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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1880
Page
6
The study uses rapid photography to capture athletes in action. An experiment filmed a back somersault and running high jump with multiple exposures. Strings and a ground baseline mapped movement while subjects wore minimal attire to reveal muscle action.
In Potsdam at a royal gathering King Frederick of Prussia has the famed phrenologist Dr. Gall inspect guests heads. The doctor misreads a general as a murderer and a diplomat as a master thief, prompting the king to expose the trick and reward the men with a jeweled snuff-box after sending them to their cells.
The London Mayfair piece condemns middle class English dames for extravagance and idle habits, noting suburban villa costs and servant reliance. It contrasts with American views, arguing the upper ten thousand show prodigality while decrying women’s right to work as moral courage.
A light verse from St. Nicholas tells of a young man with a shaddock and a maid with a haddock who barter a fruit for a fish. Both shy lovers miss their chance as fate denies the exchange leaving them parted and unknowingly swapped.
Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat reports a grisly discovery in the Waugh Diamond building at Main and Delaware. John Torrence finds his wife Mrs. Torrence dead and desecrated in a dissecting room after her grave at Union Cemetery was robbed the prior night. Police seal the scene as investigators probe the Kansas City Medical College faculty amid denials. The body is moved to Weldon and to be reburied tomorrow.
Jim Larsson fell when a rope broke while retrieving a safe and broke his leg. His daughter Nancy eyed fourteen took over his accounts and now runs the coal and lumber business successfully. Mrs Georgian Trotter is noted as the most successful coal and lumber merchant in the city.
Recollections describe men’s fashion from breeches and knee buckles to pantaloons and evolving boot styles. Old men wore knee boots, while dandies favored Sparrow boots with heart-shaped tops and tassels, detailing shifts in style from knee to ankle aimed at fit and display.
Eclectic Magazine sketches Joseph Cook born 1838 in Ticonderoga New York son of a farmer. He studied in Canada Phillips Academy Yale Harvard Andover and taught teachers. After travel in Europe he returned to Boston 1873 and began lectures on science and religion, founding the Boston Monday Lectureship.
The piece argues against extreme schooling methods and overwork in Boston, warning that turning 560000 city children into long street days risks disease and moral decline. It condemns excessive social excitement and praises natural learning, noting dangers of perpetual strain on youth. It also compares schooling to a greyhound’s short life.
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