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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
4
A nine or ten year old boy on a Ninth street car quietly scrambles through pockets and pockets again to assemble a nickel fare. He finally retrieves four pennies and an additional cent from hidden places, then is helped by sympathetic passengers as he completes the fare in a tense, comic scramble.
A small boy, after adjusting his spectacles, opened a change purse from his coat and counted about two dollars in quarters nickels and dimes. Passengers who had cheered him moments earlier froze, viewing him as a possible troublemaker or potential criminal.
A Burma tale recounts a missionary’s pain killer remedy unintentionally becoming a godly idol. After her visits during a cholera outbreak, villagers later worshiped the bottles, even castrating themselves in reverence when shown the arranged containers.
The London Doctor warns against excessive duty and ceaseless activity that exhausts nerves. He cites anxiety and constant work as harming future potential and health. Relaxation through hearty laughter and uplifting thoughts strengthens nerve health and life.
The barber pole once signified barber surgeons and the craft’s medical roots. The gilt knob recalls a brass basin used to lather customers, and the basin’s notch fit the throat for shaving prep. The pole’s staff symbolized the patient’s bloodletting, with two central stripes denoting arm bandages before and after the procedure.
In Peel magistrate court William Corlett a farm labourer faced punishment for refusing to complete his engagement. A 1665 statute dictates prison with one cake and water daily until return to service, but the magistrate spared Corlett as he had not agreed to a fixed term of service.
A Quaker officiant told a groom he was at the end of his troubles. Weeks later the husband, enraged by his wife’s behavior, confronted the minister who coolly replied he had meant the other end, not the end he expected.
The talipot palm of Ceylon bears enormous fanlike leaves that form a circle thirteen feet across when expanded. Large fans from the leaves are prized by Cingalese elites, used as umbrellas and tents, and joined to make larger coverings. The leaves serve as writing sheets for a stylus, and some sacred Cingalese books are made from strips of them.
A young man ridiculed a lady’s hat in a railway carriage provoking an elderly gentleman to intervene. The incident underscores public carriage etiquette and respect among travelers in a crowded train setting.
A brief train of dialogue captures an elderly man declaring his wife wore a bonnet that would invite mockery, while a young man remains silent after the exchange during their trip.
The piece notes that frequent travel enriches people and spirits alike, citing crude whisky that improves after a sea voyage and cottonseed kernels sent abroad returning as high quality olive oil, per the Mexican Herald.
Imagination distinguishes man from brute and governs extremes of happiness and misery. Happiness largely depends on the faculty for forgetting.
The Rhus succedanea tree, known as Japan wax, grows in Japan China and the East Indies. It bears fruit from ages five to six and yields up to 400 pounds of berries per tree annually. Wax forms inside the berry and is extracted by boiling berries to produce a solid cake. The wax melts at 131 degrees Fahrenheit and is used in Chinese candle making.
A servant girl, told to clean boots for Sunday, cleans her own first. The mistress tosses the boots into a tub of water in anger and repeats with the others. The girl explains she thought it was the fashion of the house. The tale comes from London Tit-Bits.
Lendex cites Lynden or Llyndin meaning the city on the lake. Tradition says London arose from Brute of Neas and was New Troy until Lud built walls and named it Caer-Lud. Some writers claim a city on the site 1107 B C with Romans founding Londinium in A D 61.
The article notes silk’s extreme value in Europe from ancient times. It cites laws under Tiberius restricting silk to noble ladies and banning men from wearing it due to its opulence. It mentions Emperor Heliogabalus and Charlemagne’s gifts to Offa of Mercia as examples of silk’s high status.
A man in a friendly draw poker game finds four hearts and a club in his hand. He discards the club and draws a spade, declaring a band of hearts and betting on a flush.
A short anecdote from the New York Herald recounts a man who shows prudence in spending and a rival who identifies money changing hands in a loud demand. The piece closes with the moral about straightforward speech.
The passage advises pausing before sharing confidences to weigh past regrets from giving versus withholding secrets. It stresses choosing a trusted friend only with weighty reasons, ensuring they are worthy of becoming a confidant.
Colonel Crockett reported after a White House visit that General Jackson, then president, was the most polite man he ever met. When the host handed out a bottle for a guest Crockett paid and turned his back to let his friend serve himself as he chose.
The text explains camel humps as fat storage not skeleton. full humps indicate good condition while prolonged scarcity absorbs hump fat, causing the skin to droop over the flank like an empty box.
In Turkestan every engagement starts with a substantial payment to the girl's parents. If the girl jilts her lover, the engagement gift must be returned unless the parents have another daughter to offer as a substitute.
A summoned New York City juror replies in a brogue about serving on a coroner's jury in South Jersey. He recalls the pale remains washed ashore, a shipwreck, and a 4000 year old mummy misread as death by the expert. He notes nonpayment of fees due to technicality and is excused.
A youthful candidate replies he will study medicine after college despite concerns of an crowded field. He says others in the profession will have to take their chances as he pursues a medical career.
An elder fills in at an English church and delivers the opening but falters when beginning the sermon. He tries to start with a line about taking the conceit out, but stalls with repeated pauses before finishing.
A Modern Medicine article notes a simulated fainting episode in a woman could be halted by a surgeon cutting off the patient’s hair to apply treatment. The piece questions whether such a bluff has ever succeeded.
The passage notes owls as stoic birds unlike others who vent poetry to the moon. It warns poets against meddling with owls and claims Shakespeare and Wordsworth understood them, while many others misrepresent them as scandalously libeled.
A Washington Star excerpt features Miss Miami Brown asking about the number of bones in the human anatomy. Erastus Pinksley admits he cannot give an exact count but asserts knowledge by the marks in his razor.
A jury spent ten hours before delivering a verdict, while a juryman notes an early agreement hampered by debate over the judge's charge. The exchange reflects differing views on the case and its literary merit.
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