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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
4
Bridge Whist stresses the maker's judgment in card play. The article notes that 60 percent of bridge is in the make and warns that injudicious decisions about suit choice and safety of the game affect results. It emphasizes keeping score awareness and continuous attention to hand value.
The London Outlook notes that in Victorian England the countryside shaped speech and daily life more than today. It recalls how birds and animals inspired unique terms such as hells Dame Partiet and Pertolette, heard in rural speech by elder country folk.
Dean Swift notes that fluent speech depends on ideas and word stock. He contrasts masters of language with common speakers who rely on a single phrase set, causing hesitation and quicker exits from a nearly empty church when crowds gather at the door.
A dialogue between Georgie and Auntie explains irony as saying one thing and meaning the opposite, with examples like calling a rainy day fine. They discuss whether a person changing jobs from bank clerk to electric car conductor counts as an odd change, quoting Bohemian and Inocen ulm.
King Alfonso of Spain narrowly escaped harm during a Madrid hunting outing when a wild boar charged him after he believed the animal dead. A companion fired a decisive shot to stop the enraged boar and the monarch remained unharmed.
A New York blizzard on January 24 paralyzed streets and ferry traffic with deep drifts. The storm left the unemployed and homeless to seek shelter as Mrs. Clara Vorveck wandered in Brooklyn in night attire and froze. A man named James Smith was found dead under a East Twenty third Street stoop. Philadelphia and the tri state area logged six inches of snow with New Jersey railways crippled by the storm.
Mobile on January 24. Charles F Groom a Mobile county deputy sheriff killed himself in the courthouse after a shot rang from an adjoining room. Groom formerly worked as a river pilot and later became a Mobile businessman.
Fort Worth, Jan 24. Sixty Bohunks left North Fort Worth on Friday amid fear of ongoing hostility from locals. They protest attacks by citizens and youths and blame competition for jobs at packing houses where Americans are displaced and paid 12 cents a day.
Jefferson City Mo Jan 24 The Missouri board of railroad and ware house commissioners ordered an investigation of the alleged ownership by the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad company of the Kansas City Clinton and Springfield Railway company in violation of the law prohibiting consolidation of parallel and competing lines.
Dr. W. E. Carter of Meadville was waylaid by masked assailants while driving to treat a sick animal. He was strung up by the thumbs and whipped on the bare back until exhausted in a bid to extract a confession to alleged wife beating and petty theft. He was told to leave the area within thirty days and has been bedbound, denying the charges and vowing not to quit.
Birmingham notes Adjutant General Mickle informs the arrangements committee that the annual reunion on June 9 and 10 will feature two parades. One parade limited to actual veterans, the other including sponsors maids national guards and others. The innovation aims to ease veterans during the event.
In Vera Cruz on main street Rudolf Rodriguez of the tax office was robbed of 2756 dollars by American tramps in broad daylight. Three men took part and fled. one was later arrested. Forty American tramps were arrested as suspicious characters. The town is infested with hoboes.
Port au Prince January 24 Revolutionsists seize Port de Paix thirty five miles west of Cape Haytien English and French cruisers expected to arrive to protect British and French interests Charles Miot American consular agent at St Marie has been removed by the American legation over alleged rebel ties Miot is a Haytien
In Transcaucasia a locomotive driver escaping a mob after laborers were killed at a suburban station sped through the crowd. He killed six bystanders and wounded many during the escape. Separate item notes forgery charges against C R Lawson in Los Angeles with alleged victim institutions across several cities. Also reports Frank Constantine dies from injuries after killing Louise Gentry in Chicago.
In a Kentucky circuit court Judge W. W. Jones faced Daniel Cross in a gaming case. When asked if he wanted a lawyer, Cross replied no and suggested paying off. The judge quipped I will see your dime and raise you $20, prompting Cross to concede and say he would have to call the judge.
A collage of pre printing era prices for books and goods. Mentions King Alfred funding cosmography study, Walter of Winchester buying medieval texts, a Paris sale of John of Meun's Roman de la Rose, and various barter payments including barley sheep wheat and silver. Ends with a comic office interaction about purchasing a daughter.
The Paris Armenonville in the Bois de Boulogne requires dress clothes for dining, while boulevard restaurants permit tenue de ville. The custom, seen as essential by Parisians, contrasts with broader fashion norms. The text also cites reflections on gambling’s nerve effects and a quip about a hunter named Farmer Jones, from London publications.
A dialogue contrasts meekness with assertion as a voice notes that joys are not the property of the rich. A witty rejoinder implies the meek will inherit the world only after others exhaust it, reflecting a satirical take on social fortunes.
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