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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
4
The article describes winter porpoises as the fattest and most oil rich. It notes sizes up to 7 feet long and 800 pounds with 100 pound blubber, 1.5 to 2 inch thickness. Oil yields and lighting use are detailed along with hunting conditions and interactions with sharks.
A Lady of high position remonstrates with Worth the Parisian milliner over a 120 pound ball dress charge. He rebuts that art demands fair payment, likening his work to painting a canvas with costly skill and claiming art cannot bow to petty pricing.
A Philadelphia man seeks a better cook than his wife by clipping "situations wanted" ads and visiting addresses. He meets one cook who replies she only left his own house yesterday, prompting a hasty retreat and letting his wife continue the search.
The young Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, showed fiery temper and sharp tongue. A teacher gave her a book on handling hasty speech. she later confessed she had read it and profited, saying she would have scratched the attendant’s eyes out otherwise.
The text traces wheels from ancient chariots in Exodus and Genesis to Chaldeans and Greeks, noting Homeric references around 900 B C. It suggests wheels precede many technologies and that the modern bicycle wheel descends from an early wooden log section used by ancient agricultural peoples.
The piece argues caning is cruel and harmful while endorsing the birch for small boys with caveats about reasonable use. It contrasts Yale and Harvard football culture with humorous coach slogans and blunt phrasing about diverging coaching styles.
In May 1859 John Gregory prospected a hill between Central City and Black Hawk and found gold worth about four dollars in a pan. The rush soon followed as Gregory diggings yielded large sums, attracting over 15 000 miners to Gregory Russell and nearby gulches as claims spread and wealth grew before depletion.
A de funct manager recalls a dog on stage demanding porterhouse beefsteak with tenderloin and mushrooms. The hound would only chase Eliza when fed high quality meat, forcing the company to survive on liver and bacon before quitting after mushrooms were demanded.
A Woodward avenue shopper rails at repair shop practices after receiving a battered tin substitute while his fine $300 gold watch is in for work. He imagines the embarrassment and jokes about how newspapers would misidentify him if he died abroad with the replacement watch. His wife remains silent.
The term gringo is traced to the Mexican War era when U S soldiers called captured Mexican soldiers greenies for their ignorance. Mexicans reportedly replied with greenos and eringos, the term evolving into gringo.
Flo speaks with despair to Hier Smile claiming her laughter proves he is heartless. The exchange reveals a tense emotional rift and a probing accusation in a melodramatic moment.
Notice states the newspaper will charge regular advertising rates for card of thanks resolutions of respect lists of wedding presents obituary poetry and ed One-half local rates apply to money making schemes of church and civic societies and civic directories.
Advertises an old established wealthy business house seeking multiple representatives in each state and county. Salary 1800 dollars weekly plus expenses, paid in cash each Wednesday from head offices. Furnished horses and carriage when needed. Requires self-addressed stamped envelope to Manager at 816 Caxton Building Chicago.
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