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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1903
Page
7
Observant Man criticizes overuse of the word most in society columns and editorials. He urges restraint to preserve clear robust English, noting phrases like most brilliant most graceful most eloquent dilute meaning and weaken prose. He calls for writers to let language breathe and avoid gaudy superlatives.
The New York Independent notes many eagles in the Tennessee mountains and shows mountaineers catching the young birds for high rewards. Hunters stalk nests, shoot mothers, and sometimes trap at night, with payouts up to $2000 for a year’s catch. Young eagles mature in about three years.
Chicago Daily reports on a recent book by F. Bischer noting that about 4,000 chemists educated in German universities and technical colleges, with only 200 pursuing pure chemistry, means roughly five percent are professional technologists. France supplies figures by industry, listing chemicals, fertilizers, plosives, petroleum, inorganic preparations, beet sugar factories, starch, and others as major employers.
The Dublin castle season prompts a lively market in second-hand court dresses and accessories. Advertisements boast black velvet suits and diplomatic court attire for sale or hire, with an enterprising London firm supplying outfits. A long-standing rumor hints a discreet trade by ladies, while 1844 notices offered hire at 2s 6d per day for a dark brown dress for processions, amid temperance and repeal movements.
A Washington Star report quotes a F street line conductor lamenting tireless riders who delay street cars. He notes a cross street caller, a ministerly traveler, and even timing issues with the president, urging cars not to wait for anyone.
Kindergarten Magazine argues that children lie constantly and universally because they do not know the truth. They move toward truth gradually, have their own notion of truth, and imagination frequently leads them to say what is not true.
Farm property insured likely for tenant or owner occupancy with risks written in a New York town. A personal inspection will be conducted and a rate named upon application. Official contact offered at an office in Lexington.
Real estate for sale in Lexington listing farms and houses for rent. If you have any real estate to sell place it in his hands no cost if no sale. Office in Lexington.
The article notes historical literacy gains in Great Britain, stating more than 40 percent could not sign their name at Queen Victoria's accession, and that current figures show only seven percent with that deficiency. It emphasizes widening literacy progress reflected in the era.
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