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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
4
The article notes Samoan dress relies on wood and paint rather than woven cloth, describing mulberry paper fabric from Broussonetia papyrifera tended by women, and details on tree growth, planting, and harvesting for cloth. It blends with other curiosities about maritime life, porpoise oil, and rural anecdotes.
A century ago in London the poster proclaims Daniel Lambert of Leicester as the heaviest man alive weighing over fifty stone. He appears at 58 Piccadilly from 11 to o oclock with 1 shilling admission. Lambert, former Leicester county bridewell keeper, is noted as intelligent and active despite immense size.
A terse note from a charitable artist requests the work be donated to an institution for the blind, as suggested by a critic in the New York Herald, reflecting a philanthropic gesture in the eye of public opinion.
A London Tit-Bits remark on art and value contrasts couture pricing with artistic worth. It quotes a milliner defending high charges by likening craft to painting, and argues art does not bow to petty economics.
The Princess Charlotte of George IV era showed fiery temper and quick wit. A teacher gave her a book on polite speech and later found her still furious, declaring she had read it and profited by it or else she would have scratched her attendant.
The timetable lists Mt. and St. Padx routes going west with multiple services. Passenger trains depart at 11.02 A.M. and 4.15 A.M. Freight and mixed trains run at 7.30, 8.35, and 7.40 P.M. The entries indicate service numbers 1, 31, 61, 95, 71, and 73 with corresponding times.
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