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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
3
A quotation from Max Pemberton's The Girl With the Red Hair comments on feminine moods and temper under stress. It suggests women may rise beyond fear or become extreme under pressure, comparing gentleness to criminal behavior in intense moments.
A West Philadelphia resident reads a headline about a bolt dropping from a skyscraper during construction striking a man near his home. The piece notes the bolt was dropped by a workman and the sight unsettled the reader as he pondered the unusual accident.
The judge admonishes a garrulous prisoner acting as his own attorney for wasting court time. The prisoner protests that he has no lawyer and must handle the case himself.
A polished aphorism contrasts speech and action around courting, noting a gulf between what one should say and what one says when addressing a attractive woman. The remark reflects social psychology and refined manners in dialogue.
A wedding party endured heavy rain as Jupiter Pluvius “chuckled” at the downpour. The bride has already received silver tin wooden book linen and china showers according to the humorous verse.
The thirteenth census will classify up to 8000 industries including unique jobs. A Kansas City man bottles smoke to flavor meat, while New Jersey women raise bullfrogs for profit and a California woman sells petunia seeds high. Government workers in Washington perform odd tasks such as portrait bust modeling and relief mapping for geologic warnings.
The article explains catgut’s value to fishermen using flies and hooks, noting its unbreakable strength derived from silkworms. Procida Island near Naples is a major production center with worms raised near Torre Annunziata. Caterpillars are killed before spinning, silk glands processed, then threads drawn by skilled workers mainly women.
Dr Albert W Ferris, president of the state lunacy commission, lectures on insanity in New York. State hospitals house 32000 patients and private institutions 11000 more. New cases admitted average 150 weekly. Annual cost per patient about 200 dollars.
Two famous Manhattan hotels, the Hoffman House and the Gilsey House, will close immediately. The Gilsey House will be converted to business use. Both establishments once bore the names of many national figures of prominence on their magisterial listings.
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