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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
6
Heald's College of Riverside is identified as the leading business training school in this portion of the state, highlighting its prominence and reputation among local vocational education providers.
London Answers recounts chilling killers: Alfred Knapp hanged in Hamilton in 1903 for murdering his wife and four women, admitting long years of strangling children. Johann Bobbe the “human mole” in Berlin exploited a trapdoor and iron spike to impale victims. Mueller the German teacher implicated in an eight year murder spree, details so gruesome the court was cleared and the magistrate shaken.
The Maine legislature clash between Hannibal Hamlin and John Holmes led to a sharp retort about complexion and character. Hamlin fired back that Holmes' complexion came from the brandy bottle, prompting applause and a lasting nickname. Holmes apologized, and the line “The young Carthaginian routed the old Roman” spread from Lewiston Journal.
A snippet from the English Illustrated Magazine runs with a Cornish tale of humor. Two men joke about teaching a boy the fiddle and why his head is too big, implying the more head the more tunes he holds.
A New York American summary notes the moon's diameter at 2 160 miles about a quarter of Earth's, surface area 14 600 000 square miles about one thirteenth to one fourteenth of Earth's, and Earth's volume about forty nine and a half times that of the moon while Earth mass exceeds the moon's by about eighty one and a half times due to density differences.
A Kansas City Journal quip notes a Greek riddle on distinguishing Achilles from women. Ulyssen jokes that the clue was not a gesture but a dropped handkerchief pattern, implying disguise failed to fool observers.
A Washington Herald excerpt features dialogue about Johnny refusing to split kindling and declaring he would swim in blood first, underscoring a grim threat within the narrative.
Harper's Weekly recounts a satirical tale about Professor Schlitzer testing habitat change in animals. A herring survives a salt to fresh water sequence, then dry conditions, and even a water dish in a cage, until it drowns after being left without drink.
A Turkish soldier traveling with a camel near Raifeh explains the docile beast suddenly attacked its master trampling the saddle and rising again after beating. The Turk fears the camel would have killed him tonight and vows to sell the creature in Beersheba Bazaar. the owner’s fate rests in God.
The Rochester cathedral verger William Miles, famed as the model for Mr. Tope in Edwin Drood, was remembered by Dean Hole. During an anniversary greeting the dean asked about Miles's mother’s children, prompting Miles to reveal he is the eldest of twelve and that he had seen his youngest brother despite ten miles apart.
A Kansas City Newsbook item quotes a court scolding a lawyer for taking retainers from both spouses in a divorce case. The attorney explains he initially represented the husband and sought to provide the wife an equal opportunity, stressing no impropriety.
A Cleveland Leader quote features Maude explaining she expects men to be fools but hides it, so neither side is disappointed. The wry remark highlights social attitudes toward gender and wit in the era.
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