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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
7
The sun ward is praised as a key healing aid in hospitals with sunrooms becoming standard in new and upgraded facilities. Sunlit wards should face south with glass walls and bay windows. each floor gains sun ward access, demanding good ventilation and effective heating.
A London paper cites the French foreign region as offering some of the world’s harshest military service. Foreign volunteers, many criminals, are sent to frontier posts in Africa and to fever districts in Cambodia and Indo-China. Discipline is severe with daily flogging and capital punishment for trivial offenses.
The Pullman Company builds an open top observation car for steam railroads in Mexico, intended for The American Tourist Association of Chicago. Invented by Beau Campbell, the car evolves from a trolley style to a top opening, with electric lighting and Chinese lanterns, capable of seating 68 and serving six at dinner.
The article notes sun exposure as practical and beneficial on wintry and sunny days alike. It values pleasant solarium views with varied landscapes and cautions some hospitals lack south-facing exposure due to brick and stone walls. It advocates using sun for therapeutic effects wherever possible.
Alderman H. J. Zayas of Helena Mont received a Cuban relic, a Spanish coat of arms once in Havana’s Plaza Vieja. It was taken down in 1895 during revolution, a Cuban suspect was executed for insulting the crown, and a Spanish colonel later caused a fatal accident in the plaza during inspection.
In Lombardy a premier Italian textile feat showers the pope with a private altar cloth of Gothic Venetian style. It surpasses all Italian weavings with 17,700 weft reels and 142,000 warp cards, symbolically depicting principal Gospel truths for the holy year.
A line from the Atchison Globe notes visiting kin fall into two classes: those who remain in the parlor and are waited upon, and those expected to go to the kitchen to help.
A physician studying legionaries argues most cases are fully formed upon enlistment as few sane men would join the corps. He contends many soldiers shot for discipline breaches were not mentally responsible and warns the issue may fuel insubordination among French troops with allies in China.
The piece extols a Chinese dowager empress who rose from servitude to rule a vast empire and notes women's influence in Shanghai worshiping Huang. It also mentions cotton's long history in China, a claim about ancient Egyptian wheat germination, and a vivid aside on Eskimo baby coloring observed by the Albany Argus.
A witty debate appears between a hotel-dwelling lecturer urging kindness to servants and a housekeeper countering that employers should be treated with kindness. The exchange features jabs about truthfulness and moral balance with humorous asides from Magazine and Press snippets. The piece includes jokes about price tags and a boastful prisoner, all presented in a comic newspaper voice.
A playful comparison contrasts romantic nostalgia with modern practicality. The piece notes that those who think they remain clever may be fooled, while a quip about “milk made” riffs on old romance. The Washington Star and Chicago Daily News tone parody.
A witty exchange at Mrs Gaswell’s reception features an intellectual guest and the hostess, with the guest quoting doubt and a playful jab about thinking with Agassiz versus thinking with one’s mind, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
A Brooklyn Life remark jokes that a man adapts to anything including living beyond his income. The line frames a humorous take on marital life and financial restraint.
A Philadelphia Press quote complains trolley service overcharging riders who stand on crowded cars. A Chicago Daily News line jokes about guessing the time, reflecting urban transit fatigue and humor of the era.
A Chicago Record paragraph notes a wife filled with town gossip after visits said to come from Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith who share fashion details about hats mantles frocks and shoes observed in social rounds.
A humorous exchange shows a character teasing about makeup matching the nose while the other defends the look. The line captures light social banter and playful vanity in a comic context.
A dialog from Detroit Free Press and Chicago Times Herald features Mrs Bickers urging a Gilkinson call and Mr Bickers preferring not to, citing returning good for evil. The exchange about stage roles notes the man played the fool in King Lear, joked as an easy part.
A woman labels a suitor unreliable after he proposed and she refused, a line attributed to the Chicago Post. The piece also includes light exchanges about a father aiding with homework and a quip about a boy named Johnny. The Glasgow Times fragment notes the boy’s arithmetic improving slowly.
A collage of humorous quotes and skits from 1900 era papers. Bits include lovers quarrels and mistaken impressions, punny exchanges, and social jests about marriage, voting, and everyday follies. Names and outlets hint at Chicago Daily News Town Topics Puck N Y Weekly and Brooklyn Eagle.
The Chicago Daily News reports a remark about Simkins-Smith’s wife suffering lockjaw with Timkins noting extreme pain and Simpkins agreeing the affliction is unspeakable.
The Washington Star quotes a statesman saying he did not spend $100 to win an election. Senator Sorghum responds with a cordial remark, noting he meant to congratulate the other and that the bid was a bargain.
A playful item from the Chicago Times Herald reflects sympathy and a humorous worry over a baby’s half asleep state as someone weeps for mourners and sneezers alike.
A fragment quotes a child saying that mouths resemble those of their piano teacher when he kisses Sister Anna. The line appears as a cheeky aside in a larger text and lacks broader context or named events.
Bert Bean a Boston commercial traveler visited Campobello Island in New Brunswick and bought 100 acres with a spring fed pond. He stocked it with trout and later drilled a water main to supply fish on demand while leaving enough stock to replenish the pond. Orders came from Boston and other cities for quantities of trout.
A 300 year old Rushton Northamptonshire residence built by Sir Thomas Tresham the first Catholic displays a threefold plan. The structure features three sides three stories and three windows per flat with trefoil shapes and a three sided pyramid roof. Mottoes Latin inscriptions and shields decorate sides while interior corners form three three sided rooms on each floor. It is no longer inhabited.
A loud hiss and brilliant light accompany a fireball streaking toward a man in a crimson coat. The object crashes nearby, a gray bal about 14 inches in diameter is found. He mutters a puzzled remark, calling it a holy shoot.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports the queen of Holland has brought Verdukelett home and shows him to the people. Public opinion among the Dutch is that he is fair to middlin.
A child named Treddy, watching rain from a window, exclaims in delight that the raindrops are kissing the pud es, turning a rainy scene into a tender, whimsical moment captured by the Columbus Dispatch.
The snippet markets Jell-O as The New Dessert in lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors. It cites small ad style copy about consumption cures and a witty line about punctuality from the Atchison Globe.
New York reports wheat at 77%4e for No 2 red and corn at 4514e for No 2. Oats at 31144¢. Reeves-Steers at 4.15 to 5.30, veals 4.00 to 28.50, sheep 2.25 to 4.00, lambs 4.65 to 5.85, hogs 5.20 to 5.35. Cleveland shows wheat 76c No 2 red, corn 40c, oats 27%4c, milk products and cattle prices, plus hogs and lambs ranges. Toledo notes cash wheat 7oe, corn notation unclear, East Liberty cattle, hogs, sheep price spreads, East Buffalo prices, Oil City reports credit balances 1.05 and no bid on certificates.
A New York Times report notes buffalo herds on the American plains have nearly vanished with only 1924 animals counted today. Dr William T Hornaday claims extinction would be as easy as counting leaves in a forest for earlier centuries.
The fragmentary passage cites a rival composer stealing a march on him as a joke within a comic opera. The line evokes a famed response about competition, with literary aside from a Princeton Tiger quote and a Denver Times remark.
A short, reflective poem from the Washington Star uses a rich old pipe a yellow leaf and a lighted match to evoke memory and forgetfulness through simple imagery.
A humorous Bits item depicts a brief exchange between Mrs. C. and Mr. C. over a call. Mrs. C. scolds for yawning, Mr. C. defends with a quip about opening his mouth. The light exchange reflects polite social banter.
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