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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
7
A Milwaukee tailor faced bad debt from paying and deadbeat customers. A lawyer suggested two law students chase the accounts for a fee. The joke ends with the lawyer admitting a $12 debt to the tailor from 1895 and repaying it, netting $3 for the collectors.
The Yukon News notes 70 ounces of fish lifted this year with salmon making up 50. Dawson saw gold in river gravel as workers dig opposite city hall. The Dawson Daily News tallies gold for the season at 23,003,000 dollars, July alone 9,725,000. A Yukon woodpile note laments pilferage amid a witty pay later cue. Professor Allen cites Alaska arable land and hardy vegetables, but warns land farming would need removing a six inch meat layer first.
A long, ceremonial festivity in Uganda honors the king's young son. Twenty thousand Ugandans attended as Europeans dined decorously while none drank alcohol. The prince, courteous and gentle, is praised as a potential royal servant under imperial protection and compared with Mwanga’s turbulent era.
Report shows cholera totals in Japan across years 1880 1896 and 184. The figures indicate 1880 with 550 cases and 150 deaths, 1896 with 59 909 cases and 53 500 deaths, and 1844 with 546 cases and 214 deaths. The record presents a stark mortality trend across periods.
The rise of metal in interior decor is noted with copper favored and electric light expanding demand for hand wrought metal fittings. Architects see metal in doors, windows, grilles, fire surrounds, and decorative moldings. thin metal coverings on piers and jambs may spread as production cheapens. Historic references mention Homeric and Astyrian metal interiors for comparison.
A woman condemns a broken bicycle in a cloakroom and an official explains the routine chain of reporting up to the board of directors over years. The exchange ends with a dry note that redresses may be years away due to formal procedure. The passage then mentions a German imperial order for a cancer commission following family deaths from opal tuss.
Chicago and Alton Railroad service lists trains leaving Augusta ville on a schedule with times in a partial entry. The fragment mentions a departure in August and a weight or load indicator described as wee pound.
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