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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
7
An experienced banker asserts Wall Street can raise 5 to 6 million dollars in an hour and up to 25 million with twenty four hours notice through linked institutions. The system provides ample resources for safe deals beyond a single bank.
Reports from Russian newspapers describe ether drinking as widespread in parts of Russia and east Prussia. A farmer celebrating his son's wedding decanted ether into a barrel, causing an explosion that killed six children and injured fourteen others, while one adult was seriously hurt.
The captain commands the ship and directs all evolutions with final authority. In war he must steady nerves and control a 15000 ton projectile at fifteen knots. He serves as lawyer judge and sometimes clergy guiding discipline and rites aboard the vessel.
A mob questions how to deal with a prisoner. The royal chamberlain seeks the king's pleasure and is told to have him removed, but the king's harsh command is mocked as a “way with him” in a joke that frees the captive. The chamberlain's attempt to explain collapses.
In early depictions Judas is shown with bright red hair provoking superstition among the public. Writers urged rejection of prejudice against hair color, citing praise from Gyrano de Bergerac and examples of misguided requests during trials. A juror joke and a cautionary tale about biased verdicts close the piece.
The Dear Child accuses Mrs Bloom of being absent and at loggerheads with her husband for more than a week. Mrs Bloom denies leaving or being away, saying she was present and blesses the child. The exchange centers on rumors of a dispute.
A fragment quotes a speaker describing a woman as the most inconsistent he knows, noting she sometimes acts as expected and other times not. The dialogue warns against trusting advice that harms a mutual friend and muses that those who are eager to learn may outpace the ignorant.
An English magazine notes a London banquet hosted by Wilson Barrett to Lawrence Barrett. Earl Lytton mocked Barrett and others, belittling The Lights of London and a so called Roman tragedy Claudian attributed to W. G. Wills. The scene ended with derisive laughter as Lytton’s tragedy flopped a month later.
The article surveys beliefs about cats in Monferrato, Germany, Hungary, France, and Piedmont. It notes that February roof wanderers are thought witches to be shot, black cats predict illness or death, and cats age seven to twelve in Hungary. It mentions wind affecting horses when a cat is carried and a Kilkenny cats variant in Piedmont with wolves.
The article notes how mimicry and self amputation aid survival. It cites moths with tail-like marks, soldiers losing parts in battle, the lizards shedding tails, crabs and lobsters dropping limbs to distract predators, and the squirrel using a bushy tail as a decoy for escape.
In Pysford near Woking England the rectory garden apple tree known as the missionary apple tree funds church missionary societies. The rector collects and sells the fruit, chiefly Dienheim orange apples, to good markets, raising substantial sums for charity.
Bakaiulua and other African natives obtain salt by burning banana leaves and grasses to make ashes. They percolate water through a banana leaf funnel, evaporate it by boiling, yielding a white salt with little sodium chloride and much potassium chlorate and other salts. Before traders and missionaries arrived this was their sole salt source for a vegetable diet.
In a Usual hotel writing room a red faced man asks how to spell unmitigated. The stranger replies with a caution about spelling RyTar in a letter and the trouble it could cause, as noted by the Philadelphia Press.
A short exchange from the Atlanta Constitution notes one resident’s light remarks about measles being present in the neighborhood. The conversation reflects concern tempered by resilience as they acknowledge the inevitability of death.
The Baltimore Herald weighs in on a joke about stealing stories calling a thief a second story map. The quip plays on exposing plagiarism as a literary crime with a pun on narrative copying.
The article extols staying power as the decisive factor in long races and life, linking strength to nutrition and digestion. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion ailments, citing a testimonial from Wm Bowker of Juliaetta Idaho who improved after using five bottles and two Pellets.
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