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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
1
The text traces the shifting meanings of impertinent from not belonging to irrelevant and later to absurd or silly. It describes a Malay archipelago device with two necked bottles and self-pouring sand marking hours, controlled by an attendant who strikes a gong at each hour.
The municipal council of Paris votes to abolish the office of organizer of funereal pomp. The sole duty was to lead funerals in full dress with a three cornered hat and ebony cane, bearing city colors. A picturesque figure will vanish from city streets.
The funeral of a Lincolnshire nurse who spent 64 years with one family was attended by four sons of that family who were once her wards and now head large families. The article also notes Ripon England marking its 1 020th anniversary with a city procession and entertainments.
The earl of Elgin names his son Lord Bruce as private secretary, mirroring the 1889 move of William Gladstone who sent his son Herbert to a similar post at age twenty. A Belgium cavalry expert estimates the world horse total above eighty million, Russia hosting twenty two million, with Germany and Austria-Hungary each exceeding the British Isles’ eight million. Road dust from petroleum is noted as a growing nuisance in the era.
Domestic workers in a San Francisco relief camp refused orders to leave, claiming equal entitlement to public support as others. Separately, George H. Diefenbacher, sent by the grand duke of Baden, arrived in the U S to study malarial germs and mosquitoes, heading to Mexico for field investigations.
A faded blue velvet relic edged with silver cord honors Queen Victoria kneeling to receive the sacrament at her coronation. It draws great interest as a treasured keepsake linked to royal ceremony and Penhaurst Place.
A New York society woman laments she cannot visit public parks because they are "littered up with children." The Montgomery Advertiser remarks on the social snub.
On Van Ness Avenue a fire has transformed a stretch of fancy residences and clubhouses into a burgeoning retail dry goods hub. The area is evidently destined to become the city’s new center for shops and commerce.
A dull market day in New York City sees 5,000,000 eggs and 500,000 pounds of butter go undelivered as the day marks the supposed downfall of a tyrant, noted by Montanus.
A fragment notes one third of Britain's land is owned by House of Lords members. It also mentions churches and places of amusement in a city with 452,000 more something, though details are unclear.
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