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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
6
Across several states and cities, mining disasters and fires leave dozens dead or missing. Key incidents include 41 dead in a Mulga mine near Birmingham, 18 entrapped in Amster dam Ohio, and a Lake Charles blaze that left thousands homeless and over four million dollars in damage.
A concise note urging readers to follow The Echo for current news updates and coverage across topics. Emphasizes the newspaper as the preferred source.
A well known New Yorker was approached by a pan handler and, after a back and forth about dimes, the hobo admitted the handler had improved in appearance and jokingly apologized for failing to recognize him. The exchange was reported by the Cleveland Leader.
An eminent London physician and a renowned surgeon visit a polite, well-behaved patient who offers no fee. On a second visit the surgeon notes hope for better behavior, while the physician reveals the patient borrowed two guineas from him to give to the surgeon, a tale recounted in Tit-Bits.
A French researcher concludes the cerebral nervous system can perceive only about ten impressions a second. After each nerve impulse a brief inertial pause of one tenth of a second prevents new impressions. The study notes voluntary movements top out at ten to twelve per second, even though muscles can perform thirty to forty motions independently.
A long standing weekly prayer meeting is held in the House of Commons with a 20 minute limit. Notable early participants include T Fowell Buxton Sir George Grey and Zachary Macauley. Proceedings are recorded and a new president leads each week with scripture reading prayer and benediction.
In a Pearsons anecdote a man mishears about Miss Underwood Peggy the starving aunt. A later Lippincott remark notes a society actress seeking stage fame meets blunt advice on stage mechanics and intimacy with crew.
Albany dispatch reports the New York legislature has banned wearing bird feathers after July 1 1911 with exceptions for crow feathers. Gov Hughes signature expected with Audubon Society planning to seek his pen. Also features light banter about post office notices and two humorous exchanges.
A brief sketch notes John Gully who ranked second to Cribb in a duel with Molineaux. Described as prizefighter horse racer legislator and colliery owner he fought before Trafalgar and retired seven years before Waterloo. He became wealthy MP Derby winner and colliery owner dying in 1868 fathering twenty four children.
Louis Pierre, a Canadian immigrant who settled in Fitzgerald Georgia, rose to city marshal, coroner, and justice of the peace through his bilingual skill. A dispute between French and English settlers over US versus Canadian provinces led to his witty verdict predicting a sequence from constable to president and beyond.
A Geographic Magazine discussion notes wild honey as a pleasant change yet palates tire after prolonged use. The article recounts a fortnight relying on wild honey and maize, and suggests John the Baptist subsisted on a similar diet, contrasting Biblical commentary with lived experience.
Mrs Hawkins expresses pity over Mrs Jones house fire. Mrs Jones replies the blaze has a bright side as the couple no longer needs to pay a cook, since the house is gone. The exchange from Warper's Weekly uses dry humor to lampoon hardship.
The Forest of Dean Mine court used a hygienic oath ritual for centuries starting in the 1200s. Witnesses touched the four gospels with a holly staff to avoid soiling the book, while wearing hats to signal they were free miners.
In a London Tit Bits item a shabby individual complains of being splashed by a painter. The painter retorts the pedestrian needs a coat. The brief exchange captures a street encounter with humor and sharp banter.
Ives claims to have seen Captain Deepeeres today while Beers questions the sighting. Ives recalls a vessel going down with all on board last week and hints it was not a surface ship but a submarine.
A satirical remark from Pearson's Weekly notes Dollardy sold his hotel due to slow profits and now enjoys an elevated role as head waiter, contrasting past ownership with present ease.
A brief exchange notes a customer accusing a butcher of sending mutton instead of lamb. The butcher defends the order, saying it was lamb when it left the shop, while the matter is noted as a suggestive quote from the Judge's Library.
A brief Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption exchange notes that a man claims no woman is a suffragist unless she carries a grudge against a man. The reply counters the notion with a wife asserting she is a suffragist.
Pa explains to Jim that quiet hostility is sneaking behind a chair to make faces when a penny is refused. The playful exchange appears in the scraps section.
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