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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
5
An old wino pleads for a drink with his last cent. Bartender Jim agrees to sell the strongest whiskey. The man drains the bottle, slaps down a single tarnished cent, then vanishes through the door.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls Judge Henry T. Backus in Sault Ste. Marie cross examining a French witness. The judge demanded categorical answers without prevarication, prompting confusion and a startled exclamation from the witness and gales of laughter from spectators.
The article recounts a club game where two checker experts discuss moves to draw or win while spectators watch. spectators weigh lines and showings reveal the position’s intricacies. An amateur claims a different move would draw, but Wyllie retorts that all positions are draws if reset far enough.
A Scot strolling Trafalgar Square entered the National Gallery on a free day. After passing turnstiles he was asked for his walking stick and whispered he would not pay. He left with a wink, joking about a supposed cheat.
An 1100 year old house near St Albans, built in the Offa era, remains habitable. The octagonal dwelling has thick lower walls and an oak upper, once fortified and called St German’s gate, stands by the river Ver close to St Alban’s Abbey.
A London Fun item reports a mother learning her son Billy was run over by a train under a railway arch. The exchange shows the panic and shock as she asks about the location and fate.
A humor note remarks that Mrs Brown has joined a correspondence school and has learned not to depend on her husband to mail her lessons, as satirized in Harper's Bazaar.
A humorous tale from the Lightfoot Lilies era centers on Steve Speed, reputedly the fastest base runner ever seen, who allegedly pitched and caught his own balls. The narrative follows rival teams, outrageous Courier reports, and a pivotal late game where Speed’s feats drive legendary talk through a small town.
Dauber gains fame and money as critics note his distinctive focus on smaller hands and feet in portraits. The Chicago Record highlights this unusual signature drawing choice drawing attention from locals and collectors.
An English authority estimates that if all inhabitants of the British Isles attend church on an elven Sunday about 25 000 000 would be crowded out for lack of seating room in churches.
A reader notes that the letters ON appear at the end of many famed names including Aaron, Solon, Newton, Milton, and Washington. An essayist cites a Greek phrase derived from Napoleon by successively dropping initial letters to form words like napoleon po leon leon eon and concludes with a playful translation about Napoleon.
The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson disliked sightseers and told Queen Victoria he could not stay on the Isle of Wight due to tourists. The queen joked she suffered little, and Tennyson replied that if he could place a sentinel anywhere he liked he would not be troubled again.
A rich yet stingy man dined daily and never tipped. The waiter, enduring the treatment, asked if the man would accept his photograph, hoping to be remembered. The man asked why, and the waiter replied that the image might help him recall the waiter in the future.
A wall notice at a small New Hampshire town railway station attracts attention from travelers. The printed paper shows long service and bears a strict prohibition on seating inside or about the room, requiring obedience.
The article states that Japan’s crust is comparatively thin and experiences about 500 earthquakes annually, highlighting the high seismic activity in the region.
Three chief feasts during which the Chinese take legal holidays are those of the dragon, the moon and the year.
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