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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
5
A fragment notes various items including teaspoom handles thimbles beads and assorted sizes and shapes from the Gorge of the River Arnon collection. The text lacks clear action or context but lists these objects as part of a total inventory.
The report describes a pursuit southward to the Narrows where two tracks appeared near a precipice. Observers concluded two white men had slid down the ice below and spotted a distant figure named Rogers, invoking special protection of the Great.
The London Lancet notes an exceptional case of a mulatto woman with dementia admitted to a Missouri state hospital. She showed no digestive symptoms during life but died with foreign bodies in the stomach and lungs. After death needles were found and the stomach held five pounds of miscellaneous objects, including pins.
A compact calculating device performs addition subtraction multiplication and division with knobs for digits and a manual handle. To multiply 621975 by 924 users set the first factor 631975 and operate slides and handles to complete the calculation. The machine displays 491,544,900 and claims error free arithmetic.
The London Chronicle reports a death at Oak Hill near Birmingham where miner Benjamin Westwood died in a colliery accident. His brother William claimed a Tuesday dream foretold the fatality and caused his illness, though the family notes no warning was given to the victim.
Joaquin Miller the poet has built several memorials on his estate near San Francisco. The pictured tower sits on the hill where General Fremont first sighted and named the Golden Gate. It faces west with an unobstructed view of the strait, where spectators see the sun set at the Golden Gate.
A narrator argues sleep is hardest when children live overhead. Mrs Gobbleton dismisses the idea as nonsense while discussing how quiet residents must be. The exchange ends with a joke about preferring a flat under the roof for future moves.
The article notes John Ruskin as a child prodigy closely linked to Sidis and other young geniuses. It describes a four year old correcting his aunt, plans for Seven Lamps of Architecture, a five year old bookworm phase, and a seven year old starting a four volume work with copper plates and drawings. It claims Modern Painters was published before age 26 and praises its style.
The London Saturday Review argues that genuine greatness in literature is scarce in England now. It praises Galeworthy Wells Bennett and others for cleverness and fresh social themes but contends there is no truly great novelist or poet or actor currently in the country.
The dialogue reveals the Gildeys' separation over their single child and two dogs. The husband yields custody of the child and allows the wife to keep both dogs, showing a sudden streak of generosity.
In a brief exchange from Harper's Weekly, Marrowby explains to Jones that he has just moved to the country and purchased a mowing machine. Jones asks whether it is a rudabout or touring cart, and Marrowby replies that it is neither, stating simply mowing.
A fragment references a discussion about weighing souls and a question about the meaning of wondering in a talk. The garbled text hints at a philosophical or literary exchange with unclear context and speakers. No clear names or dates are identifiable.
A study of remittance men from England in New York describes well dressed derelicts who refuse to work, live on small allowances, and imagine themselves potential businessmen. They rent rooms in top-floor hotels, obtain introductions to titled figures, and secure loans from those they befriended.
Frank Brown, a self confessed horse thief, is linked to thefts of at least 100 horses. Detectives say Brown and a woman posing as his wife lived in a city cave, dispersing horses by swapping for others. Many stolen horses are still missing and owners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are urged to contact the detective bureau.
Robert Matter son of Marion resident Philip Matter returns home after a globe spanning trip of 380000 miles. He traveled as a modern hobo from New York to London Belgium Australia Egypt Gibraltar Fiji Hawaii and Canada ending with a reunion with his brother John Matter in Swift Current Canada.
Gus Miller head porter of the Baltimore hotel has earned about sixty thousand dollars in ten years mainly from tips of a quarter from traveling men. He owns a twelve thousand dollar Roanoke district home and a lodging house netting one hundred fifty dollars monthly. Miller transacts business from a small desk in the hotel baggage room and can take fifty dollars in a single busy day. He travels each year for three to four weeks and distributes quarters as he goes, saying he tips back where he is tipped.
The note questions whether vertical writing can influence posture or behavior, suggesting a debate about how writing orientation might affect physical habits. It presents a skeptical view of purported health benefits without stating concrete evidence.
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