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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
3
A fragmentary portrait sketches President Kruger of the Transvaal as a stern, disciplined leader. It recalls his routine, humor, and self-denial, noting his insistence on work each morning and a stubborn, hardworking ethic observed since youth.
A jumble of quoted phrases reflects a letter or memoir style, mentioning a guard, a president, and outposts. It references early rising, deliberation, a sixth commandment as priority, a Boer conflict, and a future statue in Pretoria. The passage centers on duty, peace, and moral restraint.
New York reports on a highly intelligent monkey named Isaac, bought for exhibition purposes. Trainers devote hours daily to his dramatic education, with stages from cage restraint to bareback riding, rope walking, and tricks like shaving a dummy, sharing duties, and performing under a human master. The piece notes Isaac’s strength, temperament, and potential as a property man in a show, with emphasis on safety and gradual training.
October 15 marks the anniversary of the silver dollar first coined in 1794 at Philadelphia. The article details the coin’s edge inscription, Liberty obverse, spread eagle reverse, and early minting history including Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris proposals, the first U S mint built in 1792, changes in minting, and the rarity of 1794 dollars known as the King of American Coins.
A fragmented account notes a shipment to China on a lost weasel in a storm, mentions restrikes and destroyed dies around 1868, and recalls Uncle Sam handling money from colonial to federal coins. It cites the Continental silver dollar of 1776 as worth about 6.09 and describes failed efforts to condense silver using a Specret process.
A late baron wagered with the Prince of Wales that palm lines reveal earning power. A butler’s hand was singled out as richest, while Paderewski’s hand is described as stocky yet capable, suggesting varying beliefs in money making from hands.
A nostalgic survey of palmist ideas linking money making to hand shapes. It discusses Sir Thomas Lipton, John D. Rockefeller, Joe Jefferson, and Gladstone, noting broad palms, stout fingers, and the raised thumb lobe as traits of wealth and prudence, with anecdotes on marriage and character.
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