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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
7
The ostrich waltz is described as a rapid whirling flight with wings spread and alternately raised. Young birds begin the behavior even without seeing others, explained as instinctive and enhanced by experience. South Africans say the movement helps the bird twist and turn to evade predators.
At a Boston luncheon Beveridge warns against wealth chase during a General Federation of Women's Clubs convention. He points to children in a garden chased by blue butterflies as a metaphor, saying a troupe of boys in coats chasing butterflies turning into dollar bills depicts the business world.
A brief dialogue from The Bohemian features a housewife taunting a hobo to get a job and the hobo replying that he moves like a bird between limbs but means the limbs of the law, illustrating streetwise humor.
A Kansas City Journal quip frames wealth as a burden with a joke about counting sheep, shipping 10 000 sheep on cars for market, and the money making the speaker fear sleep. The item uses a humorous anecdote to illustrate insomnia tied to wealth.
A mother bids good night in a dignified tone and prints a playful exchange with her son. The boy asks to be called a billy-goat, seeking a moment of humor in bedtime.
A German writer argues men avoid marrying servants while another critic cites statistics showing higher marriage rates among domestic servants than among shop girls or factory workers. The exchange highlights social views on class and occupation in marriage.
The royal burial at the Escurial is led by a solemn procession from Madrid. The king rests one night en route, then the chamberlain proclaims the monarch’s death when the coffin is sealed. Gun salutes and bells announce the king’s final resting place.
President Hadley of Yale, in his annual report, says the idle rich curse both college and community. He quips that ridicule could spur such youths to industry, but luxury garb and motor cars shield them, while a witty Philadelphia poet faces a gracious audience and a robust novelist laughs at his tall tale.
A courtroom exchange shows an attorney demanding all details of a prior conversation. The reluctant witness recites Gibson’s reply that there is nothing to hide and warns any inquiry will lead to the full story being told.
The article notes adobe telegraph poles used in Bolivia from La Paz to Oruro, five feet square bases, fifteen feet high, spaced 361 feet apart over 156 miles to clear llamas and donkeys, plus growing tree and bark cloth pole lines in Uganda and Dutch East Indies with mid‑road insulators.
The article details watchmaking intricate math and precision. It notes a watch uses 98 pieces and over 2,000 operations. Hairspring wire weighs a twentieth of a grain per inch and counts as a major value driver in finished timepieces.
The Richmond bishop recalls his farmer father who grew flax and sent it to weave a tablecloth. During dinner he confides to a nearby lady that he grew the tablecloth himself, adding with secrecy that he planted a napkin, a playful misdirection in a rural anecdote from the London Mail.
Fliegende Blatter recalls the authoress noting happiness in marriage saying her husband is a great help. A friend asks if he cooks or writes, prompting a playful reply about the husband’s roles.
A pair of lines recalls a hotel breakfast disturbance as a memory of family. Grace asks if parents thought of her while away, and mamma remarks the uproar reminded her of papa. The exchange hints at shared family bonds through a small, everyday scene.
A humorous exchange from the New York Press features Howell asking how many meals a day Powell has. Powell replies two, noting breakfast and a long wait until lunch decisions are made by his wife until dinner.
A brief note quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson stating that the only serious and formidable thing in nature is will, reflecting a philosophy of inner resolve. The line appears as a standalone thought excerpt.
New York hypnotism expert Dr John Duncan Quackenbos spoke at his Lake Sunapee estate about dreams. He recalled a man awake but frightened who ran to his wife’s room after a nightmare and confessed a blotting paper chase haunted him.
A sea lion shows skill as it chases gulls by diving deep then surfacing to reveal only the nose with a rotary motion. The gull lands to catch the seemingly offered object, while the sea lion dives again and closes with a single bound to snap up the alarmed bird.
The article notes using peroxide of hydrogen to remove ink from delicate fabrics. A silk waist with pink color loses ink stains after sun exposure and peroxide treatment. It claims white lawn waists respond well to the same method and endorses hydrogen peroxide for stain removal.
A youth named Harry Jordan at an eastern college learned his exam results and sent a telegram to his family asking for Hymn 333 verse 5, last two lines. The father read in the hymn book the couplet Sorrow vanquished, labor ended, Jordan passed.
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