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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
3
A curious collage of quips and observations from a Las Vegas era paper. Topics range from politics and manners to travel, literature and culture, noting shifts in fiction criticism, the value of travel, and the public mood.
A collage of witty lines and cartoons notes: Marshall Field Jay Gould and Potter Palmer carry little cash, a rival quip about long walks vs short runs, a persistent suitor who is turned away, and a man flirted with by two women leaving him under arrest in public musings.
A movement in Monaster Macedonia forced the Sultan Abdul Hamid to proclaim a constitution after mutiny and defections among the garrison and troops. Maj. Niazier warned Constantinople of marching 300,000 men, and Salonica’s garrison proclaimed the constitution, ending centuries of direct Ottoman rule in the region. The article then shifts to a moral essay on New York urban living costs and the folly of extravagance.
Abdul Hamid declares a constitution signaling a new era as his temporal spiritual rule wanes. An illustration portrays a Macedonian shepherd in national dress, symbolizing the new era for him and others like him.
A Harper's Weekly writer argues that urban life in New York amounts to poverty for a single man or a family. Sociologists note a normal standard of living costs about 959 yearly, while the New York charity department cites roughly 700 dollars for a laborer's family. Rent on the east side starts at four dollars a month with coal costs rising.
English geologist Prof Garwood presents a new theory on lake and mountain tarn origins suggesting dolomite dissolution as a cause. A London address with a Lake Ritoon model supports the idea while Dolomite details note its use as building stone and cement and its chemical products like Epsom salts.
The piece contrasts compact New York addresses like Philip Robinson 200 W List St New York with verbose British styles such as Herbert R Eustace W Plunket Ferguson Q Cc G C M G The Shrubbery 8 Tankerville Terrace Blenheim Road Kensington London. It cites older epistolary cards and a joke about Starman’s tragedy understudy.
Annie Peck, noted climber, reportedly reaches 25,000 feet on Huascaran in Peru, surpassing prior world records. The Utica Globe notes her long history of expeditions since 1895, including earlier climbs and fund-raising struggles, aided by two Swiss guides this time.
In Scottish folklore the May day rite in Callender Perthshire involved boys forming a circular trench on the moor, baking custard and a cake, then blind drawing pieces with one blackened. The boy drawing the blackened piece was said to leap through flames as a sacrifice, a practice once believed to ensure summer fertility.
The passage recalls Mrs. Clive's dramatic conflict with David Garrick as she alternately curses and admires his acting in King Lear. It notes her fierce temper and how his portrayal moved her to sobs and outbursts, concluding with a quip about Miss Bloomer and Miss Goode.
In a Chicago Daily News item, a cashier and bill clerk discuss a flirtatious scheme as a caller rouses suspicion. The clerk admits multiple attachments while the cashier urges accountability, noting a Mrs Canford’s call and the clerk’s advance payment to keep peace with creditors.
Mrs. Flora Knew complains of an insult from her mother in law Flora via a postscript in a letter addressed to her husband. The exchange reveals suspicions of trust and family dynamics as Pearson's Weekly notes a woman’s public image and private doubts.
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