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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1904
Page
4
John G. Carlisle recalls a Kentucky fire case where an Irish juror quipped a single question that exposed the proprietor's guilt. The juror later quipped he believed he had won the case himself, reflecting on fate and wit in court.
A friend recalls Philip Verrill Mighels in London with a witty tale. He planned visits to a lawyer a doctor and a literary agent but found all three away, leaving only Goldsmith indoors. He returned quickly and explained the joke to Mrs Mighels.
Leonard Bacon, famed New England theologian, faced sharp objections at a conference. Bacon quipped that his opponent's ignorance could not offset his own knowledge, prompting the Chicago News to report on the exchange.
Attorney General Robb sits with a Texan stranger in a Washington restaurant as a waiter presents the bill. The Texan declares he has not eaten and refuses to pay until the goods are served, vowing to pay afterward.
A Chicago Tribune line recalls a man boasting about wearing one suit in court for ten years. A younger man counters that he has worn the same suit in court with fifteen different girls, noting it is becoming threadbare and worn.
A quip from the Baltimore News notes that old Adam had one edge over modern dinner speakers. After he finished, no listener ever said they wished the tale had been different.
In a Pittsburg Dispatch excerpt, TP notes that flies cling to beef before rain. He explains electric fans, dry brushes, and high speeds drive off bugs in clear weather. When flies stubbornly remain, he predicts rain, calling the fly the best barometer in the world.
Experiments on the Seine with a new slider type automobile boat show it gliding on the surface with no wash. Powered by a fourteen horsepower motor, it reached eighteen miles per hour over a measured kilometer. The 19 foot 6 inch by 9 foot 9 inch craft features five inclined planes along the keel lifting the hull as the motor starts. Inventor Count C. de Lambert uses a Dion motor.
A Belgian in the Transvaal reports seeing beggars traveling the countryside on high grade bicycles. He notes a young woman about twenty stopped him to ask for money, claiming her parents are very poor with fourteen children to support, illustrating local poverty and ingenuity.
The report notes that strikes provoke instant action with troops deployed. In Moscow last autumn printers marched for shorter hours and overtime pay. a police chief warned that any refuser would be banned from Moscow, halting the movement. Similar notices reportedly stopped other uprisings.
In a Lancaster Missouri murder trial State Attorney Smoot asked a woman witness about domestic affairs. The witness defended her remark saying a woman has a right to boss her own house. Judge Shelton stated the jurors, all married men, would understand the meaning of her comment.
An advertising excerpt promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and The Common Sense Medical Adviser from Worlds Dispensary Medical Association. It asserts cures for leucorrhea and female weakness and offers $500 for uncured cases, along with a sales pitch for Pleasant Pellets as a gentle remedy. The text emphasizes the supposed link between marital strain and female health.
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A Turin jeweler carved a miniature racing boat from a single pearl. The hull is precise, the rail is beaten gold with diamonds, the binnacle light a ruby, and an emerald serves as rudder with an ivory stand. Weight under an ounce, valued at about 5000 dollars.
The Money Order Business reports over one million dollars daily paid into post offices for money orders. With an average ten day span from purchase to cashing, the government holds about ten million dollars, earning roughly five hundred thousand dollars annually in interest.
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