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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
5
The essay argues that imagination and practical business skill coexist in successful writers. It rebuts the idea that idealism and practicality conflict, citing keen observation and motive analysis as core to both business success and literary craft. It asserts that builders of towns and railways can also build books, requiring thought and imagination.
A former diplomatic observer warns that Russia’s conscription and denationalization plans threaten Finland’s autonomy, igniting global support for Finnish liberty as Nicholas II’s war policies provoke widespread condemnation and fear of a broader European crisis. The piece notes 8000 Finns have emigrated to escape oppression and calls for steadfast resistance to imperial overreach.
Dr Desgrez a Paris professor and M Balt hazard house surgeon presented to the Academy of Science an apparatus claiming to maintain life in poisonous atmospheres. The method uses bioxide of sodium to generate oxygen and absorb carbonic acid while destroying pulmonary poisons. Experiments on guinea pigs dogs and eventually humans showed life sustained under sealed conditions with a diver style suit. The device could aid miners in disasters and fires by regenerating surrounding air.
A Johnnie sits at a Montgomery haberdasher counter as a clerk muscles a light gray glove onto his hand. The clerk boasts of fitting hundreds of pairs weekly, comparing forearm strength to a coal heaver and an oarsman. He jokes that glove fitting is top exercise and implies glove girls’ athletic vigor across town.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a theater incident where a comedian used a milk bottle on stage, inadvertently releasing real milk with chunks and odor. The cork failed, the bottle spilled, and the property man blamed the delay on the performer, vowing to check props more carefully in the future.
The text notes that no two palms are alike and describes using oil paint to stamp a palm as a passport in China. It mentions a crowded London with 850,000 people living in one room in families of five and about 40 tons of letters passing daily through the London general post office.
The Washington Star quotes a park caretaker noting fewer sparrows and more song birds in the city parks. He observes robins and other birds replacing sparrows, praises the gentler chorus, and mentions worms as a seasonal lure. A separate note claims some people search parks by lantern light for worms.
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