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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
7
A martial tale ends with Caleb and a captain arguing a wood cutting bargain while a string of New Orleans residents chase the detective vogue. The piece sketches a humorous contract dispute and satirizes private agencies selling tin stars and disguises to amateur sleuths.
Naturalist Audubon meets a hospitable family in Labrador who boast a hand organ as a central musical instrument. The wife explains the instrument is large and four-legged, with a crooked handle used to play music, prompting the discovery that the device is a hand organ.
The St James Budget relays a London Times tale of Herr Wolff, reporter for The Tageblatt, with his dog Schuster and his clerk, entering a court to arrest and acquit 13 Chinese prisoners accused of murdering German missionaries. He seized the mandarin’s seat, ordered positions, waved a warrant, and without evidence freed the prisoners as the day’s order ended.
A domestic servant claimed a mysterious Mr Gilbert gave her forged checks. The tale stumped a magistrate until the supposed gentleman was found dead in the street, with more forged checks on him. Even legal minds questioned whether truth exceeds fiction.
A Victorian description outlines privileges of peerage including private audience with the sovereign, trial by peers for treason or felony, exemption from civil actions and juries, and ceremonial rights in courts. It notes the possibility of a royal audience and, in extreme cases, alternative penalties such as a silk cord in place of rope.
A Chicago Tribune exchange quips about improving a poem by placing it in a stove implying a blunt, humorous editorial critique. The dialogue contrasts a caller seeking help with an editor's sharp remark.
A curio on Spain noting that country girls rarely wear hats or bonnets. It also mentions that in Spain the custom of a bride wearing orange blossoms in her hair originated.
A snake clings to a glass pane rather than climbing a tree, being nearly helpless unless its scales grip the surface. The observation contrasts grip methods on different substrates and highlights the precarious steadiness of a serpent on smooth glass.
A Washington Star excerpt argues that marriage announcements should name both spouses, stating that both partners are equally married. It cites Rev Dr Sunderland who urged not to frame cards as the woman or man being married to a specific person, but that both are married to each other in the ceremony.
John Bright and George Peabody quarrel over boatmen’s fare after a long day fishing in a small Irish stream. At the landing stage Bright asks the constable for the price, a debate over seven shillings sixpence or ten shillings ensues, and a witty boatman coins a jab about Peabody’s name.
The New York World notes that modern pharmacists have created tasteless capsules and wafer papers that disguise unpleasant drugs like castor oil and cod liver oil. Two‑part capsules can be bought empty and filled, enabling easy swallowing without taste.
In a county court dispute over wage balance, the defendant’s witness asks for expenses. The judge orders 7s 6d paid, then inquires for testimony. The witness replies he knows nothing of the case. This brief exchange from London Tit-Bits reflects a minor procedural moment.
In Duff's memoirs a clergyman recounts Hallam going to Richmond to be godfather to Tennyson's eldest son. The historian asks for the child's name and Hallam replies Alfred. The clergyman urges against surnames as Christian names and asks why not Alfred, prompting Hallam's wary reply about potential foolishness.
Mrs. Byrne recounts in her column how George IV joked about a nobleman famed for stupidity. When told to award a vacant Thistle order, the king quipped Give the Thistle to him he would eat it. The anecdote showcases the monarch’s sharp, playful humor.
In Judge Huary's Kansas City court, Luan Downend sues Kansas City for 5100 over injuries from a sidewalk step. City attorney George Jones argued the step was normal, yet he tripped and fell while approaching the witness chair, provoking laughter in court.
Heirs of the late George G. Seaton of Rockford must not smoke to receive legacies. In his will he left four nieces and six nephews amounts from 100 to 200 dollars with a proviso that any heir who uses cigarettes or alcohol to excess forfeits their share to a charity chosen by the executors.
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