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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
7
An authority estimates 3,000 English writers annually produce about 10,000 plays, yet fewer than 260 reach the stage. Most begin with tragedies then move to farce or melodrama, with one act pieces often providing the first success. American plays heighten competition for English dramatists.
In a London reading room a practical joke backfired on Wiggins who borrowed a five pound note from Parkin to use at cards. Parkin anticipated a laugh but watched Wiggins spend the money, including a sovereign, instead of staging the prank.
A fragment discusses inveterate gamblers among animals and their descendants, noting Hansres among Africans, Kanake in the South Seas, and tribes gambling to the grave using bone and the last throw as a ritual, though text ends abruptly.
In Pitsaburg a rough figure suggests about several thousand women stenographers, reflecting a sizable local workforce and gender participation in the city’s clerical labor market.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report recalls a 1893 October hurricane that devastated the lower coast while a sturdy house collapsed and a ramshackle shack stayed upright. The speaker argues wind resistance follows vitality, comparing living saplings to sturdy but flexible structures and noting taller city buildings sway yet endure.
A grizzled New York waterfront figure tells Sun reporters that a dictionary was the most interesting book he ever read while stranded 16 months on a south Pacific island. He notes surprising entries and practical knowledge, arguing there is nothing dry about the dictionary.
M Marinoni, longtime head of the Petit Journal, is nearing retirement. He guided the paper to a record circulation exceeding one million copies daily and invented the rotary printing press later associated with his name.
Homeseekers plans on the Buffington Route with third Tuesday departures and round trip fares to the western territory. One way and special excursion options are highlighted plus economical coast routes through Denver and Salt Lake City. Burlington routes promise service to Denver Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and the Pacific Northwest. Contact local agents L W Wakely or Chas E Mitchell for details and free publications.
The flyer outlines a new train route via Noe Ozarks Indian Territory to Bapala then Red River Division through Creek and Chickasaw Nation Denlon Sherman to Fort Worth and Southwest, continuing to Dallas. It promises new equipment with Palace Day Cars Reclining Chair Cars Pullman Sleepers and Cafe Observation Cars with meals on request.
HWAAAS INSURANCE advertises farm property coverage for tenant or owner occupied properties in a New York town and county. It promises personal inspection and rate setting on application and invites inquiries at a Lexington office.
Real estate listing notes property for sale in Lexington and farm available for sale. Mentions houses to rent and office in Lexington with no cost if no sale.
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