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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
2
In a police court, a decayed man named Kelly was arraigned on vagrancy charges. A policeman testified that Kelly claimed to be intoxicated after 12 drinks, countered by the judge with questions. The judge sentenced Kelly to 30 days in jail.
Weary and Shiny Patches rest as Shiny Patches declares his birthday and relief at turning 35, noting that men do their greatest work between ages 20 and 34, a period he now leaves behind with a sense of safety.
A serious thinker challenges a man with long hair and black-rimmed glasses to justify a higher standard in literature. The man replies that while working on his masterpiece, he feels justified in offering a personal guarantee of higher quality.
A exchange at a club reveals a plan to return in time for the opera, with one character suggesting sending a note by messenger if unable to make it. A comment by the other notes a note already in the overcoat pocket.
A gentleman seeking lodgings says the house is too near the station to be pleasant. The landlady admits some noise but boasts a fine view from the front veranda of people who miss trains.
A distorted fragment recalls a man reporting a railway incident and a motorman charge. Another line notes a promotion as a result. A Senate reputation query follows alongside a dialogue about a tablecloth and fruit stains disappearing. The text blends random anecdotes and clipped remarks without clear context.
A distinguished cavalry leader recalled a dinner party where a loquacious widow challenged him about his beard remaining black while his hair gray. Responding politely, he quipped that he could not give a satisfactory answer unless perhaps he had used his brain more than his jaw.
In a dialog, Mr Hennypeck muses why a woman never gives her husband the present he wants. Mrs Hennypeck replies that she chooses the present she believes he ought to want, not what he desires.
A cryptic exchange references sounding the tocsin amid a quarrel over anti toxin. The dialogue hints at a figurative alarm within a dispute over medical antidotes or defenses.
A German patent by Prof. M. Russo d'Asar claims a "telephone for trains" enabling engineers and conductors on moving trains to converse with other trains on the line or with station agents. A German test at Mitterssling-Grosslake reportedly proved the system works at high speeds. The Kaiser’s table quirks and real estate superstition notes follow in this service snippet.
A Plymouth church elder recalls Henry Ward Beecher as a generous lecturer who gave away wealth. He notes Beecher once handed a $29,000 annual salary to his wife, and that Mrs Beecher lived in comfort in Brooklyn after his death despite Beecher earning millions. The speaker praises Beecher and mentions statues in Prospect Park and at borough hall.
General Andre, minister of war, inspired Paris with a powerful Gambetta celebration speech. Renowned as a soldier scholar and strategist, he drew praise for his oratorical skill and wartime insights in Europe.
The article details Japanese smoking styles noting small metal mouthpieces on pipes and tobacco cut extremely fine, resembling tight blond hair. It claims high quality tobacco and that smokers take a quick whiff then inhale and exhale through the nostrils, typically not consuming more than one pipeful at a time.
Market gardeners offered Salzer Seed Co. onion culture method claiming onions per acre rise by 1,200 with easy, high profits. The notice touts Salzer's “Salter Bununy” seed and catalogs mailed to growers, including 10 kinds of seeds and a market gardeners list for 2 cents postage.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit paid 971 867 47 in personal damages last fiscal year and 172 054 70 in adjudication, totaling 1143 962 37, nearly 10 percent of the company’s total receipts. The costly claim process is a thriving Brooklyn industry helping explain subdued stock prices. Old Strategy features mountain lion hunting in The St Nicholas for February.
The tale praises a rider who learned to fight mountain lions so adeptly that one was nicknamed Old Strategy. In another note, the Chinese court grants Yuan Shi Kai 4,000,000 taels yearly to maintain an army of 10,000 men.
A fragment notes Gray's Sweet Powders for feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and worms for children. Sold in New York by Allen 5 Olmsted Roy with 25c sample. Also mentions maritime losses on the Pacific coast totaling about 4 million to 6 million dollars and rising marine insurance rates.
Mrs J Kay of Des Moines Town claims a harmless remedy cured her husband and many others. Drugstores offer the prescription with directions sent free for a stamp to cover postage. Also notes oranges as valuable fruit with orange juice quelling thirst and aiding weak stomachs as laxative when taken at night or before breakfast. February Ladies Home Journal.
The item promotes a colored calendar reproductions by Moran offered by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway for twenty five cents. Also noted are ads for laxative cures, a cough remedy, and sugar refiners raising all refines by ten points, with dates and city references in Minneapolis and Chicago.
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