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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1892
Page
4
A collage of short notes covers bishops and scholars, the growth of typewriters in Massachusetts schools, sparrow bounty in Michigan, a Canterbury window memorial, coyote impacts in Oregon, Creole culture in Louisiana, and curiosities from notable figures and events.
A London Figaro report details Queen Victoria's private Osborne Garden on the Isle of Wight. It notes a wooden playhouse built by the Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh in 1857, a memorial myrtle and several family trees, plus royal children and foreign ties planting in the grounds.
Continental lawyers eye a London Naples bigamy case where a man wed an Italian while his English wife remained alive for twenty three minutes due to time zones. He returned to London and was charged as two marriages real. A Virginia mosquito measured one and a half inches plus two inch wings and inch long legs.
Assistant United States Attorney Charles H. Arms recalls Col. Ingersoll’s handling of the Dorsey defense. Ingersoll aimed to hire John McSweeney from Wooster, Ohio, paying $5,000 to $10,000, while revealing he might give McSweeney $25,000 if needed. A German acquaintance named Bakers facilitated the meeting in Washington.
A compilation of short fragments on tea’s social effects and a Turkish daylight scene. It contrasts tea’s claimed comforts with health concerns and notes Turkish girls’ quiet demeanor and bandy legs while observing lingering cultural traits. The items blend opinion with travelogue and academic commentary.
In 1882 the prospector Mr. Rowe faced execution by Chiefs Victoria Nana and Geronimo in the Black Range of New Mexico. He stunned them by plucking out an eye and offering it to the leader, then replacing it to win his freedom as the eye passed hand to hand. The eye was a glass trinket Rowe kept. Also notes on artificial eggs making headlines in Washington with claims of a cheap, indistinguishable substitute.
A historical note explains ice strength thresholds: one and a half inches supports a man, four inches supports cavalry, five inches for an 84 pound cannon, ten inches for a multitude, and eighteen inches for a railroad train.
The Scranton Truth asks why Kipling should be treated as a favored guest and accuses the writer of anti American sentiment in Ortherls. The Indianaplis Journal cites a separate absurd claim about a $147,000 meal and a wheat deal as a breakfast distraction.
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