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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
3
A collection from Four-Track News and Cincinnati Enquirer offers etiquette dilemmas like Marion's seating problem and a magic handkerchief coin vanish trick. It also describes a Mysterious Guests party game, a camellia tree in Pillnitz, and Australian bush initiation rites with tooth removal plus simple geometry puzzles and a dancing eggs trick.
The report from the Bureau of Statistics in the Department of Commerce and Labor names Hong Kong as the greatest maritime city by vessel tonnage movement. It notes Hong Kong is an island British crown colony and naval station with Victoria as its capital.
A playful piece from the Los Angeles Times describes the King of Crabyille a long legged crab with a horse shoe shaped shell and teeth on its legs as it digs in wet sand. It also recounts a zoo scene where cobras shed skin aided by nearby mates and rough stone.
An Irish immigrant seeks a Massachusetts bank draft and faces a payee identification rule for sums over 100 dollars. The teller requires proof linking the passbook owner to the name Patrick Rafferty, prompting Pat to nervously ask who he would be if not Pat Rafferty. The scene ends with the Irishman asking the teller a pointed question.
A Massachusetts case recalls Charles P. Thompson winning an acquittal for Michael Dougherty charged with illegal sale after a single pint of whiskey was found. Thompson’s pivotal moment came when he directed the witness to stand and challenged the jury to doubt Dougherty’s guilt, securing an acquittal.
A male giraffe born a fortnight ago at Berlin's zoological gardens now weighs 301 pounds. An attendant tends the calf daily, guiding its shaky steps and feeding it four quarts of cow milk. The pair wander the gardens while the mother and father watch from a distance as the youngster nibbles grass and cake.
A detective describes criminal insurance where thieves pay high premiums for coverage up to 5000 dollars. Second story men earning about 2500 yearly insure themselves for 1000 dollars to hire top lawyers if arrested. Policies exist in Philadelphia New York and St Louis with steep premiums. An Illinois criminal benefit plan also pays families 5 dollars weekly during imprisonment.
Welcome Riggs, while digging for a cellar near the shoreline at Larkin Cove Los Angeles, found the rusted hulk of an ancient vessel likely a Spanish galleon. The anchor shows century old patterns, suggesting inland sea may have once extended here. He plans to excavate the wreck seeking potential treasure noted by the New York World.
A boat towed by a captive balloon appears at Atlantis Chey as a curious feature. A 1861 election ticket found during courthouse demolition in Lake Village Arkansas lists Jefferson Davis for president and Alexander Stephens for vice president with electors Edward Cross and others, plus A. H. Garland for Congress. Judge Mansfield of Franklin is the sole survivor named with him on the ticket.
The Peary expedition was outfitted largely in Maine with the Bucksport ship built there and Oldtown supplying canoes. Sledges and snowshoe gear were made in Norway and 150 pairs of moccasins were sourced from Moarmouth.
The article reviews ivory sources from African elephants and mammoth deposits, detailing quantities, uses, and trade impacts. It notes the dominance of elephant tusks in Europe, the variety of ivory like bar ivory and fossil blue ivory, and examples such as Hilliard balls crafted from tusk nerves. It also mentions narwhal and walrus tusks and the broader scope to horn and bone carvings.
The article outlines February gathering of poppy juice in North India with plants three to four feet tall and capsules the size of a duck egg. Pods are pierced with lancelike tools, juice flows and congeals, then gathered and cured in air for weeks, tested for grade, formed into dough like masses, rolled into balls, coated with clay, and stored to resemble cannon balls. prepared opium keeps for fifteen years or more before processing.
Judge James Ross of the Court of First Instance describes the Philippine judicial system to the Washington Post. He notes nine native and fifteen American judges on the Court of First Instance and three natives and four Americans on the Supreme Court. He cites land-title litigation, the Torrens system, and the shift to native governors as signs of stability and ongoing activity in Manila.
A humorous 17th century tale recalls Sir Charles Sedley’s toast custom in Charles II times. Guests burned portions of their dress or objects to honor a lady, then Sedley tricked them with a decayed tooth drawn for Nell Gwynne. The tooth ritual spread as a “good joke” though painful, with all men expected to endure the same fate.
The piece argues that attitudes toward work shape motives for self-harm and suicide, highlighting the dread of forced labor after leisure and the lure of wealth through trickery. It condemns the fashionable idle class and rest cures, noting doctors' complicity and the historical pull toward avoiding drudgery as a civilizational impulse. It references studies of Africans and Doukhobors, framing civilization as a craft for the lazy to secure shared wealth, and critiques democracy's failures.
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