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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
3
The article notes women and children are more prone to somnambulism than men due to delicate brain balance. Somnambulists walk with eyes open, seem to dream while acting dreams, and become fearless or brilliant. Hearing and smell are variably affected, with some finding brimstone pleasant and taste altered. Some walk periodically, others spasmodically, and one German doctor links moon admiration to rooftop activity.
A London Chronicle report warns of the specky or tiny black spider from Peru that bites lumber dock workers in Victoria docks. Its venom damages blood vessels and tissues, causing excruciating pain and a drawn out death lasting several days, though the creature is rare.
A dinner at the Baileys turns tense when oysters run short. The hostess tells her daughter Helen to share the broth, but a stray oyster in Helen s plate prompts her to ask if Mrs Young should have it too, revealing conscience and humor.
Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford weds a young widow once engaged to Sir George Rodney. Rodney travels to Amesbury, witnesses the bridal party, and dies by his own sword at Lady Hertford’s feet. The Countess gifts Amesbury church a bell inscribed Be strong in faythe, prayes God well Frances, Countess Hertford’s bell.
Government astronomer notes certain distant stars lack measurable parallax. Canopus is thousands of times brighter than the sun, though exact multiples such as 10000 or 20000 remain undetermined. Rigel and Speen also shine far brighter than the sun due to immeasurable distances.
A comic American actor tours London by bus asking to see sights. The driver points out Lugzgit Hill and the primate houses, then mentions Westminster Abbey and the fate of the hanged, in a humorous exchange.
A brief quote frames a congressman as trying to make a motion to avoid a wasted session. The exchange contrasts a heated moment with a remark on calmness being a sign of intellect or stupidity.
The piece explains how tobacco is doctored with saltpeter to burn well and sweeteners like licorice honey molasses and maple sugar to please chewers. It notes limited use of opium in some imported brands and lists flavors such as coffee tea valerian lemon and cinnamon plus gums to bind particles.
A revival ends as a stranger explains his family attends many denominations. The minister asks about his church membership, and the man jokes he is submerged by contributing to all, including Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Episcopal Unitarian Congregational. The tale plays on plural affiliations and humor about religious labels.
A New York Press note describes a farmer’s hedge of strings stretched between poles to create angles that deter crows. The zigzag barrier leaves interior crops untouched, while crops just outside the angles are eaten, illustrating a simple, cheap ward against birds.
The article describes curb brokers using sign language to convey quotations and sales to office staff. Some employ the deaf and dumb alphabet while others use unique signals shared within a single house, a system that brokers continually revise to outpace rivals.
A Kansas City Newsbook fragment shows two duelists begging for mercy and muttering their fear of firing. They insist the duel could be accidental or stray, while seconds approach with deadly pistols. The exchange reveals reluctance and anxious caution under pressure.
George Selwyn pursued a morbid interest in viewing corpses, even of friends. Lord Holland lay ill at Holland House before death. Selwyn asked after him and wished to see him. Lord Holland replied that if alive tomorrow he would be delighted to meet, and if dead Selwyn would be pleased to see him.
Angered man accuses the other of being temperamentally impossible while the other retorts he is temperamentally inconceivable in a sharp exchange cited by the Philadelphia Ledger.
A witty exchange on favorites and seasons appears in the Kansas City Journal. The dialogue highlights shy humor and social familiarity as speakers mock conventional choice while praising spontaneous gifts.
Hoyle did not invent whist but popularized scientific whist as a public concept. He was a barrister and registrar in Ireland, born and died in Cavendish Square in 1767 at ninety seven. He earned about £1,000 from his whist treatise, published in five editions in one year, with piracy common. Hoyle taught whist at a guinea a lesson and excelled in probability calculations across rubber stages, once drawing a famous mathematician to coffee houses for odds advice.
Excerpts from a Princeton Tiger column capture daily chatter aboard a voyage. Passengers joke about steerage conditions and compare clouds to land while noting distant ice and porpoises. A mystery stranger boards at night as travelers inquire about the captain and post.
In an oddly antiquated note from the Chicago Tribune, Miss Mary possesses a small immature Ovisaires sheep, valued for its wool and meat. The creature’s shaggy coat is described as pale and pristine, resembling crystal vapor, and it is said to accompany Mary reliably wherever duty or family mandates lead.
The piece notes London forgery executions ending with Thomas Maynard on December 31, 1829 and changes to penalties from 1832 to 1837. It recalls Tudor forgers facing pillory ears nose branding and lifelong imprisonment with asset forfeiture to the crown, suggesting harsher outcomes than death.
The Delineator lists famous figures once homeless as children including Sir Henry Stanley Queen Catherine the Good Alexander Hamilton Iosa Bonheur Edgar Allan Poe Rachel Leonardo da Vinci and Moses. They rose from poverty to contribute lasting knowledge and glory through their genius.
A New York Outlook excerpt urges adults to guide peers away from vanity toward practical knowledge. The passage frames real life as grounded in common sense and universal experience, promoting gentle, firm instruction to uplift behavior and understanding.
London Times notes the paradox of medical progress as various so called infallible remedies for disease rise and fall in popularity. The piece reflects on clinical stubbornness and the ever shifting confidence in cures.
A humorous quip defines a sociologist as someone who can inspect a garbage can and find material for a long lecture on the needs of society. The line is attributed to the Chicago Tribune's column voice.
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