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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
6
Fairfax confronts Edward Bayley, manager of the Santa Cruz Mining Co in Argentina, about a plot to hire goons against him. A later meeting with Bayley’s company secretary reveals Gideon Hayle, a past foe, as the ringleader behind the ruse and hints at Hayle’s wider scheme against Fairfax and the mining partners.
In Thornham Norfolk a village ironworks run by Mrs. Ames Lynde produces hand wrought iron and repousse pieces from gates to table decorations. Starting 12 years ago in a schoolroom the business grew to several forges with artisans and apprentices. Royal patronage included a lamp for Sandringham and a gate for Wiseton, with designs spanning Italian influences and Paris 1900 pavilion work.
The Chicago Tribune reports a new house footwear fad as sandals modeled on the Greek sandalium arrive in major dry goods stores. The heavy leather loafing shoes feature three straps and a leather heel, designed for indoor wear but wearable outdoors, with potential popularity among women and children in summer resorts and lake areas.
A man vented about judging people by their spouses after recounting a telephone call from a woman on Connection Avenue. He described a 40 year old woman with a voice like a buzzsaw, and noted the caller turned out to be a housemaid who was about the color of good chocolate.
A family physician earns disapproval by advising women to forsake sanitariums and use home sweeping to strengthen muscles and widen the chest. He prescribes an hour of bedmaking with instructions, followed by a bath and a half hour rest, plus daily market trips and a daily written account of the day’s labor.
The article extols watercress for its iron content and claims it acts as a blood medicine. It promotes abundant consumption to improve complexion and says it destroys pimples and cleanses the system. It also says watercress neutralizes chalk in the blood, believed to cause aging and stiff fibers.
A brief verse describes a missing morning smile belonging to Dorothy. Rain and tears follow as the mother and brother miss the cheerful expression, urging helpers to return it to Nursery Row for a reward in Mary Robinson’s Youth's Companion.
London post offices recently began hiring girls for express messenger duties alongside boys. Applicants must be over 18 with good character and health, able to walk ten minutes radius from the office, and receive about 13 shillings weekly. Receivers sign for delivery time to deter loitering, with travel paid beyond the radius. The change offers outdoor work and could intensify competition for vacancies.
A witty exchange cited by the Chicago Post compares a speaker to big guns and to a great bore, framing a playful tease about reputation and influence. The quip centers on a clash of sharp, humorous insults.
An unnamed Newark man, Mr Magruder, cites his whiffet dog and three cats with astonishing appetites. Cats crave bread, cheese, coal bits, and seafood. the dog eats oranges, fish, nuts, candy, ice, and even swallowed a live sparrow. Magruder recalls frogs filled with crayfish or small creatures, and other animals swallowing unusual items, noting cows have eaten dangerous substances.
The lycaon pictus, a curious European favorite, was captured in the Sudan and shown in Paris. It resembles a hyena in head shape but has equal leg length and a sheep dog like form. Its coat is yellowish gray and it is noted for intelligence and speed in pursuing antelope.
Polly the African Gray, once owned by E L Petersen of Plymouth Wisconsin, now resides with Mr and Mrs F B Winton in Chicago. The bird features multilingual speech spelling abilities, musical notes, and a habit of correcting spelling while greeting visitors with German phrases.
Jamaican residents report rats not eradicated but adapting by climbing trees. The nocturnal mammals spend days on treetops among pines and feed at night when mongooses rest. The shift confounds earlier extermination efforts and showcases surprising rodent behavior.
Yonkers Statesman reports a brief exchange where Smokes Cabbages asks if someone is a vegetarian and Crimsonbeak replies that he is, framing the dialogue as a light cultural moment.
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