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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
6
Leslie's Weekly describes Filipino savings kept in secret iron chests hidden under bands and buried near homes. Boxes escaped discovery during American advances, yielding sums from 100 to 2500 dollars, often found unused as soldiers hurried to send drafts home.
A Washington Star piece recalls visitors posting letters in the White House vestibule to gain a postmark from the president's home. An amused observer notes the box is no different from ordinary street boxes, despite visitors hoping for wide attention on return.
The article notes the chrysanthemum's longevity after being cut. It discusses its reputed durability and longstanding life among cut flowers.
The Chicago Journal compares government employment to a fly trapped on sticky government paper. It follows a secretary of the civil service commission noting workers who leave then return, citing a man who left to Yale and law but reapplied for his old department role.
A 3000 year old papyrus shows philosopher Ani warning a student to shun alcohol and study, while a diary of a 2000 year old Egyptian lieutenant notes a quart of beer costing about 5 cents and ordinary thirst to drink a quart at a time. The Egyptologist calls the thirst pyramidal.
A witty exchange notes cigars offered by Mr Toffer are of poor quality. A friend politely counters that the previous lot was even worse, ending in a humorous rebuke about impossibility.
A five year old German boy Leonard Webber earned a certificate of honor from the Royal Humane Society for saving his drowning younger brother. A Russian boy of nine tackled a wolf to protect a sleeping playmate with an axe, forcing the animal to retreat. The report also notes an eight year old girl who extinguished a fire by cutting curtains and smothering flames, and a Nottingham case where a twelve year old schoolboy subdued a burglar with a poker before police arrived.
Mrs Tindler-Why questions Johnny about a fight. Johnny says he counted to ten but Tommy Tinker struck him first, causing the injury.
An observer recounts a spider using an electric trolley car light to trap moths and mosquitoes. The tale argues the spider exhibits reasoning, not instinct, by exploiting the pattern of insect swarming around illumination.
An New Orleans observer ridicules the Mauser pistol as a brutal utilitarian weapon replacing cavalry. The piece notes a shift from noble combat to mechanized warfare with a laboratory like box delivering bullets, predicting future riders will resemble surgeons.
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