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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
6
A New York Sun anecdote recalls a hospital visit where a doctor delays attending a dying patient to finish a poker hand. The tale prompts reflection on coldness and the limits of medical intervention amid suffering.
The New York Commercial Advertiser details a peculiar industry in the Stackensack meadows where locals gather cattail down from the summer reeds. Gatherers work with sacks, pulling down the fluffy fibers to fill pillows and similar goods. The work is unclean and risky but yields fair pay, offset by its unpleasantness and hazards.
A Philadelphia Press reprint notes a disliked cat catcher who buys cats for 50 cents to $1 by luring cats with catnip. He traps pets using a bag and a chloroformed sponge, causing household sorrow as cats vanish for sale.
A quip from a Saturday Evening Post anecdote recalls Sutherland Tenney of New York. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1875 winning the first prize of 500 dollars. A disappointed rival mocked his illegible thesis and the judges’ leniency. Tenney retorted that the rival should apply the same principle to all his work.
The employer says he removed a nuisance after repeated hints. The newspaper notes Benson Harding has severed his connection with the Brownstone Improvement Company, signaling a formal departure from the firm.
A Chambers Journal excerpt reflects on a cathedral’s calm amid history where fall sentinels, centuries of watching, and the faith of forebears endure while weary souls rest and gather strength, casting Love’s light across diverse paths.
A Washington Star commentary urges awareness of everyday city facts once considered common knowledge. It notes a Pennsylvan ia avenue store encounter about mail collection hours and argues many adults lack basic metro life awareness such as streetcar routes, rail connections, and mail service timings.
A Devonshire tale from S Baring-Gould in Book of the West shows aged women agreeing to be photographed by pressing lips to conceal sunken cheeks. A 75 year old woman finally speaks after the shutter, saying she stuffed bread into her mouth to puff out her cheeks.
The passage traces Battery Place in Manhattan from a 1626 trade of Manhattan’s Indian owners for 60 guilders in baubles to a 1693 request for stockades for a fortification platform. It notes 1735’s grand The George Augustus Royal battery and The Battery’s enduring city map presence, linked more to peace than war.
A solemn gentleman accosts an overly eager encore seeker at a performance in Indianapolis. He hands a small paper package containing about $2 in coins and explains the gesture aims to pace the recipient, preventing two performances in one evening. The scene unfolds with a cautionary message about restraint and fair play.
A story recalls two men walking by a railway as an express train roars past the engine shriek. The hearing man wails, while the deaf man smiles and says, That’s the first robin I’ve heard this spring. In Japan paper handkerchiefs and cordlike imitations are described. The contented man is never poor.
Thomas Lewis in Leslie's Weekly recounts Mary Todd Lincoln’s witty boasts about marrying the least handsome man she could find, her meeting Abraham Lincoln on the street, and their later life in a Globe hotel boarding, a starter home bought for $200, a four room house under $1,000, and $1,500 spent on a second story after Lincoln earned $5,000 from a railroad case before leaving for Washington.
A Californian, visiting New York, tries to send a telegram to 195 Broadway. The clerk warns the sender the recipient is upstairs. The man insists and jokes that telegraphing across the counter is common in California. The San Francisco Chronicle notes the receiver was unimpressed yet amused.
A funny exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a House Hunter and a Real Estate Dealer debating cellar conditions. The hunter doubts dryness while the dealer insists the cellar never stays dry, prompting a theory that dampness could be healthy and absorb gases.
The late Wisconsin Senator Sawyer was known for generous gifts that friends say surpassed any strict charity. He joked of keeping donations under 1000 dollars a month, but admitted after three months a $10000 gift to a financially struck Wisconsin friend exceeded his self imposed cap.
A reflective call to abandon harsh speech and actions. The Atchison Globe urges replacing misery with genuine kindness toward others. It argues that unkind words breed unhappiness and that modesty and kindness can do daily missionary work, improving lives.
A Somerville Journal quip notes that a new council member often hesitates to call himself a statesman when asked his occupation by a directory man the day after election.
A facetious music rack heckles the choir asking for a tune while the bells toll. The organ grumbles in deep diapason refusing to play, declaring it will not be coerced. Philadelphia Press reports a humorous exchange of musical personalities.
An Exchange article recounts a theory from Robert Crawford about elephants going mad. In Zanzibar ivory warehouses display enormous tusks and a broken tooth causing toothache, which supposedly drives elephants to frenzy and destructive behavior.
A Boston Medical and Surgical Journal report details a 29 year old man who swallowed suspenders in a despondent state. An X ray revealed a suspender buckle mid chest with possible higher piece. The esophagus posed danger from erosion. surgeons opened the throat and removed a string attached to a brass ring, a suspender portion, and buckles before probing into the stomach. The patient recovered after silk sutures closed the throat.
Noted frontier figure Buffalo Bill Cody is described through a conversation about his daughter Mrs H Boal living at the B X Ranch in Wyoming. Visitors ask if she collects Indian scalps and if she has ever been scalped. A foreign guest is told Colonel Cody is a gentleman, not an Indian, prompting astonishment.
The Boston Traveler cites a Boston firm of sharks charging $5 to prepare a $10 loan mortgage and then add interest. A Lowell lender loaned $20, charging $3 to draft the mortgage, and weekly re mortgaging each month at $3, pushing annual interest to 100 percent. Mortgages are not recorded after the first. Each $3 payment goes to the lender.
Mixed dialogue from Detroit Free Press excerpt shows Dix questions and Mix expresses concern about a newborn at three months old while noting only 15 minutes sleep. The fragment captures a domestic exchange reflecting fatigue and pride without broader context.
Schedule notice details connections from Cleveland to Columbus and Toledo via Pennsylvania Lines. Routes include Nos 68 32 for Cleveland, 4 6 9 15 20 41 22 for Columbus, with Mansfeld and Alliance junctions enabling Toledo and Youngstown service. Information provided by general agents and superintendents with through-ticket options and rates.
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