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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
9
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A globe trotter recalls how east to west travel gains a day and west to east loses one. In the Pacific a Phantom date sign showed Thursday July 13, repeated next day. On the return voyage the sign swung to Saturday Aug 13 then Monday Aug 15, prompting ministers to cry foul. The captain explains a coincidence with Sunday.
A well known judge recalls hearing Charles Dickens read from his own works in Steinway Hall New York soon after the Civil War. The hall was packed with cultured admirers and the author’s unusual attire drew mixed reactions though the performance won applause. The judge notes newspapers did not harshly criticize the costume.
A Washington Star excerpt recounts Isaac Taylor Headland of the University of Peking describing how Chinese practices like foot binding and pagoda height are traditional customs with no provided reasons. The dialogue contrasts curiosity with cultural inertia.
Two colored men on a Long Street car exchange jokes after a wedding. Sam, newly married, claims he has a good start, saying he “got an old woman wid eleven little pickan in pies.” Mr Johnston and other riders react with amusement as Sam grins.
A brunette recalls a sweet gift from Marie a blue gauze scarf she plans to hold until her wife’s birthday next month when she will dye a scarlet scarf. The beard of public remarks and gentle humor appear in brief clipped quotations from newspapers.
A long meditation on human effort and destiny argues that wealth education and power matter little without hard work and self control. It extols disciplined development and treating others with respect to unlock potential while warning against complacency and hollow genius.
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