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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
6
Nicholas the Emperor signed a decree granting civil liberty and universal ballot rights. He promised a supreme Parliament, press freedom, religious liberty, and noninterference with elections. The move is seen in St. Petersburg as the end of despotism and a people ruled empire.
The Toledo Blade argues that drifting through life with no aim leads to failure and poverty. It cites Oliver Wendell Holmes and warns against avoiding hard work, urging intelligent planning for advancement and meaningful impact in God’s world.
The article argues that city teachers spend time improving country schools but country students often outpace city schooling. It warns against cramming forty centuries into a 14 year old and stresses learning fundamentals over broad, excessive study. It stresses the value of reasoning and mastering one subject rather than broad trivia.
The Constitution in Boston harbor needs repair or sale. It costs about $250 000 to restore her with masts sails and guns making her seaworthy as a naval museum and memorial to a key chapter in American history. Congress may decide sentiment has no place in the fate of vessels no longer worth repair.
Washington Post asserts English is becoming a universal tongue as travel and commerce push its use worldwide. It notes that European tours increasingly require English for communication and that German businesses see English as essential to compete with British and American rivals.
A professor called the musical Sherlock Holmes analyzes voices after a country house party. He correctly identifies a young singer’s school memories and vocal range. Separately, an Oregon inventor patents a new duplicating device to copy bills and waybills without carbon paper contact.
The article explains a carbon paper duplicating device with a hinged holder and a looped carbon sheet for easy lifting. It details loading a pad of duplicate sheets, aligning the original and duplications, and reusing the device as sheets wear down.
The muff originated in France during Charles IX era as a symbol of class with colors banned for commoners. It evolved through styles from long to round and even dog carrying versions under Louis XIV. Initially nobility owned small velvet muffs with jeweled closures, worn year round before becoming a cold weather accessory.
A Syracuse school closing exercise has a girl answering head of government as Mr. Roosevelt and correctly calling him Teddy when asked for his official title. Colonel William Verbeck of St. John's School in Manlius relates the anecdote about the public figure.
An exchange in the Philadelphia Press about a bath sponge prompts a joke over size as a clerk insists the item is good yet a customer finds it too large for a flat dwelling. A note on women wearing new fall hats suggests a shift in social display.
Pat Crowe, famed kidnapper and train robber linked to the Eddie Cudahy case, was arrested at Butte, Montana after a nationwide manhunt. He recounts alleged motives and the Cudahy family ransom scheme while detailing a long criminal career from Joliet to Denver and beyond.
A Philadelphia Dress item notes a young housekeeper ordering a dozen eggs and learning they are all they have, due to an Uncle man's Cabin show in the opera house next door last night. The dealer vouches for freshness as the sole remaining stock.
A Philadelphia Press report presents a defense lawyer stating the case seems hopeless after the defendant admits beating his wife. The man insists his wife's future testimony will deny the act, hoping for a belated exoneration.
In a casual exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal a magazine publisher touts a new chaperon department for young ladies on vacation as the driver behind about doubling the publication's circulation.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a playful scene where George defends his cookie heist by claiming he removed his shoes to avoid disturbing the treats. The exchange highlights family mischief and household humor.
A quip about public opinion and baseball contrasts an earnest citizen with an umpire. The commentary likens many people to birds in a nest, opening mouths for praise when it comes.
New York theater treasurers award the blue ribbon to George Hahn for record attendance this season at venues including Weber's Music Hall Knickerbocker Lyceum and the Casino. Hahn purchased hundreds of tickets and often gave them to friends, missing only twice due to business.
The passage follows a man from Tuhu who, in spring, hoists a heavy coat and buys a lawn mower with ill gotten gains. In autumn he returns to his uncle to reclaim the mower and again remove the coat as seasons change. The fragment hints at a cycle of imprudent purchases and fittings.
A Boston girl rebuffs a persistent suitor who vows to go to the ends of the earth. She replies that proving the earth has ends is impossible, highlighting a playful dispute over devotion. The Philadelphia Press quotes the exchange as a lighthearted moment.
A collection of satirical quotes from Philadelphia Press and Plain Dealer. editors discuss circulation and editorial policy. The Philadelphia remark complains about high writing rates despite low circulation. The Plain Dealer line recalls a wife compelled to reprint papers after her husband signed a document.
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