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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
6
A collage of opinions and brief notes from The Semi-Weekly Nation in Logan Utah. It touches US politics and industry from Canada to China, commentary on Kipling and Boer conflict, remarks on jewelry, jailer exams, and social norms. It mentions Dr Parkhurst on immortality, Europe’s polygamy speculation, Cuban baseball, and ship canal debates.
The text states that Mr. Carnegie has funded 177 libraries in the country, costing 17,508,000 dollars to date. It attributes his generosity to timely need and to fostering responsible citizenship, noting gifts were given when needed and, in other cases, to fill gaps in public support.
A feature on Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller as the preeminent givers of their era. The piece details Carnegie’s vast endowments and ongoing philanthropy from libraries to churches, and Rockefeller’s church and educational gifts, including Chicago University endowment rumors and the scope of his unseen aid.
An aging plainsman recalls the unnamed adventure with Baker in the Bad Lands. Indians, rattlesnakes, and a cave near Chadron provide a tense escape as the pair barter beads and tobacco for their lives. Baker goes feignedly calm then exits with white hair after a rattlesnake den encounter.
John C. Fisher defends Russell Sage, arguing newspapers misjudge him. He recalls a 1870s incident where Sage showed sympathy for a young customs surveyor and his family, suggesting Sage’s hidden kindness and misunderstood eccentricities.
A reflective line notes that many preserved ideas end up discarded in the trash. It suggests themes of memory, value, and the fate of once cherished notions. The line uses stark imagery to imply the neglect of intellectual or creative effort.
The census shows 65,427,767 bachelors vs 3,224,494 epinsters, a 68 percent excess of bachelors over single women. Every state has more bachelors than single women, even Massachusetts, due to marriage patterns and age differences between genders.
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