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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1898
Page
5
An essay excerpt explores how snobbery distorts view of people by judging them from outward roles rather than character. The narrator notes amusement at impersonality of public roles like an usher policeman and a soda fountain distributor, and reflects on incongruous dignity in a handcart driver and a butcher’s emblem.
A young fop boasted of his malachite sleeve buttons to a Rothschild. The host affirmed the stone’s beauty and claimed a mantelpiece of the same malachite in the adjoining room.
A concise reflection notes that nature grants two ears and two eyes but one tongue to encourage listening and observation over speaking. The quote emphasizes restraint and mindful communication attributed to Socrates.
A New York Sun description details how blue crabs swim endwise using one large claw forward and the other trailing behind. They can change direction by crooking the front claw, and when not progressing they move with small claws propelling them. The piece notes their graceful, angled motion and lively behavior in an aquarium setting with other creatures.
Engineers critique Moroccan foot bridges using elm planks on oak strings, proposing aloe fiber cables as a durable alternative. The two inch thick plaited tapes, tar saturated and nailed to oak, with iron strap ends, provide elastic and comfortable paths.
The New Orleans Picayune notes it is natural to call a physician My dear doctor yet a rich man would not say My dear lawyer to his solicitor, even though the legal fee could be just as high.
A tale from Persia and Youths Companion about Aboo Yusuph the wise chief judge of Bagdad under Caliph Hadee. He admits lack of knowledge in a case while a courtier questions payment for ignorance and the caliph pays for what he does know.
A Worcester man met a polished American traveler in Europe known as Ferguson who claimed deep ties to Worcester. Ferguson said he knew Colonel E J Russell, prompting Russell to disclose he once housed Ferguson for seven years at Charlestown prison and that Ferguson was one of the quietest, best behaved inmates.
In a Seville picnic setting, a retired Spanish general and an English rival duel with grit and bravado. The Englishman breaks bottles, swigs rum, and gloats, but the count delivers a dramatic dagger duel to prove his unyielding pride. Blood stains handkerchiefs as doctors treat wounds and onlookers lament the barbaric display.
The French eat about two pounds of flour daily, roughly 705 pounds yearly, while Scandinavians average about 55 pounds yearly, illustrating climate influencing food intake.
The London Saturday Review laments the end of the opera as a stifling distraction. The author confesses relief at no longer feeling wronged by the belief they should be in their stall, anger over wasted time, and a sense of freedom from that “terrible slavery.”
A Detroit veteran in two wars cites obedience as the core discipline of soldiers, recalling drillmaster abuse as a tough but necessary lesson. The piece contrasts military subordination with a Chicago gilded youth and a private tutor explaining AD BC year counting, ending with the youth’s humorous admission he does not know Christ’s birth year.
Notes and Queries excerpts reveal Mrs Hervey in 1697 writing of four sisters visiting with Mr Ga Down and Mr Bo, and whist games past 11. In 1717 Lord Hervey discusses his son Tom’s gambling, and 1728 Lady Bristol notes Bath society and a puppet show diversion with whist details and snuff.
A Boston Transcript excerpt recounts a train robbery where a passenger misreads the robbers as delivering a palmistry lecture. Miss Whiting reports she was not frightened, noting the event unfolded with orders to hold up hands as the thieves acted.
While still a boy preacher Spurgeon was warned about a virago who vowed to tongue lash him. He answered with wit and calm, noting it might rain and that he should move on. The woman’s tirades faded and were never repeated.
A Boston woman argues she cannot know she is pretty, claiming mental impressions do not establish external fact. The dialogue involves Casuistical subtleties about perception vs external reality, in a Detroit Journal note.
The New York Post notes manufacturers test banana flour as a long-lasting, nutritious bread alternative. With banana use rising, experts expect quick market acceptance for this new albumen amid waning whole wheat enthusiasm.
A dialogue snippet from the Indianapolis Journal recalls a character sighing that nothing is new beneath the sun while a man searches for a mustache and a woman notes that a matter looks weeks old and may still hinge on the Copplethwaite millions.
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