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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
2
A mosaic of lighthearted notes from Topeka to Effingham and beyond. Tales of scorching weather, fodder fears, theatre free drinks, eight orphan chickens, river limits at night, and local quirks from Norton, Pratt, Osborne, and other towns. Sun and social swings shape daily rural life.
Amante, once a beauty scorned for seeking wealth and love, partners with gypsies to seek joy. A prairie fire chase aboard a sleeper train tests loyalties as Amante is saved by Morris Alligon and discovers a new life with him.
The New York Sun reports that about 7 000 of 14 000 church benefices in the Church of England pay less than 750 a year with many far lower. In Petersborough 61 livings are 225 or less, Newcastle has some at 125, wives lack servants, children face social decline, and living values depend on corn prices, often eroded below nominal figures.
A Philadelphia article describes imitators producing wood carvings in plaster bronze and other materials with a new method that yields perfect fibers and pores. The wood models, often porous oaks, are thickly coated with collodion solution which dries to leave a porous look while rendering the model oil proof, then casting proceeds as usual.
A seaside parrot named Polly entertained children by repeating lessons and spelling aloud. She imitated a maid’s voice to provoke mischief at breakfast, then crowed triumph with a loud laugh, while the household enjoyed her antics and early coffee routine.
The article explains that while voices travel over telephone trunks, telegraphic signals move simultaneously through the same wires without interrupting speech. It notes the impossibility of tapping messages due to natural laws, and that signals ride the same copper conductors as voices.
The piece notes writers preferring quiet country settings for work. It cites Rider Haggard at a Norfolk farm recluse life. George Meredith amid Surrey hills. G Jay Henry aboard an eighty ton yacht. Dr Gordon Stables using a gypsy caravan as study for half the year.
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