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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
9
A tired newsboy sleeps outside a Broadway hotel in New York City when a well dressed woman intervenes. She wakes him and arranges shelter in a taxi, then disappears, leaving readers to ponder charity and suffering as moral catalysts.
The piece contrasts Bohemian women in Prague who toil from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. earning 32 to 40 cents daily with American sweatshop workers paid around 6 cents per dozen trousers. It notes harsh tenements, harsh conditions, and questions whether American wives fare better or worse, urging reflection on labor burdens.
The text recounts legends of Oliver of Malmesbury and Leonardo da Vinci exploring flight. It notes da Vinci’s demonstrations of heavier than air lift by density, parachute concepts, wing mechanisms, and the screw propeller as early ideas shaping aviation history.
The Duchess of Queensberry championed Gay's Beggars Opera after its 1728 run shocked the court. Handel faced bankruptcy as the royal and noble crowds packed the theater. An order from the lord chancellor closed the piece, prompting Kitty to solicit funds and even petition the queen for a subscription. The duchess was recalled to withdraw from court.
The article explains Pap ue island’s name origin from Malay meaning frizzled hair and notes early European contact. It cites Portuguese discovery in 1526 and a prior sighting by A Dabreu about fifteen years earlier. It mentions Britain’s 1884 protectorate after Australian urging to curb enemy access near coasts.
Clipping Their Wings notes the Pu Yuan Pen-jen women in the Shan states wear striking dress including a cloth hood open jacket and short white trousers. The colored cloth gaiters are the key feature, said to prevent them from flying away and leaving husbands sorrowful.
A young man named Sweet and a woman named Lowe became engaged. While walking to the wedding at church, the choir sang Sweet and Low, creating an unintended musical pun noted in the report.
A humorous exchange contrasts religious congregations. The parson asks if his flock is liberal in their violences, and the reply notes their singing choices shifting from Ole Hundred to The Ninety and Nine.
A dialect quote from Washington Sier notes that a baby takes about two years to learn to talk and the rest of life to learn to keep quiet. The speaker, Uncle Eben, humorously reflects on talking and restraint.
Diogenes answered the dangerous beast as the bite of a slanderer and the tame beast as the flatterer. The quote warns that those seeking sympathetic friends may be cannibals of their own hearts according to Bacon.
A veteran explains that people instinctively move from left to right in sports and daily tasks. He cites sun worshipers who believed actions should proceed left to right, noting habits from churning to cooking. The piece links these patterns to a broader cultural superstition.
Campaign stop in his home state features Speaker Cannon visiting public schools. A boy’s dramatic recitation of Byron’s Waterloo triggers a volley of sneezes from the speaker. The crowd erupts as the student cues Arm Arm and the room fills with laughter. Uncle Joe jokes he won’t shoot any more.
The passage explains the Babylonian sexagesimal time system where the day is 24 parasangs, each parasang equals an hour, subdivided into 60 minutes and 60 seconds. Hipparchus introduced the Babylonian hour to Europe, and the sun’s progress in an hour is likened to a good walker’s pace.
The article explains that kissing the hands began under early Roman rulers as subjection and respect. Under the first Caesars the custom continued briefly, with the kiss aimed at the emperor’s hand becoming a privilege for high ranking officers. Roman fathers deemed the gesture too delicate to be shown to wives in the presence of daughters.
A dialogue asserts left handedness is an inherited trait across generations, mentioning a manicurist who can work with her left hand and cites her father, grandfather, great grandfather, and ten cousins as left handed. The exchange links heredity to skill rather than mere preference.
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls social dating norms. The dialogue pivots on a married woman seeking a husband and whether a club is a plausible setting for finding one.
An archival note reports a quoted remark from a colored citizen about marriage as recorded by the Atlanta Constitution. The speaker denies freedom of action in love and suggests matrimony resolved at the moment of affection. The line reflects era slang and social attitudes embedded in the publication.
An antiquated excerpt notes slang terms like knicker and bocker in a fashion context. The piece reflects period attitudes on female form and attire with a satirical tone from the New York Sun.
A line attributed to Lavater stating that concealing happiness is a higher virtue than masking sorrow. The aphorism emphasizes self-control and emotional restraint as superior qualities.
In Australian gold diggings a 30 ounce Joker nugget sold for 600 dollars, its discovery by a lucky claimant kept secret for ten days. The finder, hiding the lump under his coat, feared others would rush his claim and spoil his work as the sun beat down and laughter bubbled into hysteria before the treasure was revealed.
Agostino Polidori, great grandfather of Dante Rossetti, recounts his unintended role during the Bastille storm. In Paris he is handed a sword and urged to fight for his country, then disguises the weapon by passing it to an unarmed passerby and continues home.
A leading American actor voices views on stage life. He argues women can reach success quickly with talent and appearance, while men toil for years. He admits occasional discouragement comparing his career to a quick rise for a round-faced girl.
The Bank of England museum displays the old oak chest that was Threadneedle Street’s first strong room for cash notes and papers. Today the strong room is a formidable armor plated vault with massive doors and modern engineering.
A brief, humorous note from the New York Press features Bertha a colored washerwoman who says she dreamt of moving and plans to relocate the next day to avoid the rent in the near future. She believes the dream foretold the arrival of a landlord visit.
A Chicago Tribune comic strip caption shows an angry mother scolding a boy who asks to retrieve his ball. The mother claims the ball nearly harmed her child, while the boy retorts that she has many children and they have only one ball.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows a playful exchange about a daughter busy with Beethoven and a quip about a pottery place. The dialogue suggests cultural parlance and social humor tied to music and crafts in a Boston social page.
Yonkers Statesman presents a brisk exchange describing a flea cowardice and a scratch point, with humor about courage and timing.
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