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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
8
In a box party scene two women are observed for palmistry cues. The auburn haired man notes the open and closed thumbs signaling open handed versus secretive traits while a young woman struggles with a burst glove and a closed hand at the foyer. The dialogue hints at traits like acquisitiveness and miserliness through palmistry.
A Philadelphia Record account quotes A F Watch criticizing begging in Finland during famine. He describes a policy of offering work and opportunity to earn bread, notes farmers sowing and the shortage of rye, and mentions free lodgings providing food in exchange for labor. He cites widespread hardship among Finland’s 2,550,000 people.
Talk in England about shortening voyages across the Atlantic by opening Galway harbor on Ireland’s east coast and using swift steamers to Newfoundland. Distances Galway to St Johns, about 3,116 miles. from London to Newfoundland roughly 3,095 miles or less, promising much faster transit than current records.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat interview recalls how wild animals become gentler when amid calamity. Cattle, wolves, rabbits show reduced savagery during 1882 flood as hunger and danger drive them toward tolerance and proximity to humans.
Lady Curzon amasses English misuses from Hin doos writers, adding a Bombay letter about a father’s death from a family firm. The note mocks formal tone, noting the death on the 10th, a son to run affairs, and a stray line reading the opium price and a Biblical verse.
A French writer notes how street posters reveal national character. He says English posters are cold and ironical while French ones are light and subtle with veiled reflections. Austrian posters feel fresh and soft, Swiss appear stiff, German designs are intricate, Italian posters are noisy with indigo and Solferino hues, and Spanish use orange omelet tones. He concludes these posters reflect Puritan ancestry, suggesting he has not crossed the Atlantic.
Chicago Daily News reports a proverb updated with playful language urging neighbors to share good deeds. The item reflects light social humor and editorial voice of the era.
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