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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
1
Andrew Carnegie recalls old family figures in Dunfermline Scotland including uncles and a Republican grandfather. He mentions a 300 pound chartier era appeal to defend his jailed uncle and a midnight window speech to quell riots. He argues a family history in defense of public meeting rights supports noble titles.
Paris sculptor Mrs Bertie Cortland Longworth has offered a plaster model of an ancient Egyptian sphinx for a cement replica in St Louis. She spent four years studying the piece, the only model in existence, to create a durable sphinx to replace crumbling stone amid increased rainfall in Egypt.
Peter De Villa once famed for gold in the Klondike now nails xes at the Ben Lamont winery in Santa Cruz California. He faces a pending suit to recover one of Nome region’s richest mines but lacks funds to prosecute and the case may be dismissed by default.
King Leopold of Belgium is suffering a throat ailment linked to heavy cigarette use. His doctors have forbidden him to smoke and he is reported to be improving in health.
A Turkish censor altered Shakespeare's Othello during its Constantinople production. He removed Cyprus calling it a Turkish island and suggested moving the scene to a Greek island like Corfu to respect the Paris treaty. This framing shows how political concerns shaped classic literature.
The London Globe cites an Indian newspaper reporting a tombstone in Northern India honoring a missionary. The inscription reads that he translated the Scriptures into Pushto and was accidentally shot by his khitmutghar, with the phrase well done, thou good and faithful servant.
A Gloucestershire gentleman’s watch, now valued for its age, still keeps excellent time. It was worn at Trafalgar, in the Peninsular War, Waterloo, the China War, 1840, and in the Indiana mutiny.
England again weighs Raleigh burial sites after his execution in 1618. The head was kept by his wife in a red bag for twenty five years, while the body lies in St Margaret's. She sought burial at Bedding ton church. The son kept the head, with a tradition placing it at West Horsley, Surrey.
Frederick Goodall recounts the Duke of Wellington buying Wilkie’s Chelsea Pensioners for 600 guineas. He counts the cash laboriously, and when urged to write a desk note, the duke quips that he would not let his bankers know what a fool he had been to spend so much on a painting.
Dr Jacques Loeb, noted physiologist moving from the University of Chicago to the University of California, criticizes Americans for excessive reading without time to think. He notes his own habit of pausing during lectures to reflect and urges students to balance study with contemplation.
The cricket forelegs may serve as ears. A small oval window on the outer tibia couples with internal nerves, forming a membranous drum head that functions as an auditory organ.
Grace Presbyterian in Oswego New York labeled unfair by local labor organizations after two contracting choices with firms from neighboring cities. When roof rain leaked workers from metal roofing firms refused the job citing the church's unfair-list status.
The piece notes native Filipino workers are insufficient for heavy manual labor in the Philippines and that Chinese workers, though skilled traders, may be employed for industrial regeneration projects. Prof. Jenks cautions that opening freely could be risky but supports contract labor with employer bonds to ensure employment, housing, feeding, and eventual repatriation.
A memorial tablet to the late Professor I H Huxley was unveiled at the public library in Ealing England the scientist's birthplace. The inscription ends with Learn something about everything and everything about something. Subscriptions came from far and near including an officer of the US Navy in the Philippines. Mrs Huxley widow was present.
The text notes Mrs. Roosevelt favors white gowns for winter chores and lists eight new toilets in white fabrics including silk satin and velvet. A standout is a panne velvet court train trimmed with old lace from the Carew family, intended for the New Year’s reception if the White House remodel is finished in time.
Twenty five churches in New York City, mainly in fashionable neighborhoods, were ordered by the health department to repair ventilation and drainage to be deemed sanitary or be posted unfit for occupancy. The investigation notes few churches in poorer areas were found unsanitary.
A Bowdoinham farmer, watching Bates at Bowdoin in Brunswick, tells the Martford Courant that football is like letting twenty hogs loose on a soft field and tossing corn to see how they run. He emphasizes the farmer’s simple analogy to the game.
A Fifth Avenue shop offers pedigrees and coats of arms for busy people. Customers provide names and family history, aiding locating births by parish or country. The maker traces surnames across Europe and creates a personalized device symbolizing ancestral deeds.
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