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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
8
Major Crofoot pitches a self supporting home for orphans and elderly, funded by subscriptions and a so called Utopian Power company. He locks in donations with a 250 inmate plan, promises salaries, and enlists a volunteer as superintendent, then robs a contributor of $2 and escapes.
The article explains how speeches withheld for revision may be placed on the front page of The Record through Senate House arrangements. It notes a “first come, first served” system and that speakers seek early display to influence votes, describing it as a form of strategic advertisement.
Dr. D B Hill recalls a Whig bid by Abraham Lincoln and General Baker for congress in Springfield. Baker won the primary. Lincoln, deflated, refused to speak when urged, noting Baker would have won favor with the crowd if he’d secured the nomination.
A boarding school head master in Sheffield disciplined a pupil for cleaning a knife on the tablecloth during meals. The boy replied that at home they use clean knives, implying strict kitchen etiquette elsewhere.
A playful exchange celebrates a man with a notably formal and capable butler who can even command the cook, highlighting humor in refined household service.
The article notes that the better class of Japanese wear a loose wrapper open at the chest and waist, tied with a girdle. It also states Munster, Germany, hosts a high school with a history spanning 1,100 years.
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