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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
18
A Paris Vogue correspondent describes the Riviera noted social scene where women smoke cigarettes in cafes and hotels. The piece recounts elegant attire, poised manners, and the sight of English and other travelers amid sunlit rooms and late-night gatherings, interwoven with a list-like digression on historical figures known for leisure amusements.
A string of light hearted quips contrasts finances with behavior, noting how people judge by money and a musician’s instrument with a pun on installments. Jokes touch on breach of promise, bills, wills, and the lure of Atlantic City during Lent.
The article extols Cairo University as a premier Islamic center, noting El Azhar’s global reach with over 10,000 students aged 12 to 60 and a cosmopolitan body of teachers. It describes El Azhar as a microcosm of Mohammedanism drawing learners from Syria to Moghul regions, illustrating Cairo as a university town with unmatched historical stature.
A homemaker explains trade at home saves postage and preserves prestige while locals dispute mail order habits. Debutante Miss Geraldine Farrar urges work for happiness at a New York Lenten luncheon. Mrs Rose embodies overwork as her husband seeks medical advice and patience.
The Department of Agriculture statistics show about 20 million horses and 40 hundred thousand mules nationwide. Government data understate urban holdings, but horsed population exceeds 30 million with an estimated value above 3.3 billion dollars. Farm horses rose by 245000 and males by 52000 last year. total farm horse value about 1.5867 billion. farm mules around 417 million. Auto growth lowered horse prices by one cent per head.
A faded anecdote from Senator Platt at Manhattan Beach Hotel recalls a scantily clad Wester millionaire's companion asking about political economy. The reply frames political economy as the art of not buying more votes than needed, a joke about campaigning and influence.
An old advertisement extols Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues affecting women’s vigor and mood. It claims the product restores function when kidneys are misbehaving and urges readers to write Dr. Kilmer in Binghamton, New York for a sample and pamphlet.
A collection of Miscellaneous notes on global topics adds a railway bank in Cokin under Li Chintsz, wool exports from Wes New Zealand, herring ages in German waters, and Manchuria trade. It mentions incandescence in mines, UK newspaper counts, and a Sheridan anecdote about a duck shoot with a half sovereign offer.
A collage of odd items from a bygone period notes Japan cable messages and tripling imports in Belgium, plans for a Mount Washington carriage road with a tourist line, a new Duluth beach car course, and battleship cost estimates. It mentions a deer-foot cane souvenir from Chancellorsville, potato cut flowers preservation tips, Jersey and Guernsey cattle imports to the United States, Korea and China watershed damage, a Russian dog herd, and colonial-era customs in Jewish weddings.
A national push to stop water pollution asks President Roosevelt to act on sewage dumping into New York harbor and major rivers. Edward Hatch Jr writes urging government protection of Hudson River, Niagara Falls water quality, and public health, citing Typhoid deaths and costs.
The digest lists literary and artistic incomes for Thomas Moore Tennyson Trollope with ranges, notes a British vessel’s longevity, a university building cost of about 25000 dollars, South America supplying 63 percent of India rubber, Bulgarian sour milk diet, gum arabic sources in Africa, a five pound gold nugget found by John Kern in Highland District deposited in a Butte bank, and London roof garden plans with glass roof costs. It ends with a biblical verse about light in Luke xi. 5
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