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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1884
Page
8
A fragment describes a man picking up a rosebud blossom from a ballroom floor after it fell from a bouquet. He notes the leaf is dear to him and hints at cherishing its memory, seeing a chance to tell someone of his fondness. The tone is nostalgic and romantic.
The Denver Republican notes Mrs. Josephine Smith of Summit County as a prominent example of women entering mining. She and husband moved to Kokomo during boom days, then she prospected with pick and shovel, discovering promising deposits on the Ten Mile Range Buffalo Mountain and Red Peak. With help from miners and limited capital they developed claims near Frisco and plan to work them next year while running a barbershop.
In early law a defendant who refused to plead could be pressed to death. If mute by malice the case could result in a verdict of guilty in felony, or a death by peine forte et dure. The practice ended in 1772, with a later case in 1726. Major Straneways died by pressing in 1658.
A thin woman sought baptism but balked at renouncing the world and flesh. The elder pressed for a complete renunciation, while she quipped that a skeleton could not join the church and left, choosing not to join the side show.
Phil Sheridan recalled Texas with vivid disdain after a week in an ambulance on sterile plains. He described arriving tired and dusty facing eager hosts and a persistent reporter who asked his opinion of Texas, which led to a famous line about hell vs Texas being rented.
A Sun interview with a New York dealer reports last year’s alligator slaughter at not less than half a million skins. Florida and Gulf states supply most hides, hunted vigorously with rifles. Prices to $1 each, skins lime cured then tanned in about four months. imitations exist but quality varies, colored goods masking flaws.
The piece links eye color and eye patterns to traits such as self-command, deceit, passion, coquetry, intelligence, and honesty. It also associates nose shape, lip thickness, dimples, and facial fullness with temperament, energy, and moral qualities, ending with signals of intellect and good genius in a certain profile.
The article argues that many literary men write with legible style while news copy can suffer from casual contributors. It notes famous figures with poor or readable hands, asserting that good penmanship often accompanies prominent thinkers and that eccentricity does not imply genius.
The anecdote describes advising an Italian noble to pay for a book on local antiquities to be lavishly published and sent to European royalty. Two years later he is covered with decorations and grateful, having followed the plan to obtain honors.
Neighbor jokes about owning half an interest in a dog that lunges at people and then looks to its owner for permission to bite. The owner questions what use a share would have, while the neighbor offers a drastic plan to shoot his half within minutes.
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