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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
4
A collage of quotes from papers lampoons trends from cider vinegar prospects to lottery chatter. It notes varied opinions on poetry wealth and public spending and jokes about the Panama Canal progress and rising costs of living.
The piece blends notes on ancient tea discovery and cheap pencils with statistics on timber loss in the U S The text cites Washington wheat regions Horse Heaven and Rattlesnake and mentions Emmett Kansas merchants offering furniture gifts to young couples marrying before 1908 An early rain record at San Francisco and Professor Bushnell noting wealth concentration complete the roundup
Practical household notes advise saving velveteen for polishing and boiling remnants of laundry soap into jelly for dishwashing. Finish sheets with the same width hem to extend wear. Use fine wire to hang rolling pins and utensils. Do not wash combs with water. use a stiff nailbrush and wipe between teeth with a damp cloth.
The New York Herald reports daily city life facts including 100000 dollars spent by men’s clubs, 354 rides per New Yorker per year on railways, abundant jeweled street display, about ten sudden deaths daily, and rapid growth. NYC population estimated at 4 550 000 with 6 200 000 in surrounding district.
The piece reflects on steerage passengers as fate bound to travel toward America with mixed hopes. It recalls Bohemian and Polish migrants, Mulberry Street in New York, and the Turkish, Russian, and Italian Jewish rituals as they seek a new life, alongside a note on the Lincolns Inn Fields Sardinian chapel and a Franklin anecdote.
An editorial style piece from the Atchison Globe bemoans social hypocrisy and human foibles. It laments how people seek praise yet hide faults and reflects on the costly nature of opportunities versus the ease of spending.
In France nearly all Rhone freight traffic is run by one company. Lyons sees few motor boats on the Rhone and Saone. Wine production is pegged at 1,166,000,000 gallons with 1,100,000,600 gallons for domestic use. President Falieres commuted Soleillant's death sentence to life penal servitude, seen as abolition of capital punishment.
The article argues kidney and heart weakness stems from controlling nerves not the organs, promoting Dr Shoop's Restorative as a remedy. It urges those with back pain urinary issues or Brights disease symptoms to try the medicine for a month, noting druggists sell and recommend it.
The piece notes a shortage of female servants in Germany and mentions a Berlin restaurant serving an ice steak at four dollars fifty, with a fifty cent tip expected. It cites ninety department stores in Germany last year and recalls Dr. Preuss of the Berlin Ethnological Museum returning from Mexico with collected materials.
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