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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1891
Page
6
A thief followed a detective toward Heatland Yard, but a large crowd formed. The detective used a trap involving a hand in the pocket and a makeshift restraint, requiring a tarha and four guards to secure the thief. The man confessed and received a short prison term, but Scotland Yard banned similar methods to avoid newspaper condemnation.
Dr Charles Macram of Portland Oregon has studied waterfowl speed. He claims the canvas back outpaces other ducks by flying up to two miles a minute and maintaining it for hours. Mallards are fastest with effort, gadwall is common in Oregon, and many ducks reach eighty miles per hour. geese also reach eighty to one hundred miles per hour in sustained flight.
An advance agent boasts of paying editors for favorable coverage and describes a counterfeit shark stunt involving arsenic laden bottles to entice press reports. Editors reportedly balked at the danger and local papers barely noted the scheme, while the show left town.
A Nankin Township farmer reported at the police headquarters that about twenty bushels of oats were stolen from his barn. He joked that the theft happened on April Fool's Day, but said he plans to pursue the matter after waiting several days for the bags to be returned.
An Irish priest recalls a comic Ammergau incident where a bishop and chaplain share a room while praying. Each slows, glances back, then both fall asleep. they are found sleeping in the morning. The tale ends with a wife asking her husband for help in a humorous exchange.
The long handwritten fragment reports on royal pageantry and foreign dignitaries, detailing processions from St George's Chapel to Windsor, etiquette questions, and observer commentary about Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas, with tensions and questions about ceremonial propriety.
A tall man recalls a famed river snake fight with two black runners battling in the rain, swallowing each other in minutes. Another recounts a Kansas show animal, a sixteen foot two and three quarter inch black snake taught to read and form letters. Children bathe in a basket by Bellingham Bay as a mother dries them with gentle air.
Local tale describes Mrs. Hannah Dyber building a windlass operated cradle in a dockside home. The contraption lowers five children into water for bathing, drying and rinsing with the crank driven device while the mother and eldest daughter oversee the operation.
An old Indianapolis scene features a series of brief anecdotes about deaf individuals. Dialogue shows misunderstandings and humor born from deafness, including a man asking a daughter about a suitor named Augustus Tyler and a shopper offended by rude loudness at a grocery counter.
The Pension List curiosities include a South African mining company director who advertised for a manager at £10 000 a year and hired a former Home Office inspector at £1000 a year. He resigned yet now earns five times his former salary and is listed as a public servant pensioner for ill health and defective eyesight. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will conduct a thorough inquiry.
A historical note explains how high heat damages stones from diamonds to opals. It details that diamonds burn to ash, pearls lose identity to lime, and colored gems like sapphires and emeralds fade when exposed to heat, with semi precious stones such as amethyst, topaz, and garnet being ruined at lower temperatures.
An up town minister joked to a congregation by claiming a man stood before them with half a shirt. The story notes the crowd laughed as the minister revealed he wore a whole shirt, half in front and half behind.
The younger daughter of the Duke and Duchess of aught was born on St Patrick’s Day and named Patricia in honor of her grandmother and an Irish aunt. An American lady in Laden praised the girl’s beauty, and the name Patay is mentioned as a possible favorite. The text notes Patricia’s early charm and compares it to Edith and Mabel from a decade ago.
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