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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1902
Page
7
A reflective poem urges gentleness toward others, noting little is known about inner struggles, temptations, or hidden pains. It advocates charity and nonjudgment in daily encounters. The piece also includes a light instructional bit on a pea dance toy using a pin and a pipe for amusement.
A magician describes crafting a cork ball with a hair loop and wax, then performing a sleight of hand. The sequence uses finger placement to hide the ball, a quick palm toss, and a final misdirection to show the ball has vanished. Then the ball is revealed for inspection.
A young man, son of an old friend of Mr. Vanderbilt, sought his influence for a railroad office clerkship. Vanderbilt promised to help and to meet the president tomorrow at 10. The applicant appeared at 10:20 and learned Vanderbilt had left 15 minutes earlier. Vanderbilt explained the appointment was set for 10 that same day, and the delay cost him the job.
The New York Horld details a toy yacht crafted from an empty eggshell, tissue paper sails, and sticks. It instructs puncturing the shell, removing contents, sealing ends with wax, and assembling a keel, masts, gaff, bowsprit, sails, and rigging with wax and mucilage.
Instructions explain sealing an egg with two openings and wax or fingers, shaking with alcohol until penetration. After a few minutes the contents appear firm, allowing the egg to be opened and pressed like a hard boil. The egg remains cool and tastes strongly of alcohol.
Intense study of winter buds across tree species shows how they unfold in spring. Observers note that buds hold miniature leaves stems or even flowers, with varying leaf-covering scales. Some buds feature sticky or velvety coatings for protection, and ornamental cuts can bring spring by placing branches in water in a sunny window.
A discussion notes that handshakes, now a token of amity, originated from two men showing open hands to prove no weapon. Initially a sign of not attacking, the gesture evolved through the grasp of both hands to ensure mutual trust, replacing suspicion with loyalty and friendship.
A report notes the Wellingtons in California rise about 650 feet tall with massive girth, alongside Australian eucalyptus for comparison. It cites trees over 2000 years old by ring counts and a 112 foot diameter bald cypress in Mexico as possibly the oldest. It ends with a homily on contentment and wealth.
In a dark wooded ride a wife confronts her husband about his double life and wealth misused. A bidding, a planned separation, and a station escape unfold as the couple parts amid pursuit, with the wife using a tactical exit as the train pulls away. A pair of pursuers realize their mistake and vow to chase the wife.
A New York Post report recounts comic woes of new wives. A upstate bride asked a neighbor how to kill crabs after drowning them. In Boston suburbs a visitor misreads tea etiquette and offers two bottles, Cognac and Baltimore rye, to a guest.
Cecil Rhodes discussed with Emperor William a German government agreement for the telegraph line through Africa. The emperor asked for Rhodes satisfaction, Rhodes countered with a clause making him cover defense costs, suggesting the Kaiser could not limit Rhodes to £40000. The Kaiser agreed, and Rhodes said he was satisfied.
Marcus Lorenzzo, a notable Italian painter, paid 200 francs for a skin about the size of a dinner plate taken from an elderly woman. The skin was stretched over a frame, and he spent seven months painting a landscape in oils on it. The piece was shown in salons and later sold for 84,000 francs.
New York congressman Lessler defeats Perry Helmont in a special election and Ollie Belmont, a naval academy graduate and House member, eyed the naval committee vacancy. Belmont is among leading candidates for the naval panel.
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