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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1902
Page
5
A jumbled Utah era column riffs on friendships, poems, dress, and public life. It derides vanity, contemplates education, laments dancing fading, and jokes about Santa Claus attire, Vanderbilt heirs, and railcar norms while noting Diaz and Milner.
Soo Tokion, a Japanese student, falls in love with Helen Sturtevant, an American student. After her father’s ruin and her career plans threaten, Soo’s devotion leads to a dramatic gesture and his heiress inheritance funds a chapel in Yokohama built in his memory.
A country lawyer recalls a Saturday night auction where Bill Jones and Abe Smith bid up a worthless old fish crate to 3.25 dollars. Jones later tries to win it for a steep sum, but the crate is sold for Smith to settle a grudge. The plan unfolds with an apparent insurance ruse and brings Jones back to claim the box, paying 3.25 dollars, and leaving with a triumphant grin.
A Philadelphia newspaper man, taller and sturdier, was cheered by hundreds of high school students who mistook him for President Roosevelt arriving at a Broad Street high school. He bowed graciously as the real President entered, receiving a hearty, noisy welcome.
A Chicago Journal report quotes a northern Michigan banker recalling the first US trust in Missouri. He tells how a creditor who failed paid with a barrel of catfish hooks. The tale ends with a humorous Providence line and a claim of a 9000 percent profit from the hooks.
The Erskine M. Phelps arrived in Honolulu from Norfolk in ninety seven days, shattering sailing records. The voyage featured a perilous Cape Horn squall with most crew members hidden under false pretenses as “bobos,” forcing captain and mates to handle most duties at sea. Only six men appeared on deck during the storm while the ship endured terror and seasickness.
A blurry fragment quotes Socrates about a woman asking for support or hospitality and urging self reflection. The readable text centers on courtesy and inward restraint, with no clear event, date, or identifiable names beyond the philosopher reference.
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