27 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
1
The article surveys imperial and domestic issues from Persia to the Boer War, noting public opinion shifts and costs of commissions. It contrasts British uniform tradition with khaki adoption, laments war’s changing ethics, and highlights bird conservation as a civic concern. It also critiques philanthropy, teaching funding, and cultural tastes amid wartime discourse.
A poem recounts the average man as a steadfast, obscured force who labors unseen. He endures sunlit toil, bears weariness with patience, and vows to protect the builders and the plan that lifts society toward quiet glory.
Sophy Van Twistern, on vacation from hard work nursing her mother, befriends Dot a dirty mountain child. When Dot falls into a brook, Mr Bosley helps care for her and a bond forms with Sophy. Bosley proposes a life together for Dot while Sophy grapples with leaving her job and home, leading to a hopeful plan to raise Dot jointly.
The Chicago Record notes Stornoway in the outer Hebrides as the most cosmopolitan British town during herring season. Four languages mingle in the season with Scots English Gaelic French and Dutch heard in daily life as fishing vessels flock to the harbor. German is heard occasionally as crews gather for June and July harvests before fleets move along the Orkneys and east coast ports.
The game grows rapidly with new clubs and links rising across the United States. About 650 links exist, including 110 in New York State, with Britain at roughly 525 total. By year’s end over 1200 U S links expected, as American course design matures toward Scotland and England standards.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from multiple papers. Jests range from wedding woes and clever comebacks to playful wordplay about engagements and suitors, featuring lines attributed to characters like Edith Ethel and a variety of city papers.
A 26 foot long fossil unearthed by storms on a Caldera area beach is identified as a ichthyosaurus by Captain Harris, an amateur geologist aboard the Guatemala. The discovery reveals a 9 by 6 foot head and body contours with a 12 foot right fin, while the left fin lies folded beneath.
A historical note surveys myths among Sioux and Aryan Semitic lines about trees bearing humans and body parts. It cites a fourteenth century Italian traveler told of Malabar natives describing a tree bearing men and women tied to limbs.
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