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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
2
A compact collection of satirical items and curiosities from Logan Utah with remarks on Prince Henry, tunnels, Carnegie libraries, insurance, Aguinaldo and Filipino leaders, Italian politics, Morgan, Austrian censorship, Trieste, London coronation, monorail hopes, hazing and self defense, autos, and New York dining rooms edited in a late 19th century newspaper voice.
A Max O'Rell remark about remaining childish reflects a Germanic or French perception of childlike behavior. The line suggests a playful critique of maturity, implying national character influences the interpretation of innocence and wit.
A humorous note mocks a social chamber member who spent his wealth on golf outfits. The piece links his wasteful lifestyle to ping pongitis, a fictional disease described as common among American plutocrats.
A reminiscing note on Jim Younger after release from prison. The piece then mentions new currency designs with Benjamin Harrison on the $5 national bank notes and William McKinley on the $10 notes, with the $10s appealing more to acquisitive tastes.
Sultan Abul Hamid has stopped the pensions that had been allowed to several Turkish exiles in Paris. Naturally the sultan looks with suspicion on any one who can read and write. Yet another step in the disappearance of gold lace from British officers uniforms. Prigade orders of the Foot Guards announce that gold-striped trousers and overalls must be worn no longer.
A dubious proclamation from powerful powers asserts that the Far East will be unusually quiet, suggesting no major instruments or pilots disrupting the region, while implying a broad calm across theaters and borders. The claim hints at strategic restraint and minimal activity.
Miss Susan M. Hallowell, longtime botany professor at Wellesley College for twenty seven years, has tendered her resignation. Her retirement removes the foresty ranks' last member who served in the opening year of 1875.
The viceroy announced a vel adorned scene for utilizing anyuny ferc of a mlilin sterling subscribed in India for the Queen Victoria memorial. The installation is to be brought from Gres to the great hall of classical architecture of white Penterleon mir bie.
California ostrich farming expands rapidly as demand for feathers soars and investors pour about 800000 dollars into Southern California operations. F. J. Johnson started the first ostrich farm in Santa Ana Valley after studying South African methods, importing birds in 1885 at a cost of 22000 dollars. his flock has grown with Nubian ostriches and repeated importations. Ostrich plumes now fetch high prices despite early prejudice, and breeding behavior shows predictable cycles each February.
A long account notes the decline of California redwood forests due to aggressive lumbering and commercial value. It describes majestic trees reaching hundreds of feet, the once-dense canopied groves, and the shift toward government action. Congress authorized a federal purchase of the tract, with $200000 set for protection by the Interior Department. If private interests resist preservation, condemnation may be used to save the coastal giants for posterity.
The famous Wesley Oak in Savannah Georgia was cut down to clear space for a trolley line. Protest from Thunderbolt residents failed as officials ruled the tree public domain and eligible for removal. The oak once shaded John Wesley during his Savannah visit and became a symbol of Methodist heritage.
The text estimates about 1.3 billion people on earth with Asia housing 00 million, Europe 20 million, the Americas over 100 million, Africa 200 million, and others on islands. It divides by color into 800 million black and white and 700 million brown, yellow, or red. One third wear clothes, one sixth wear nothing, and the rest are partially clothed. About one third live in houses while nearly half dwell in caves or huts and the remainder are houseless.
A strict Capitol rule prohibits selling goods except in Senate and House restaurants. Vendors once sold curios near the House entrance, but that has been discontinued. Now citizens cannot buy newspapers inside the capital under current regulations.
The dowager duchess of Argyll stirs court and political circles by refusing to submit the manuscript of her forthcoming biography of the late duke to the official revision process.
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