grievances or actions farm more than eighty acres engage in trade reside outside his parish seek election to parliament and if elected while concealing holy orders may not sit or vote under a £500 a day penalty. He also cannot aspire to town offices though can be a county parish or district alderman.
A short, non-cohesive excerpt praises clean teeth and the pleasure of a good smile. It contrasts made teeth with natural ones and hints at the value of dental care and happiness.
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