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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
4
The article explains winter porpoises are fat and yield the most oil. Large specimens reach about 7 feet by 5 feet and weigh around 800 pounds, producing six to seven gallons of oil. Blubber weighs about 100 pounds, with thickness varying seasonally, and jaws yield high quality oil. Porpoise oil lights lighthouses and shins without odor. Porpoise shooting occurs year round, and sharks may share wounded catches.
A Paris milliner defends high charges for a ball dress against a noblewoman who questions the price. Worth argues art cannot be bought for petty sums and that if terms seem too high, the robe should be kept rather than paid for with meager value.
A Philadelphia man, hoping to outdo his wife in hiring servants, tore out ads from the situations wanted column and drove to several addresses. He halted before a narrow street house where a cook advertised, but the encounter turned comic as the cook mocked his knowledge of her, prompting a quick retreat and letting his wife press on with household duties.
The young Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, tames a furious mood after a tutor notes her sharp tongue. He gifts a book on temper, and she later admits to reading it and profiting, quipping she would otherwise have scratched her attendant.
The article traces wheel history from Exodus and Genesis mentions to Mesopotamian and Greek use, noting chariots by Chaldeans and Homeric wheels at Troy. It suggests the wheel, among the oldest machines, evolved from ancient wooden sections used by early agricultural peoples to today’s bicycle wheel.
The London Lancet argues the cane should not be the ordinary tool for school punishment. It warns caning on hands risks serious harm and calls the birch the preferable implement for small boys, since it hurts yet, if used reasonably, does no harm.
A college weekly notes the contrast between Yale and Harvard football cultures. Harvard coaches emphasize fierce line piercing while Yale coaches urge players to dive in, dig in toes, and sock it to the opponent, reflecting differing approaches.
A brief comic exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes Subbubs plans and a doctor’s retort about raising a girl, joking that she cannot be kept in place for long. The piece captures a lighthearted dialogue reflecting social expectations.
Kilduff notes a woman has served as speaker of the Colorado house while Mr. Tiff quips that Mrs. Tiff acts as speaker of his house, reflecting a partisan jab on leadership roles.
The 1859 discovery at Gregory gulch by John Gregory triggered a flood of prospectors to what would become Gilpin county. Five men worked a sluice to yield 972 dollars in a week while thousands of claims formed as towns like Gregory and Russell grew. Wealth rose quickly but vast riches soon drew others elsewhere.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recalls a vaudeville incident where a finicky dog in the Uncle Tom's Cabin troupe refused to chase the heroine unless offered porterhouse beef with the tenderloin, progressing to demand mushrooms before the troupe finally quit.
The passage muses on how names carry meaning and impact when paired or rearranged. It cites Lincoln and Hamlin as familiar examples and suggests that changing their order alters perception of the names.
The passage asks to identify two other men whose legible names form a pair with ABRA HAMLIN COLN when read across. It implies an anagram or letter-play linking three pairs of names and their official forms.
A family dinner turns awkward when a brother teases Marie for eating pie with a fork, prompting an uncomfortable aftermath after Joe's invite was accepted. The piece preserves the humorous mischief and social dynamics of a Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote.
Old sight begins near forty with softer reading vision. Glasses should not enlarge letters but restore clarity at normal reading distance. Detect the defect early and obtain proper glasses as soon as it is discovered.
In a Scribner's Magazine piece, a visitor details Bank of France operations showing cash loans to merchants, daily collector teams, and widespread public distrust of checks in Italy and Paris. An 80 000 franc withdrawal at the teller underscores the rarity of bank accounts and checks in continental Europe.
The guide warns against drafts for palms and ferns and notes fruit trees show moisture as thrift signals. It advises moist soil that is not waterlogged, avoiding dust and dry heat for window plants, and stresses keeping air humidity. It mentions pruning tea trees in India to keep them shrub like, proper rooting for dry soils, vines needing top support, and planting peonies in October with minimal disturbance to encourage larger blooms.
A historical note cites average brain weights by nationality and region. Scotchmen about sixty ounces, Englishmen about forty nine, Frenchmen around forty five, with Dutch German and Indian groups showing varied averages. Africans and Australians range from forty to fifty ounces, American Indians around forty seven.
An old note traces the term gringo to the Mexican American War era. It says U S soldiers called captive Mexicans greenies for ignorance, Mexicans rebranded them greenos, and the term evolved into gringos.
A tense exchange unfolds as one character declares his certainty of another's heartlessness after seeing her smile. He speaks in a dull, passionless voice, admitting doubts long held. The moment exposes emotional rupture and carries a stark, somber tone.
A frightened speaker gasped Floavens and exclaimed she may have opened her mouth too wide, eliciting astonished reactions at the event.
A Washington quote recalls a candid exchange about Shakespeare. A biblical iron pen is described as a steel graver for stone inscriptions. An Italian cheese gains its green hue from copper in milk stored in copper vessels, with milk activity gauged by surface brightness loss.
A Cornhill writer comments on changing life stages from the early nineteenth century to the present. He argues men were adults earlier historically yet now are considered youths longer, with "a boy up to about thirty five" and "a young man up to fifty," not old until past sixty.
The Maoris of New Zealand cook their potatoes and vegetables in volcanic heat. They live near volcanoes and utilize volcanic activity for cooking, among other uses, with the volcanoes playing a distinctive role in daily life.
A dialogue reveals Clara’s ambition for a career but accepts matrimony as a potential conflict. She ultimately decides she does not want a career compromised by marriage while her mother suggests matrimony may interfere.
A short exchange contrasts a spider weaving a web with Johnny spinning a top. The boy argues that while a spider spins its web, he can spin a top, highlighting a playful comparison of skills and effort.
Mard Luch jokes about Croesus lamenting his costly investment in his daughter’s medical studies and her marriage to her patient, a Sret. The exchange underscores Croesus’s hard luck and ironic fortune.
The article compares canaries to people noting varied temperaments in both birds and humans. It describes indolent cocks letting hens do the work and attentive hens handling brood care, then cites quarrels and social nerves among birds paralleled to human domestic tensions.
A historical note describes a staged treatment for stammering. Ten days of silence followed by ten days of whisper speech and then gradual return to normal conversation tones is proposed as a progressive voice rest therapy.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits contemplates blame and reconciliation. The speaker questions the idea of punishing an innocent pig while recalling a twenty five year past event. The tone treats domestic celebration with a sharp moral undercurrent.
In a quirky exchange a husband quips about killing birds while a doctor jokes about writing a prescription. The dialogue pivots to a belief that when the husband is younger than the wife, offspring are more likely female.
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