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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
11
Denver audiences are described as benevolent with a dean calling a disruptive address moving and soothing while the chairman later denies praise explaining the lecture was moving because many fidgeted and left, soothing since many fell asleep, and satisfying as everyone had had enough.
A taleabout the late Dr. Tait archbishop of Canterbury applying for letters at a village post office in the Land o Cakes. The shopkeeper quips about his grace becoming archbishop and notes a son in London who heard him preach with satisfaction.
A New York Tribune note recalls a supper party quip about talking shop. A guest argues actors and musicians never happy unless paid to talk shop by the hour, then adds doctors and lawyers are similar. A witty remark links Schopenhauer Chopin and shop.
G E Gram Grizmsil recounts encountering untamable Tartarian wild horses in the Dzangarian desert. The herd avoids capture, with foals rarely tamed and kept in captivity failing to survive long. Descriptions note their speed, coat, mane, and desert-dwelling habits observed by explorers.
A Century excerpt by Helen F Clark surveys New York Chinatown noting opium use in private rooms about a quarter of sights and opium joints for white visitors about three in a tour with gambling and everyday trades making up the rest.
Edward Connor recalls a Paris eatery 50 years ago where patrons sat on rustic stools with holes in a wooden table filled with soup drawn from boilers by a syringe system. Payment required before eating, soup returned if unpaid, and meat dropped into the hole after dining. Prices and rough rules described, with bread, wine, and napkin abuse noted.
In a humorous Victorian chat, Wilkinson longs to learn golf from Peter McGourock who insists golf is not learnable. The pair debate the essence of golf as a grand, solitary pursuit, with Peter declaring it a good sort of game and the only game.
Brooklyn doctor David Allyn Gorton argues plants show motherhood sentiment though milder than animals. He notes buds protected by petals or corollas, night dew defense, and seed care by inclosing coverings and thorns. Aquatic plants move flowers to surface for fertilization then return them, while plants seek edible food and water, showing instinctual behavior.
A collection of historical phrases and anecdotes notes Iron Titles for rulers like Edmund II and Nicholas I, with a dinner table joke about a life insurance policy of $15 000. It includes a reflection on honesty urging penny discipline and self reliance as paths to happiness and independence.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars to cure catarrh and promises the firm F. J. Cheney & Co. can fulfill obligations. West and Truax, Toledo wholesalers, attest to Cheney's honesty and financial reliability after fifteen years of business relations.
A London Fun humor piece has a mother coaxing John to give a lock of hair for their child while a playful exchange about a wocking horse adds whimsy. The Detroit Free Press vignette follows, showing a boy asking a shoe shiner about taxes and the old man quipping about real estate on shoes.
A Maine or New York newspaper notes slang in a Supreme Court opinion. The quotation Nor does the fact cut any figure appears in print and is described as common yet improper for formal court writing. The item echoes editorials from the Gill era and reflects public reaction in the Mowankee Sentinel.
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