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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
2
A Springfield Sun column riffs on cold weather, fashion, comets, and public concerns, noting the New York football ban, hunting fatalities debate, rising egg prices, and other era curiosities with satirical quips and timely references to public affairs and culture.
The article praises Polynesian Hawaii ns as highly capable builders, comparing their temple complexes and sea walls to Egyptian pyramids and Aztec architecture. It notes extensive stone temples, terraces, irrigation ditches, and sea walls, all built without cement or beasts of burden, and suggests later societies reused these ancient works.
A couple argues over rising prices and shrinking wages. The wife notes the growing cost of living since the husband’s allowance rose years ago while she fears they cannot persist under present rules. He suggests drastic steps including quitting his job or writing a play to escape the squeeze.
Paris Presse reports a raven invasion alarming inhabitants of southern Italy and Sicily as ravens cause damage. The note compares to a prior year’s invasion before the Messina Reggio seismic catastrophe, signaling fear of a looming disaster.
A sentimental remark on marriage asserts that women seek perfect husbands but learn to accept imperfection by valuing their greater possession. It invokes common tropes about feminine happiness and marital compromise.
The ex-president Millard Fillmore and Thurlow Weed, once bitter enemies, reconciled after a quarter century when Weed, aged and nearly blind, recognized Fillmore by bow and voice at Saratoga Springs. Weed sought reconciliation, and Fillmore greeted him warmly, restoring their long friendship before Fillmore’s death.
In a conversation with Earthworks Johnston, General Joseph Johnston recounts fortifications built outside Fayetteville, North Carolina, meant to keep his army busy while Sherman moved north. He explains the structures were never intended to deter a major battle, only to delay the foe with minimal bloodshed. Johnston hopes to revisit the preserved earthworks and perhaps visit with Sherman, now a friend, though they rarely discuss the Civil War.
A vivid vignette follows General Phil Sheridan as he arrives in civilian clothes at the War Department in Washington in 1883. He studies the desk and shelves, noting the mess and confessing he would rather plan battles than rearrange papers. By afternoon he remains at the task, joking it is the hardest job he has tackled.
An old speaker notes actors reveal status by facial hair, saying who is between jobs grows mustaches after work ends. He jokes that a long luxuriant mustache could disqualify a bedcarrier, as actors eye plans and cornerstones while unwinding.
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