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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
8
A note from the Statler hotel complaint box reveals guests advocating a federal law requiring nine foot blankets. A six foot four inch guest complains of short blankets and cold feet while others suggest rubber shower caps and a bed hook for a vest and watch.
A western stranger, described as tall with black hair and a wild look, entered an up-town hotel in New York and fired a pistol at a group of drummers. He forced a neat young man to dance, fired at lights, and shot the youth in the ankle before escaping into the street and eluding police.
The Chicago scene recounts a spectral visit at a spiritualist gathering on Indiana avenue where Detective Philip Fitzsimmons’ grandfather spirits a message before the events turn strange as a cabinet is seized and the room darkens.
In a reported séance led by Mrs. C. B. Green, a female medium, a voice calls from another planet as a spirit drag draws in a person without teeth. Five detectives turn on lights to reveal a muscular woman struggling with Firecom mons and others trapped or fleeing a doorway while Mrs. Green, aged 60, and four others are named as participants in the beyond.
Fred Parker and companions bet on eating eggs as a feat of appetite. Parker, famed for breakfast egg orders, vows to consume a dozen eggs before breakfast to prove his skill. The challenge grants bread coffee and a 16 minute window to finish, with spectators watching the daring display.
Philadelphia expert Arthur E. Buchholtz reports on cheap lodging houses in 23 American cities. He cites Rochester’s overcrowded rooms, Buffalo’s workdifferent welfare lodging, Chicago five cent dorms, Minneapolis basement caches, St. Louis superior conditions, and varied licensing and supervision levels across cities.
The National Council of Horticulture urged Chicago to counter winter gloom by filling homes with flowers. J C Vaughan praised easy beautification using Dutch bulbs and evergreen azaleas, plus a thriving cut-flower market. The group plans papers on horticulture to educate the public and counter fake garden lore.
Peter Fried rich, 52, known as John the Newsboy, begged at South State street recruiting offices to join the US army and be sent to the Philippines or Nicaragua. He lamented loss of his estate in Germany 14 years ago and his inability to earn like the past, citing citizenship and fitness as barriers. He criticized modern nations for favoring money over need.
The Guimet museum in Paris has bought a ring that once belonged to the wife of Rameses II from the nineteenth dynasty. The ring, dating about 3,200 years ago, features hieroglyphic inscriptions including the names Rameses and Ousemara on the bezel and is set in gold with a silver thread encircling the outside.
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