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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
3
A stained OCR fragment presents a lyric dedication to Juliet, describing roses and beauty in a 19th century style. The text includes phrases about farewell love and longing, with garbled spellings and archaic diction, attributed to Frank Dempater Sherman.
Marion, facing poverty and her uncle’s threats, relies on George as he nears a bank promotion. A mixed up bracelet delivery reveals a scheme linking office corruption and a planned marriage, forcing Mrs O’Brien to intervene and expose the truth behind the glittering jewel.
In Kansas farmers increasingly use motorcars for vacations and visiting relatives, trading the prairie schooner for roads and stages. W. J. Warner and wife traveled from Colby toward Pratt and St Francis in a touring car, noting their long trip and reflections on transportation from ox teams to motor travel, as he and others embrace the car as a new travel mode in western Kansas.
A London observer reports on an Frankish and Madagascar silk study using large spider webs to weave a cloth. It notes 26,000 spiders required and 100 baskets of specimens, with a shimmering golden fabric completed after a long process. The report mentions prior French discussion in 1710 and challenges in coercing spiders to spin windable thread.
A new method devised by British army officers uses a collapsible hobby horse to imitate galloping, leaping, and neck motion for training. The device, tested at the Army Riding School in Woolwich, involves six movable parts that teach rising to the horse, riding posture, hurdle landing, and without reins.
A sprawling and errorful account discusses taxation in Mexico, noting stamp taxes on legal documents, railroads paying 2 percent of gross receipts, lotteries, and public services yielding notable revenue. It cites the Olning lottery protest, a $465,900 annual national lottery revenue, and claims about poverty and the impact on natives. The piece includes stray medical and anecdotal notes and trivia about Sheridan and a trolley joke.
The Nevada News reports a wealthy financier touring his vast holdings with lavish sums cited for luxury items and property. He admires the rural setting after business worries, noting a preference for simple country life and a quiet dinner at his estate.
A cryptic 19th century snippet shows Hite Business discussing a man seen as leading a troubling life. The exchange questions whether the subject is unfortunate, revealing local attitudes and linguistic quirks of the era.
A collage of humorous captions and light verse from various sources. It features punchlines about lovers, misheard lines, and comic exchanges. Readers encounter gag lines about marriage, finance, and everyday mishaps mingled with cartoons and social quips.
In a Washington Star note, Biggita vows to seek the bright side of all things while facing a clash with a colleague who mocks his zeal for the neat penmanship on a mortgage and its promissory form.
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