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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
8
In Independence Missouri 1881 an old State witness testified she saw the James brothers the night before the robbery and heard them arguing with her husband. The courtroom exchange on ghosts as cause of the sighting ends with the witness declaring she knows it was not ghosts because they were cussing.
A tobacco merchant sends cigars to a physician with a five dollar bill and note claiming the cigars are excellent. The doctor replies by mailing five prescriptions and a note saying he hopes the prescriptions prove excellent.
The late Alpheus D. Du Bois, a New York schoolteacher, saved diligently and accumulated an estate of 750000 despite a salary not exceeding 3000. A colleague recalls his systematic nature and a book he kept of students’ literary styles.
Japanese missionary Kentok Hori criticizes Western education for overemphasizing dates and facts and favors an orientalist approach that develops the mind while avoiding broad information. A student exchange questions the practicality of large claims like pumping the sea dry in 12 million years.
Revetts tells Chumley he attended a five o'clock tea with his wife yesterday. Chumley exclaims then asks if it nearly drove him crazy. Revetts replies he enjoyed it and adds he owns a boiler shop.
An exchange between an old man and a young suitor reveals tension over a dowry or support expectation. The old man questions the suitor about his ability to support his daughter, while the suitor answers that he has enough to live on, not to support the wife.
A Berlin congress adopted new terms for Rontgen science including Rontgenology for the study, Rontgenography for photography by rays, and Rontgenoscopy for observation by rays. Other proposed terms are thorontgenography rotgenotherapy and the verb to rontgenize.
City officer Martin confesses to leading a double life confessing he sings in a suburban church choir on Sundays. The chief notes rumors about his hidden life while praising his on duty conduct.
A Senator tells a witty exchange about campaign costs and compensation. He notes spending about twenty thousand dollars to win election and expected six years of service. He claims honest pay from three corporations offsets sacrifices for the republic.
A veteran janitor greets a visiting star, recalling when a building existed for study. The football figure surveys vast stadiums and athletic grounds, marveling at ancestors who missed the chance to learn.
Keene discusses skill and learning across trades. He notes driving is hard work with ongoing lessons and shares a hatter anecdote about offering free ironing to avoid hats lasting too long. The exchange illustrates shopfloor improvisation and retail dodges.
A young married couple in a small apartment share domestic trials. The wife, prudent with meals, buys steak and uses a wedding carving knife to test her husband. When she asks him to test Uncle John's gift, the porterhouse seemingly vanishes beneath the blade, leaving them puzzled. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lord Tredegar, a Six Hundred veteran, contends the Balaclava charge did not sound a bugle. He recalls troopers being among the guns before any bugle signal rang out, challenging the popular claim.
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