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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1890
Page
2
A collage of jokes and anecdotes paired with dramatic local items spans humorous vignettes about schoolchildren and lovers, with reports from across Texas on crime, graft, farming, new buildings, and arcane discoveries. It blends light mischief with noteworthy regional notices and incidents.
Notes from foreign climes cover Paris Kentucky’s new opera house nearing completion and Daytona Florida phosphate finds while Hancock Illinois reports poor early sown wheat. Other items include tobacco demand in Louisville and several fatal accidents and political moves across the United States and Europe.
The New York Times excerpt presents Morosini’s portrait of Jay Gould, noting his vast wealth, unobtrusive demeanor, and relentless thinking. It describes Gould’s silent gaze, habit of fidgeting a pen or paper, practical nature, limited speech, and absence of superstition or vice. It also recounts a coffee habit and a humorous anecdote about a milk pitcher.
A fragmentary report alleges Charcot induced a man to kill via mesmeric influence, claiming victims chosen for emotion were compelled to murder themselves. Police and law debate whether the act constitutes murder or suicide under new terms as evidence remains contested.
A Guatemalan millionaire named John James Ay is involved in a court matter over a series of alleged actions including flogging. The case references insects, a San Juan setting, and a related commandment claim. The record notes a sum of $5,060,000 tied to the dispute.
Richest woman in the United States, Hetty Green, is noted for endowing hundreds of churches and schools while living frugally. In a Long Island summer stay she rented a plain, sparsely furnished home and even offered ten cents for a daily quart of milk, illustrating thrift despite vast wealth. The tale contrasts philanthropy with sparing personal expenditure.
A fragmentary reminiscence traces Thad Stevens from York to Lancaster and a long stance in Congress shaping Reconstruction. It notes Gettysburg as a growing town with brick fronts banks and monuments drawing New England visitors, and describes locals and cabmen guiding visitors at the battlefield.
Mrs. Kelley the Irish washer woman visits the Doones new flat via an elevator. The hall boy guides her and the car moves, frightening her as she shouts to be let out. She finally exits to a hall and comments on the stairs while noting the cost of living in the building.
Grain side leather and glazed kid are used in fine shoes for women. Alum preserves leather, but overliming or improper mixing causes cracking. Kid shoes resist weather poorly. imitation goat can be durable if properly tanned. Care includes oiling in mud, avoiding over-stretching, and noting children’s rough wear wears leather quickly.
A critic argues against rote schooling and date based learning. The speaker denounces elite education that fills students like sausage skins with bare facts and dates. Advocates inductive methods and internal development, predicting a dawning new approach to education.
A government employee recalls the Hickett murder case in Fort Smith. A St Louis woman sent a blank autograph album to the condemned man, who filled every page with a grim note about his impending death on July 28, 1867. The article also digresses into a dubious science of diamonds and carbon.
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