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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
3
A collage of early 1900s curiosities includes a glimpse of Irish hedge schools built with ditch walls and sods, a factory safety note on the dangers of anhydrous and nitric acids, and a historical quirk about royal bathing habits showing eighteenth century aversion to frequent cleansing and reliance on doctors.
A dark night tale tells of a kind man seeking water for his fretful child. Mistakes route him to a cellar fall, leaving a man lost to tragedy as the night closes in. Also a Canary’s Clever Feat A New York story describes a woman matching a found canary to her own by a remarkable test. The bird bites a pin into the carpet and sings, convincing locals to return it with the owner.
An Alaska veteran recounts hunting with miners when warm weather turned bitterly cold and icicles formed on his beard. He rammed them into his gun and claimed he killed a bear with water on the brain as the temperature melted the ice.
A factory near New York City manufactures deadly poisons in large quantities. It is so well guarded that even nearby neighbors feel no fear of it, though the facility’s presence is ominous and controversial.
Toto weeps over losing 2 cents and a friend offers 2 more, prompting a punchline about how she would have had 4 cents now. The brief humor reflects a child’s math mirth in a Detroit Free Press item.
A phrenology quip about an intelligence bump leads to a streetwise retort from Une' Ebe in a humorous dialogue. The Denver Times notes the bump as a target of amusement amid a broader collection of city papers.
A collage of quips and jokes from the Philadelphia Record Chicago Post and Washington Star. Humorous exchanges include a stinging art critique by a maid and a pun about religion and marriage. The pieces showcase light gossip and social humor typical of era newspapers.
Walking Fish, a pediclan type in the Santa Catalina Channel near California, uses leglike pectoral fins to seize prey and nests with seaweed. The piece also contains an anecdote about a harsh shipboard beating and a tale of pawn-ticket swindles along with a reminiscence of a stage career at Brighton Beach and Indianapolis.
Frank T. Bullen recalls in The Men of the Merchants Service how boys on ships endured abuse as a routine rite of passage. He notes the cruel neglect aboard collier ships and the chilling acceptance that a dead boy was “only a boy,” a stark critique of maritime discipline.
A Chicago Journal piece recounts a jail ward trial where a prisoner defends innocence via palmistry while the judge dismisses logic and jokes about soap and juries. The man boasts a strong life line and work capacity, yet provides no clarity on guilt. The trial ends with the prisoner leaving the courtroom.
A Boston Herald item recalls a job-seeking cook who jokes about “low neck dinners” as a test of family habits. The anecdote shows how domestic servants gauge households, with a persona asking if the family will dine in “low necks” to determine suitability.
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