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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
2
A young millhand feud over gifts ends with a rash threat of drowning. The woman insists on the presents but extends a truce after five days. He returns, apologizes, and the quarrel resolves with a rekindled romance as the girl reveals the items tied in a red handkerchief at the pond’s edge.
In a brief exchange, the leading man of the Handy Abel Dramatic company asks for ten cents to buy soap to wash his face, but the manager replies that it is unnecessary as they will perform Othello tonight.
William Bushell a 19 year old plumber's assistant told physicians at Bellevue hospital of a seven story fall from the Motel Seville air shaft in Bushell. He said the initial fright gave way to a “delight” and “exquisite pleasure” as he descended and struck concrete in the basement, sustaining only a heel bruise.
T P O Connors Trish leader began a brilliant after dinner speech in Philadelphia confessing dread of post meal talks. He spoke of nervous appetite loss and imagined Daniel sighing relief as the lions drew near to devour him and quipped the after dinner speaking would not be done by him.
A legislative candidate dodges a question on women’s suffrage at a final dinner. Asked where he stands, he replies with a gallant retort about the meal, suggesting he cannot answer after the dinner he has endured. The exchange shows deft evasiveness from a political hopeful.
A garbled overheard phone exchange suggests a rumor that Beth has died, with a respondent denying the report and asking who is calling. The fragmentary dialogue indicates confusion and town gossip rather than a confirmed event.
The Boers in the Transvaal store perishables by hanging bags of butter meat and other foods from the eaves at day end when evening breezes arrive. Articles are kept on the sunward side until morning when cattle signals rise. The groow explains the large hooks used to retrieve the supplies later.
A French paper reviews Reykjavik’s single theater open since 1894 with two to three shows weekly. The season runs October to April, funded by 500 crowns from the municipality and 500 crowns from parliament. Lighting shifts from petroleum to electric next year. The repertory includes Theen and Bjornsen, Danish classics, and Icelandic Tvelandic comedies. A seven-night run marks “immense success” in a city of about 3,000. actors earn around eight shillings per performance. The best known Icelandic actor is Christian Thorogrimisson.
The London Chronicle discusses the word cauliflower, tracing its spelling through history from Coleflorye and Colieflorie to Collyflorie and later canli, noting a shift toward the modern form cauliflower while the pronunciation settled as cal ly flower. The piece links Latin canliflora to early English spellings and the eventual simplification to flower.
The text discusses how Catler should mean a maker of cutting tools yet does not fit this sense. It traces Cut’s Teutonic roots and explains cutlet through French from late Latin coltellari ve, noting coltellarive as a knife‑bearing soldier or knifemaker and cultellua as a diminutive noun related to knife.
A Georgia depot town tale recounts Moses, a colored grocer, recounting a failed wood cutting venture with a partner in-law Colonel Dawson. Moses narrates missteps, miscounted logs, and the burden of capital as the uneasy partnership dissolves into financial loss and confusion about earnings.
Johnny trades his nuisance dog Tige for five dollars, selling him to Bill Simpkins in exchange for two yellow pups, a quick twist on the boy’s plan to ease his parents’ burden.
A Connecticut paper reports a gentleman named Hans purchased a Gordon puppy. After work he found the puppy missing from the barnyard. He chased an owl away but the bird carried the puppy off and was last seen flying toward an orchard.
A college girl in the British Museum overhears two women joke about the Rosetta stone. One asks what it says and claims a “peculiar fragrance like a rose.” The punchline comes when her brother laughs, noting Rosetti the poet.
The Catholic Standard and Times notes a fashion craze in bra brances with Casaway causing chatter. T Peckham objects calling it nonsense while his wife is portrayed as a divided blonde amid public display of rage.
A fragment appears to quote a quirky interview with a young man discussing a secret project described as Hitocean. The text hints at a public interest angle and a space themed or futuristic setting, with an interviewer asking for details.
In Dreamland a French barrister argued his client was found guilty while a juror slept. The juror’s absence during the hearing led to a ruling that the verdict was void and a new trial must be held. The strange case hinges on whether sleep invalidates juror presence.
A Highland lass walks to Glasgow seeking her sister a servicer. At a toll-bar on the city’s edge she taps the gate and asks the toll-keeper if this is Glasgow and if Peggy is in. The exchange captures a quaint question from a visiting local.
Parkas states the safe daily alcohol limit for four men equals two ounces of brandy plus a half pint of sherry a half pint of claret and a pint of beer, a guideline aimed at preventing health injury.
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