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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
3
An American tourist recounts a Paris cafe dispute over a ten dollar gold piece used as change for five dollars. A fellow diner alleges a swindle, then chokes the man, letting the ten slip free as a warning. The scene ends with a dramatic recall of the common trick.
The schedule shows sailings guaranteed through to Priest Rapids on Saturday only, indicating limited service that day and a firm cutoff for guaranteed crossings.
A local studio in Kennewick promotes photo prints and portraits as Christmas gifts. The notice highlights affordable packages and easy ordering for friends and family.
The article cites experiments on human lifting capacity across heights and weights, averaging lift limits and power outputs. It also explains origins of the phrases You don’t say turkey to me once and filibuster, tracing to an Indian and white hunter tale and the French term flibustier for buccaneer.
In a brief Philadelphia Press Independent snippet and Meg story, two college girls discuss curfews and complexion care, joking about purchased beauty goods. A quip about marriage and independence follows, with terse, playful dialogue.
The excerpt explains heaving the log a sea measuring method with a 120 fathom line marked by knots each forty seven feet, translating knots into ship speed per hour. It also shares a birthday note from Miss Evergreen about Fritz, who turns twenty today and marries tomorrow, with a playful view of time passing.
Collier's Weekly notes progress as science abolishes many plagues of Egypt such as frogs and darkness, while the fly endures. Dr Radcliffe's quip on life’s worst annoyances closes the piece, followed by a humorous dialogue about unlucky pies and a nail or collar button found in them.
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