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Newspaper
San Mateo Item
Location
San Mateo, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
4
A discussion traces claims that George Washington held the American broad jump record around 1752 to 1885. It cites a Trevelyan speech dinner anecdote where Thackeray allegedly asked for Washington to jump one foot farther, inspiring generations of athletes to recount 21 feet.
A reflective critique of the Bowery notes it as a complex, shifting world hidden beneath surface sketches. It argues writers fail to grasp its reserve and contradictions while melodramatic tales shape a false reality, and Balzac may have uniquely understood it before death.
A fragment notes adding a two percent solution to tobacco to release free nicotine, claiming that the bite is eliminated.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt discusses a Cincinnati rich man who bought a coffin years in advance for five hundred dollars, only to die too large for it. It argues fear of contingencies wastes lives and homes by delaying or avoiding action, leaving many useless items and wasted effort.
In a story from the officers’ mess the young lieutenant bets a box of cigars he can call each shot at 200 yards without a marker. He fires three times and says miss each time, revealing he is aiming for the cigars themselves rather than the target. The major protests, but the lieutenant wins the stake.
A Scotch lawyer spoke for seven hours at the Caledonian Supreme Court analogue, then returned home for supper. His wife challenged his lengthy devotion, noting the long debate. he replied that God may be sharp but the Lord is not as dull in hearing as the Judge.
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