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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
2
A slice of city poverty shows how New York tramps secure Thanksgiving dinners. Beggars seek funds to buy feast materials and cook at improvised camps. Western tramps pool pennies weeks ahead, share duties from water to cooking, and swap stories of past feasts and temptations.
A collection of old prosaic tips and anecdotes on carving a turkey and Thanksgiving customs. Includes practical carving steps from breast to legs and wings, reflections on holiday gratitude among Native tribes on reservations, and a brief look at ancient Roman harvest rites known as the Cerelia.
Three holdup men attacked Cassidy the cigar stand clerk at the Hotel Manhattan during Sunday breakfast. Guests chased one robber, police captured another near Grand Central, the third escaped. Cassidy, battered but alive, saved about $500. Two suspects, Edward Haywood and Frederick Griffin, claimed poverty. Cassidy later praised by United Cigar Stores. received $1,000 from company.
Percy Halloran faced a West Side court claim as details emerged of a strange incident. He allegedly ate portions of a stage show and various pets after claiming hunger and bankruptcy while his wife was away. Authorities say the acts were explained under court oversight.
A New York Times item recounts a pedestrian encounter on Fifth Avenue where a man, claiming to be a shipwrecked sailor, repeatedly told the same story to solicit money. The woman finally calls him out as the joke backfires, leaving him laughing at the curb.
The London Standard recalls how card playing occurred in old English churches. Curtainted pews sheltered players, including a Georges member at a whist game. Little Stanmore in Middlesex featured a luxurious room pew with private access, and St Paul’s cathedral once hosted traders and gambling prior to the 1666 fire.
A man named Michael encounters bushrangers at an inn with fourteen guests disarmed. He feigns a hot tea to hide a roll of bank notes in a pannikin, escapes with money, then informs the police. The snippet also notes a bank teller incident and brief humor items about radishes, a student错 Moscow map failure, and a gloating thief tale.
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