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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
6
In a Norton family tale, a tactful relative pushes Uncle Hiram to finance Margaret's vocal lessons. Though he doubts, she contemplates practicing two to three hours daily and even considers sending her abroad for years, with Hiram offering to cover the expense.
A M P rushes to Dover after a telegram to his wife triggers anger. She claims innocence, and then reveals she intended a harmless message about tea with Mrs X in Dover Street. The misunderstanding ends in laughter as telegraph ambiguity is exposed.
John Burroughs argues in Outing Magazine that reasoning emerges from a long descent from instinct and animal heritage. He notes higher apes show glimmers of thought, while early humans pass from instinct driven behavior to conscious reasoning during childhood and development.
A department store floorwalker and a visitor discuss shopper types from the New York Globe. They divide women into four kinds: those who never buy, those who intend to buy but don’t know what, those who know what they want at home but get confused in the shop, and those who know what they want and buy quickly. The fourth class, about 5 percent, includes the woman in question.
The Am bala poster advertises a circus with horses performing tricks spoken by a clown, mud jumpers, a wire walker who is a professor, and a dramatic act. It notes no sticks or smoking is allowed and asserts the show is of high quality open to spectators.
The Pall Mall Gazette contrasts Lamarck’s idea that giraffes inherit long necks from parental stretching with a rebuttal noting the young giraffe is conceived at the upper branches and must continue stretching to reach leaves beyond its parents reach.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt Mr Kidder suggests a woman's club should aim beyond suffrage while Miss Strong argues it should be solely suffrage. He counters that targeting a different goal may more likely achieve the main objective.
The playwright quipped the audience hissed not at first night. The manager sighed noting the crowd was too sleepy to react, a muted reception to the opening performance.
A brief quip from the Cleveland Leader shows a child in a whispered exchange about an improvised rope ladder. The eloper claims safety while parents stand at the top to steady the setup.
The Indianapolis News notes that declaring a mother as simply the family’s head lacks occupation status, yet the role keeps her busy with household duties and family care.
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