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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
6
An old secret service man recalls mislaid tracking of a lost package and a tense interview with a post office chief clerk named James Bradford. He tests the clerk through careful questions, watches his nervous reactions, and notes the clerk’s routine after hours while seeking irregularities in the office.
A post office clerk unable to steal, Bradford, inspired by fear of betraying his wife and child, confesses after midnight surveillance. A secret service officer helps cover the deficit by taking Bradford’s notes, restoring trust and Bradford later holds a government post.
A fragment reflects on a missed train and its lasting impact, noting the speaker’s prior silence about the event and lingering gratitude for narrowly escaping a collision or mishap. The remark hints at a consequential morning and unresolved personal caution.
A profile of Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, highlighting his resilience against high church and Tory opposition after his Essays and Reviews. Anecdotes cover his Westminster Abbey consecration, temperance remarks at an agricultural meeting, and public reactions, including a sensational newspaper headline misquoting him.
The New York Press recounts how Delmonico's Charles Kanhofer denied novelty in cuisine while noting the oyster cocktail style, a Chesapeake shore practice long used by oyster dealers. It describes serving seven freshly opened oysters in a tall glass with tomato catsup, horseradish, Tabasco, Worcestershire, and salt, stirred and poured over the oysters.
The London Express recalls Lord Kelvin and early telegraphy. It tells of the mirror galvanometer and siphon recorder making submarine telegraphy practical, and a visitor’s joke about the wire producing the deep C note observed by Professor Thompson.
A five mile tunnel would connect opposite city sections by driving traffic beneath an island in the bay. The project replaces the current detour around the water and aims to ease congestion for San Francisco commuters.
A Toledo Blade republished a diagram from the United States Military Magazine November 1840 showing the 1812 battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Java off Brazil. It notes Bainbridge's superior sailing, the Java’s six broadside rake attempts, and heavy Java casualties while Constitution suffers minimal losses. The piece also includes varied industrial timber statistics from Leslie's Weekly.
The nation’s agriculture commands unmatched importance with 40 percent of people as farmers. The United States exports about $1 billion annually, supports large home demand, and uses diverse crops to employ and feed the population. This fall shows record value of agricultural products totaling between $5 and 9 billion.
In Oxfordshire villages near Oxford, superstition and simple cures dominate daily life. A sanitation lecturer notes whooping cough treated by a spider charm, sewn into muslin and hung on a curtain rod, with the spider’s death seen as ending the cough. A child’s illness led to chest poultices laid on an oak chest by the bedside, a remedy accepted as natural by the mother.
The French Society of Authors plans a private circulation manual for its members. It will include a list of provincial newspapers categorized by responses to letters: those who reply, those who reply rarely, those who never reply, those who reply with stamp enclosed, and those who keep the stamp without replying.
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