28 Feb 1895
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
1
The Leader and New York papers agitate readers with curio quips about bullfighting mild fun versus crime and social quirks. A Wichita antigum-chewing league forms, a “Skimmed for a Song” headline hints at justice, and a Kansas City joke contrasts train robbers with shoplifting.
The Associated Press reports a ban on poker games in the West Virginia Legislature. The prompt asks if the games were crooked, but no evidence or claims of crookedness are provided in the source.
Miss Ada Weil, who held the top honor at Vassay last year, has released her debut volume titled Researches on Dissymimetrical Hydrocarbons. The work is believed to relate to biscuit culture and its chemical aspects, marking a notable scholarly contribution.
George Gould tells a New York newspaper he will do everything within his means to uphold the country’s yachting supremacy. The remark sparks wide curiosity about what Gould means by his available means and how he will pursue the goal.
The testimony states Byrnes is worth 359000 and admits shame in his position. It notes that Goulds Vanderbilts and other millionaires speculate at their own risk while Byrnes could be a millionaire several times over.
An Indianapolis exchange condemns the “split devil shoe-string snake-root turkey track tangle-foot” style of ripperMad legislation. The objection is well taken as the public dispute over redistricting and political maneuvering continues to draw sharp commentary.
The piece suggests the new Chinese commander-in-chief may be an opium addict and argues his conduct could influence popular opinion on the drug. It notes his refusal to go to the front, claiming he fears losing honors if Mr. Chang remains in place while battle rages.
Mrs Paran Stevens of New York laments the degeneracy of American newspapers and questions whether aristocracy can live here. The outburst follows Gotham papers reporting she has faced demands from butchers and bakers and that her servants have sued for back wages.
Father M. J. Darey of Lockport New York, a devout Quaker, used the rule of turning the other cheek to warn roughs disturbing a church service. After insults and scoffing, he struck the ringleader twice, then resumed services with no further disturbance and the parishioners approving the outcome.
Judge Gaynor of Brooklyn holds the Brooklyn Street Railway Company must provide continuous service or forfeit its charter and cannot interrupt service to coerce higher wages. If workers refuse, the company must hire or raise pay to secure labor, so the public is not harmed by corporate greed. The decision will influence labor matters and curb railways blaming workers for service delays.
The ruling shifts responsibility to common carriers, signaling a radical change. An investigation of New York tenement life reveals extreme overcrowding, with 986 residents per section of 32 acres, far surpassing dense European slums. Boston trails New York in tenement affliction. Western cities are comparatively freer.
In Inchmaven a lively family gathering unfolds with Captain Bellenden, Cecil Raymond, and the young heiress Jerry as playful flirtations spark. Jerry matures emotionally while Bellenden contemplates a future romance, and Cecil navigates envy, pride, and mounting companionship as plans for a return visit to Kincraig take shape.
A Maine proposal to pay $50 to any man who proves he was a drunkard and abstains for twelve months is ridiculed as unfair to those who never drank and as encouraging exploitative reform schemes. The writer warns it could become a lucrative business for some, while harming the needy.
President Hayes, known for thrift, carried a nickel plated Waterbury watch valued around three dollars. He explained the choice as practical, citing Western Indian deputations who traded gifts for acceptable trinkets. To avoid burdening him with costly gifts, he bought nickel watches at eighty cents each and kept spares for emergencies.
A survey of widow and widower ratios shows Switzerland at sixty widowers per thousand men over fifteen versus one hundred twenty seven widows per thousand women. Across Europe, widows consistently outnumber widowers, with England Italy France Germany and Austria showing high widow counts. Buffalo robe prices rise as buffalo numbers shrink, with robes now fetching 60 to 100 dollars and rare vintages selling up to 385 dollars at Bucks County auction, signaling continued price increases.
The Adirondack recluse Uncle Alvah Dunning insists the world is flat or pancake shaped, offering a bedclothes analogy to explain tides. Conversation at Charlie Bennett's Antlers on Ragtime Lake captures a group of guests debating the idea during the hunting season.
The article describes Oscar Wilde arriving in a plain fashion, appearing as a heavy, flab-faced man in frock coats with padding at the shoulders. It notes his earnings are modest, stemming from London newspaper art work and royalties, and that interest in Dr Conan Doyle’s lectures may bring Wilde here next season.
The Cook Islands population around ten thousand, once cannibals, now Christian and trading with New Zealand. They built coral houses and export coffee, tobacco, cotton, and copra. Recently stamps appeared, first ordinary issues, then a new oversupply driven by dealers abroad. One or two hundred stamps per genuine used item flood markets, funding colonial administration.
Two strangers in a first class carriage converse about sleeping with bedroom windows open year round. One claims to advocate year round ventilation, jokingly denying being a doctor and revealing a hidden persona as a burglar Tid-Bits. The dialogue jumps to a casual misstatement about engagment attire and lunch cloths.
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