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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
6
Four Japanese noncommissioned officers and privates rode toward Russian outposts with white flags to deliver letters and offer truce. Russians waved back, exchanged gifts of wine and cigars, and read messages in their language promising no attack and a merry Christmas. The encounter ended with mutual cheer as the four returned safely.
A survey notes Chinese footwear customs with officials and labourers wearing boots and shoes, while women largely sew at home and Manchu stilts appear in Manchuria. It then reports Roumania’s progress where a woman wins the post of official shorthand writer and 15 women serve as secretaries, prompting backlash against women clerks.
A Collier's Weekly note explains wood sections produce images on photographic plates in total darkness, revealing annual rings and growth density. Resin compounds activate the plate, with sunlight or colored light modulating effectiveness, red and green colors being less activating than white and violet hues.
A New York reporter recalls a tale of Chinese residents profiting from accident schemes, Englishmen hunting snipe near Tong-Kong, and tensions around a graveyard. The piece cites paid damages, graven tombs used as hides, and harsh tortures offered to tourists, all highlighting colonial attitudes and violence in Shanghai.
The article traces the evolution of the baseball from yarn core to horsehide cover and cement weight, recounting Harrison Harwood of Natick who in 1858 started the first baseball factory in the United States. It notes women sewing covers for pin money and the spread of this craft to Natick families over generations.
An English physician extols laughter as a potent prophylactic and health booster describing a nerve storm of mirth that dissipates clouds of care. He cites the saying laugh and grow fat as philosophically sound and notes a critique of Portene capital’s pomp by Sir John Purley born of Montenegro's capital.
In this humorous panel Mrs Hatterson asks if her husband favors young women and Mrs Catterson jokes that his second wife isn’t born yet, delivering a wry marital quip about affection and timing.
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