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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
14
A collage of humorous and oddball items from a bygone era includes quips about appendicitis statistics, a New Yorker’s long life, royal titles, London fortifications, and Hawaii political updates. Also notes on Fort Sheridan hash trouble, suffrage debates, and bribery sentencing, all in a brisk, satirical tone.
A garbed man in robes attracts notice at a Guildhall gathering. Dan, with Dan in tow, identifies the dignitary as Thomas Robert Dewar, sheriff of London, remarking on facing Bill Dalton and a posse in Indian Territory. The scene hints at a notable confrontation yet to unfold.
Theodore Guentin of Philadelphia asked President Roosevelt why his youngest son bore the unusual name Quentin. Roosevelt replied that Quentin is an old family name dating from a French Huguenot refugee who settled in the county over two centuries ago.
The Count of Flanders resigns his succession rights to Helelum in favor of his son Prince Albert. At sixty five the count is seen as aged, while Albert at twenty seven with Princess Elizabeth and their son Leopold wins public favor for a younger reign.
A garbled passage describes Princess Alice of Albany and rumors of a match involving European royalty. It mentions King Biwaril, Duke of Saxe-Colture, and a crown prince, with vague references to two years of observation and a possible consort arrangement amid unsettled royal plans and a moving court.
A Dublin theater audience heckled Olga Nethersple after a performance of Saphe, while the British digressions on mail clerks reveal the postal service grappling with deciphering foreign and miswritten addressee names. The piece surveys the curious, humorous, and sometimes blunt realities of handling thousands of letters daily, highlighting clerks’ patience, errors in phonetic spelling, and the occasional triumph of delivering a clearly addressed missive.
A collection of quaint remarks from young children in Chicago area a country boy notes a porch lacks handles a toddler watches his breath freeze and a girl begs to kill a pumpkin to bake pie the trio showcases playful, innocent misinterpretations.
President Roosevelt intervened to ease objections from Bob Keenan's Brooklyn father allowing the Harvard captain and halfback to stay on the team. The elder Keenan had resisted until an appeal by an alumnus prompted reconsideration. The piece notes a light personal aside about a tall girl and a high elf hat.
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