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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
5
Mrs Dubois wife of the Idaho senator is a child culture enthusiast. She recalls an antenuptial pact never to discuss politics with him or child culture with her. They say they have kept only the politics rule. The New York Times reports the anecdote.
Anna Katharine Green, author of The Leavenworth Case, said in Washington that writing the celebrated novel cost her health and she was never as well as before. She spent two years building the story and confined herself to it more than advisable. She chose New York as the plot locus because readers prefer the metropolis and she knows the city best. She warned that many authors work in fields they know little about.
A historical look at coronation viewing costs from Edward I to Edward VII. Early crowns required minimal fares. noble seats cost more as ages passed. The article notes steady price increases and muses that Edward VII’s spectacle may rival all prior Edwards.
A clock built from bicycle parts stands twelve feet high with a framework of one special wheel and twelve ordinary wheels fitted with pneumatic tires. Hour figures are crank rods on an inner rim, hands from steel bicycle piping, minute marks from nickel spokes, and the top features twelve handle bars. It strikes hours and quarters on bicycle bells.
The Londonderry diamonds are expected to be the most splendent jewels at the coronation with Lady Londonderry possibly wearing them. Generations have kept the stones in blaze since at least 1835 when a diarist noted Lady Londonderry as Cleopatra in emerald and diamond attire. Mosquito control and goldfish fodder are discussed as professors suggest goldfish can reduce pests in small waters, offering an alternative to kerosene.
A Philadelphia Record article surveys suicides by Chinese princes and officials amid orders to take their own lives. It cites varied methods including swallowing gold leaf with opium, hanging using a silk cord, and eating earth to choke, noting a belief that more native soil meant less for outsiders to seize.
A French perspective in a London newspaper portrays English troops as defeated by the Boers while accusing Britain of a white slave trade. It describes recruits as vagabonds lured by gin, labeling English soldiers as drunks and laments how such libels in schools harm Franco British ties.
English Floors Bernhardt. Sarah Bernhardt gave up attempts to master English after months of study with and without aid. She tried tutoring by an American actress but found her pupil hopelessly stubborn. In a fit she cursed Shakespeare and his works.
A Boston Journal writer profiles a man who claims American superiority over all foreigners, calling any non American a dago. He labels figures from Emperor William to Confucius as dagos while praising Americans as God’s own.
The article notes Los Angeles reportedly has not felt an earthquake shock since oilfields were opened. It suggests tremors before drilling may have tied to accumulating natural gas in oil formations. The wells now vent gas, relieving crustal stress.
The London Globe notes a quatramn in an old English operetta with a touch of present oppositions. The Englishman is shown as courageous and a stern resister of tyranny, though he may avoid public speech in Trafalgar Square.
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