29 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
Glenwood Opinion discusses sharp literary critique versus the growing trend of considerate criticism. Mr Shan F Bullock warns that kind praise risks dulling standards and misleading readers, urging critics to be sincere and severe when needed, recalling the harsher vigor of the roaring Nineties.
The piece notes Western nations store art in museums while Japan and similar countries integrate art into daily life. Denmark considers displaying railroad station artwork to educate the public, hoping art hung on walls can educate and uplift society more broadly than museums do.
Berlin has seen messenger boys adopted in the American style, replacing the long standing red capped Dienstmanner. The term messengers is hard for locals, leading to nicknames like Messing-boys meaning boys of brass. Public initial confusion fades as the role appears to be a lasting institution.
The Kokomo movement to charge lovers a special fee for using telephone lines will likely gain general approval says the Indianapolis Star. On party lines it has become a nuisance as multiple people wait for a chance to use the line and only get "sweet nothings" in return, prompting calls for redress.
A London woman received a five year term after being found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses by posing as the sister of J Pierpont Morgan. The case underscores the old adage that one touch of nature does not unite the world.
A Chicago professor predicts that in a few thousand years women may sport beards, with the Washington Post noting that by then they might also have learned to stay still long enough to be shaved.
Aged debate over America’s Cup future looms as New York Yacht Club signals a shift back from extreme racing craft to a normal yacht under new rules. Key figures cite 1885 Genesata era caution, noting Cadet designs like Puritan and Volunteer remain afloat while newer challengers must be contracted for under tightened measurements.
A Bronx boy Willie visits a neighbor to ask about a sick child named Jimmy. He apologizes for the noise and expresses concern, then asks if he can have Jimmy’s drum if he dies. The neighbor’s mother is moved by the thoughtful gesture.
The American Medical Association faces strong political scrutiny over its aim to influence legislation and restrict competing medical practices. The group’s 16,000-strong committee on legislation seeks more physicians to run for Congress, with plans for expanded clerical support. Critics say the drive, backed by substantial real estate and assets, seeks to dominate medicine and enforce prohibitive laws that require physician fees for basic remedies.
A Christian Advocate report says Dr. Weigel of Rochester died from a disease linked to longtime X ray exposure, the fourth such fatality. Others include an Edison assistant, a Boston physician, and a San Francisco woman named Fleischman. Weigel had multiple operations since 1904 to save his life, and the exact cause remains unknown though tied to a life principle.
A roundup notes railroad progress boosting Atlantic’s building, Council Bluffs council honors Dr McCrae, grading on Atlantic Northern Southern line advances, Boehn elected Penn physics instructor, burglars loot Sweeney store in Chillicothe, Cyrus Lee captured in Hancock for horse theft, Keokuk enforces mulch law on intoxicans, Newton to host farmers institute December, lectures from Steiner Holden Bliss, Segar killed by lightning near Villisca, Quick arrested after navy desertion, Anna Hill hired in Walsenburg Colo, Ackley school fight, Laurel hits large liquor seizure, Centerville draws 20000 for Bryan Chautauqua, few pass state pharmacy exam, Fre menton supervisors enjoined over ditch payments, Fred Nicholl excels at Ames farming, Nicholl family roasting ears early August, Standard Oil co-defendant in $60000 Pisgah fire damages case, Chapman suit vs The Boys of Denison, one dead in new C and NW steel bridge disaster, AG opinion on city debt limits not counting special tax levy.
A tale recalls Cipriano Castro boasting during the Russo Japanese war that with 500 Venezuelans he could have taken Port Arthur in four days and with a thousand in one day. A European diplomat’s quip allegedly secured a long overdue concession for his government the next day.
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