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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1902
Page
13
A jumble of notes covers society, politics, arts, and curiosities. References to Kipling, Austin, and Vanderbilts mingle with light snips on urban reform, theater gossip, and a proposed Transyna fishing society. Mentions of New York, Utica, and Ann Arbor hint at scattered reports and trivia.
Soo Tokion, a Japanese student, woos Helen Sturtevant, a gifted American actress hopeful, amid campus gossip and financial collapse. After Soo's death in a lake, Helen inherits his $25,000, funds a chapel in Yokohama, and pursues her dramatic career with new resolve.
A country lawyer recalls the easiest fee never earned from a Saturday auction over a worthless fish crate. Hill Jones and Abe Smith bid, Smith won for 9.20, Jones claims the crate, a dispute follows, and the lawyer finally sells the box back to Jones for 26, with Jones later paying and taking the crate, content with not being beaten.
A sturdy Philadelphia newspaper man, taller and heavier after Roosevelt's visit, was cheered by high school pupils who mistook him for the President. Real Roosevelt arrived moments later to a loud, mixed reception as the crowd roared for both figures.
A Chicago Journal reporter recalls a northern Michigan banker describing trusts as a long-standing public issue. He narrates a tale of catfish hook supplies in Missouri expanding during livestock shortages, leading to a sudden market surge and a profitable sale at a penny to a dime per hook.
The Erakine M Phelps arrived in Honolulu from Norfolk in ninety seven days setting new sailing records from a north Atlantic port. She rounded the Horn in eleven days from 54 south to 60 south, crew mostly locally enlisted hobos, captain and mates manned the wheel during heavy weather and a churning Cape Horn squall.
A fragmentary excerpt from Pearson's Weekly contrasts a woman's hospitality with a man’s temperament by noting that hospitality leads to practical cups and supper while a spiritual voyage remains unsafe. Quotations from Socrates and brief reflections appear, illustrating civic virtue and inner restraint.
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