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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
6
A collage of observations touches on divorce law, Andrew Carnegie’s comparisons, and Britain’s fiction of society, with notes on soda consumption, Hetty Green’s Texas oil, and a New Jersey governor’s wife influence. It also surveys Booth and Mansfield as actors, proclaims a rise in whisky and tobacco use, and reports color vision tests for locomotive drivers.
Merchants across cities villages and crossroads threaten to flood Congress with protests against Postmaster General Meyer's parcels post plan. They warn government competition with express firms could create a monopoly, ruin small merchants and deprive thousands of livelihoods, making passage unlikely. Speculation follows actor Richard Mausfeld's death about a successor on the American stage.
A 14 year old agrees to trap rabbits for a man who owns six box traps. The narrator recounts the first nights, traps failing, and a bag capture that yields a frightened rabbit released by accident. He reflects on the cries of the two rabbits and the empathy that interrupts the hunt. The tale ends with a quip on widowers and a joke about an automobile as satire.
A reminiscence recounts the old baggage man who hurled trunks from doors and tops, smashing corners for laughs, then notes a cultural shift as railroads curb such stunts. It recalls circus trunks, dynamite dangers, elastic corners, and the rise of gentler baggage handling.
A new law in New York makes it a misdemeanor to substitute a prescribed medical article with another in practice. It stops the past easy escape by showing harm, yet allows pharmacists to suggest alternatives. The rule respects customer rights and physician orders while preventing deceptive substitutions.
A Washington Bureau of Labor report claims wages rose 3.9 percent in 1906 while food prices rose 2.0 percent, but the critique argues the figures ignore household variations and salaried workers on fixed pay. The piece urges consulting the housekeeper’s weekly budget as a more practical measure of living costs.
General Greely warns that low character and worthlessness among recruits stem from pay as low as 134 per month. He argues the regular army offers little incentive, risking desertions and poor training. volunteers are unprepared, militia may be preferred. The Chicago Journal urges higher pay for officers to address the problem.
Twenty five people died in a Vermont train collision caused by misdirected dispatches and a misread time, as trains from opposite directions used a single track. The Chicago Record Herald argues stricter railroad regulation is needed to prevent such fatal errors.
Maj Fitzpatrick who died on Amsterdam avenue recently had served in the American Civil War Fenian uprising and fought in Italy in the Papal State. He was vice president of the United Irish League Parnell branch and secretary of the Veterans Pontifical Army Association. Born in Cork in 1847 he enlisted at 17 and fought on a gunboat before joining the Fenian movement. He later studied law and real estate, leaving a widow seven children and siblings in Ireland. The last rites were given on the sidewalk before burial from 146 West 70th Street.
A Houston Post clipping quotes a wife urging her husband not to act as the man of the house while he plans to come home. The exchange reveals tense marital dynamics and a warning from the wife.
Lady Minto and her daughters join Jay's hunt at Kolabari in India and excel in tiger shooting. Eileen Elliott follows with a full-grown tiger. Roth women are described as expert equestrians and fearless shots during the visit's outdoor sporting scenes.
The famed Old Curiosity Shop on Portsmouth Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields, made famous by Dickens, is to be demolished to widen the roadway. Locals note it never housed Little Nell but recount enduring literary memories and American pilgrimages for souvenirs.
A Yonkers Star snippet remarks that a man and his wife collaborate on songs with the wife providing the lyrics, highlighting their teamwork and patience in the creative process.
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