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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
3
Chicago operates a vast bookmaking network with daily wagers around one million dollars. Bookmakers manage odds to guarantee profit, while police sometimes raid poolrooms. The piece notes the enduring presence of bookmakers at tracks and in the city and recounts a large win-loss moment on a Harlem handicap race.
The piece notes sharp contrasts in real estate values, with cheap plots near city halls in New York and Chicago fast rising ground values nearby. It observes wholesale expansion beyond Chicago’s loop, new tall buildings near federal square, and looming skyscrapers that will dwarf the federal building as construction proceeds.
Fragmentary note describes city children in various districts embracing new games and outdoor play. It contrasts rich and poor areas and hints at changes in leisure activity, mentioning streets and boulevards as common playgrounds.
The article notes about 30 000 French Canadians in Chicago organized in three colonies around Notre Dame cathedral. They are described as industrious, skilled artisans with neat homes and white curtains. Their culture influences other immigrant groups, while children attend parish schools and learn English slowly across generations. The piece contrasts eastern Canadian migration with western Canada’s movement into the United States.
The article reviews Yerkes expanding his influence from Chicago to London, introducing cable cars and trolley lines there. It notes American capital participation and the push to modernize London transit, with Yerkes planning further projects over five years amid public skepticism.
A distorted clipping describes a woman known as the chrermogeup lady who visits lonely homes plays cards with widows reads and talks to uplift them. It contrasts her with professional mourners and notes the value of a cheerful smile as a social service in New York World commentary.
Massachusetts shows the highest share of retirees with small incomes, 28 000 men and 17 000 women, two thirds native born. The report in World's Work credits New England thrift and prudent living with the habit of living below means and leaving a legacy for children.
Work to begin on a memorial observatory atop the renowned Somerville Hill in Wass. The project honors historic revolutionary events associated with the site and will feature a prominent monument and viewing platform.
French investigators Fere and Jaell use Mosso's ergograph to show that tones and intervals affect the body similarly in all people. The difference between musical and unmusical individuals lies in perceiving esthetic relations, not in physical response.
The Chicago Tribune notes that from eight in the morning until near six in the evening about 5,000 typewriter operators produce government letters. It states 5,400 typewriter girls work the machines as Uncle Sam remains the nation's largest employer.
The Boston Post reports a new 45 foot tall observatory tower for Prospect Hill in Somerville. The rough granite tower will be hexagonal from the second floor, rest on six columns, and include two rooms for historic relics. Estimated cost about $5,000.
The excerpt notes that the caper plant, a bush grown in parts of Spain and Nigeria as well as in this portion of France, yields the early harvested Hower bud gathered before development and preserved in vinegar.
A curious box of excerpts praises a benevolent employer who supports his workers. It extols high salaries and personalized equipment, claiming workers can choose their machines and never face onerous typing if they prefer not to use certain devices.
Emperor Menelik resists replacing the Maria Theresa thaler with new euros coined in Paris. Salt blocks served as exchange but failed under attempts at reform. The ruler lives in constant fear of plots, never sleeping two nights in the same chamber, with one room kept secret from most.
Chronological review of Pauls travels from A.D. 37 to 64 with list of lessons and golden texts. Highlights include Pauls journeys to Macedonia Greece Troas and Jerusalem Pauls imprisonment the voyage to Crete Melita and Rome and key lessons on resurrection responsibility for others and courage in persecution.
The study notes the widening of disciples thinking from Jews and Gentile proselytes to include Samaritans and devout Gentiles. It traces rapid territorial growth from Jerusalem to Syria, Caesarea, Samaria, Damascus and Antioch, then into Asia Minor, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, possibly Spain, Ethiopia, and Persia.
Fragmented dispatch describes railways in Holland Belgium Italy and Switzerland offering free travel for employee comfort amid rising fares. Reports note reductions in ticket costs and revised passes as unions press for improved conditions and lower burdens on workers.
A straightforward kettle hanger is described using a 4x36 inch post and a 1x4 edgewise piece with a 3/4 inch bolt. A small iron loop on the wagon end gate and a chain run enable the kettle to swing off the fire. Built to strong, durable standards, it offers easy use without obstruction.
A German born farmer in Greeley Kansas comments to a Drovers Telegram on how German farms are small and garden-like. He notes average German plots of two to ten hectares split across distant parcels and compares land value, family support, and farm layout with American farms where half to one section can be a single unit. He adds German farm land costs start around $200 per acre.
A column urges caution about farming ventures and ponders which outdoor businesses to pursue. It warns that many "would bes" mistake easy profits for reality and stresses health, perseverance, capital, and practical knowledge as keys to success.
A veteran Orange County horseman, quoted by a New York Sun reporter, describes a detailed old method for aging a horse. The mnemonic method relies on tooth development, jaw structure, and gum changes across age milestones, with notes on wear, coloration, and flesh condition marking age stages up to seven and beyond.
Wisconsin Farm Journal reader proposes a hay time aid a pivoting 6 by 9 foot platform on a wooden track to dump center hay to the sides from a fork. It uses ropes at ends and cross planks for stability and can be moved along the field to keep hay dropping near the center.
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