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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1903
Page
15
A fragmented collection of carnival style tips and jokes on magic tricks with an elastic handkerchief vanish act. It includes a misdirection routine and the method of using a taut elastic band to snap the handkerchief back. The text also lists a series of riddles and humor about birds, islands, springs, cheese, divinity, Caesar, a ferry boat, and a blindfolded party game.
The text describes the German and Prussian flags with black white red bands and the black eagle, noting the flag’s white ground and corner stripes. It then outlines the German commercial flag with black, white, and red stripes and mentions the Danish flag as the oldest, referencing a legend of King Waldemar and a cross on red. It adds that both Danish and naval flags feature white crosses on red, with a square outlined in rock used in engraving.
Reader notes curiosities from Rome and Hungary including a humorous account of a Roman ball game called fouls played with a soft air inflated ball. A Chicago boy trains blindfolded toy feeding, and a Magyar girl crafts dolls from poppies, clothes torn from her dress, highlighting playful, rustic childhood scenes and parental ire over tattered garments.
The Washington Star notes a transformation from youth to age as veterans from the Civil War era are remembered. The poem contrasts pride at enlistment with aging soldiers still ready to serve, recognizing the ironies of time and duty. It honors enduring dedication of those who were once the boys in blue.
In a sensational scene a man known as Donforth the Prophet leads a cult in Elysium where a woman signs away her rights to her husband’s estate under pressure to join the elect. A boy’s act of defiance sparks a dramatic escape as Harry Pearson, robed in danger, frees Rose and flees in the Prophet’s carriage, signaling a looming legal confrontation at the man’s home address.
A witty American girl boasts she has seen the world yet terms Blank’s hotel in Denver the finest. In a later moment a guest finds a photograph and discovers he is the host, a cashier at Blank’s hotel.
A Toronto Star article notes a police court case where a young man paid the accuser to settle a theft, highlighting the justice split between small cases and large institutions. It asks how law applies when banks face theft losses and whether big operators can settle with their victims.
A report notes that even an engaged telephone operator will ring or react to the slightest provocation, illustrating the sensitivity and routine of early 20th century switchboard work.
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