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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
6
A Philadelphia Record excerpt notes ancient spectacles were simple magnifiers while modern glasses use prismatic and cylindrical lenses to correct double vision. It cites eye improvements and a drop in headaches, attributing progress to spectacles and anesthesia, with 40 percent fewer blind cases noted.
A long, fragmented report recalls Jotenn Waquiet macdenauer, aged elderly, as the last Swiss sufferer of the dreaded Dotribie price during a wartime interrogation. The narrative covers Anne Koch’s accusation, questionable evidence, and eventual abolition of torture by early authorities, with later reflections on justice, relics, and related trials.
A brief, garbled OCR fragment captures a black speaker in a doorway during a thunder alarm delivering a colorful line about overcoming a mule and sheriff levy. The source text is highly incomplete and lacks clear context or attribution.
Fragmentary lines describe birds or kites in a fire above a dovecote with pink daylight and clamor. The wording is unclear but evokes a surreal, poetic scene of birds navigating smoke and sunlit air. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
On a Pacific voyage a lecturer prompts a debate with a passenger about civilization, piracy, and race as drifters share coffee under the stars. The sulky man, offended by colonial views, lurks as the two others—an instructor and a bright, headstrong woman—grow closer while discussing Drake Cavendish and 16th century piracy.
Brooklyn Times reports an organ grinder now uses a pug dog instead of a monkey on Fulton Street. The grinder cites cost and trouble with the monk while noting the dog draws similar crowds and pennies. Local ordinances and curiosity mix with nostalgia for old style street entertainment.
French legislators discuss taxing kisses with a statistician estimating about 73 853407 kisses daily in France. Proposals include exemptions for children kissing mothers and higher rates for men who kiss married women. The item is a satirical note from the Chicago News.
A quip filled piece notes pithy maxims on politics virtue and society reflecting playful wit. It contrasts wealth and poverty smartly criticizing vanity and ambition while striking at notions of fairness and human folly with sharp pithy sentences.
A string of casual wordplay questions about herbs, animals, weddings, and May humor. The jokes pair silly comparisons with puns and double meanings, including notes on thyme, grass, age, and vanity. The tone mimics a light old newspaper delight column with dated quiz humor.
A collection of aphorisms on friendship wealth and ambition. The speaker notes that loyal friends repay money loss, contrasts laziness and ambition, and ponders the line between genius and madness. He jokes about poets imagining wealth and a preacher seeking material for sermons in wicked places.
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