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Newspaper

Yakima Herald

Location

Yakima, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1910

Page

5

Montt Dies in Bremen After Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Arrival

Pedro Montt President of Chile dies in Bremen at 11 50 pm from heart disease after angina pectoris. He witnessed New York Mayor Gaynor being shot on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse as it departed dock. Lang Kauffman fight canceled in New York after mayoral notice. Voter registration for U S senator primaries due by September 2.

London Pedro Montt Chile Bremen Gaynor New York President Montt

Poor Pickings and a Curious Farmer Tale

A new boarder explores a farm scene and asks about berry plants. Mrs Howe pauses by a pail on Mrs Trowe’s arm and explains she is picking “tater bugs” as the shared curiosity unfolds in this Youth's Companion excerpt.

Mrs Howe Mrs. Trowe

After Dinner Speeches Spark Cultural Quip

A Japanese visitor at a city dinner quips that Americans repeatedly give after dinner speeches. He notes Japanese guests prefer rest after meals and recalls traveling with a Japanese legation across the United States where dinners and speeches followed entertainment rather than rest.

United States New York Ress

Dan the porter tells of graveyard home and timing woes

An old Florida tale recalls Dan the colored porter who is repeatedly late for work. He explains he lives beyond Mount Hermon cemetery and jokes he wants a home beyond the grave. The piece ties to curious English law on deodands and historic railway penalties.

Dan Florida Mount Hermon Liverpool and Manchester Hne

Napoleon Learns English and Other Humor From 19th Century Papers

Newspaper humor items recount Napoleon’s halting English efforts on Saint Helena and a playful exchange about counting to a hundred. Other clips joke about a man sitting on a boy’s face during a lesson and a wife treating a poodle as a rival, reflecting era tone.

Johnnie Houston Post Kansas City Times

Widow and dressmaker clash in Newark slander trial

In Newark’s first criminal court a widow cites sorrow delaying payment for mourning dresses. The defense asks the defendant to repeat words used, which she initially declines, prompting the judge to call for order as the slander case proceeds.

Newark Lippincott’s

Literary firsts and seconds among young writers

A youthful reporter ponders the gap between hope and rejection as a successful author consoles him. The veteran notes two stages in a writer’s life: relief at getting stories back and surprise at not getting them back. The reporter remains perplexed in Philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times

Browning Hosts Unexpected Visitor at Barrett Browning Exhibit

In Florence Robert Browning and his son Barrett host an informal drawing room exhibit. A familiar faced woman enters and, revealing she is the cook, asks to view the pretty paintings. Browning escorts her about the room with measured courtesy.

Robert Browning Barrett Florence Mr. Browning Mr Browning

Rat mystery on terrace yields neatly stored tulips

De Parville reports a gardener planted 250 tulip bulbs on a terrace. The next morning all bulbs vanished. A rat nest was found with a large female rat killed. An underground chamber with two storehouses held the bulbs, neatly arranged in two rows and undamaged by gnawing.

de Parville

The Rhodum Sidus Flower Hoax

Blood de scribes tell how a country purseryman sold a weed as the Rhodum sidus to lure ladies and cash in on a fashion. A botanist asks the name origin and learns the nursery man claims the flower grew by the road and named it Rhodum sidus.

Blood Sidus Rhodum Sidus

Purist Says Tin Pan Under Icebox Satisfies Wife’s Demand

A customer declines a store suggestion to place a pan under the icebox and insists on finding the exact item his wife specified. The clerk offers an alternative under the icebox, but the man remains firm and departs.

Chicago Tribune

Boy Delivers No Horse After Rain Satire

An Irish farmer scolds his drenched boy who returns from a distant field without the horse. The exchange ends with the boy dry and claiming to know more than the two men, in rustic humor.

Bedad

Morning Outbound Crew Banter on Deck Breakfast Delay

A Chicago Tribune fragment captures Penney and a companion aboard a ship early on day two. Penney suggests a brisk deck walk while the other quips about an empty stomach, hinting at light banter before breakfast.

In Art Circles

In Art Circles the owner defends a painting as by an old master while a critical visitor questions the attribution at length, highlighting the tension between pride and scrutiny in a Philadelphia Ledger discussion.

Philadelphia Ledger

Embrace dispute prompts demand for restraint in London

A London Tatler snippet shows a tense exchange where a woman accuses offense after an embrace and questions how to respond. The man suggests turning the other cheek, signaling conflicting reactions to social propriety.

London Tatler

Scottish kirk notice about solemnegation of marriages

A quirky Scots church board notice claims the church is licensed for the solemnegation of marriages. The snippet blends humorous exchanges about profit from mistakes and moving out, ending with a Herald Want ads mention before September 2.

Conversational Anecdote Involving Colonel James Trimilton Lews

A Chicago anecdote recounts James Hamilton Lews of Chicago recalling an incident with a stranger who mistook him for Colonel James Trimilton Lews. The man sought copies of a speech, offered a dime, and Lews paid for two copies, later regretting his stinginess.

James Hamilton Lews Chicago Congress James Trimilton Lews Iain Lewis Chicago Record Herald

How Romans Took Their Food

The article describes ancient Roman banquets where guests reclined on couches and ate with their fingers from shared dishes. Napkins were provided, knives used by some, yet keeping hands clean proved hard. The couch dining style faded in the dark ages, though finger food from central dishes persisted for over a millennium.

Sudden Acid Test At Silver Wedding Sparks Townwide Gasp

A tall man burst into a soda counter and bought acid to test wedding presents for a silver wedding planned that night. The crowd speculated on his secret plan while a drug clerk urged calm. Members of the crowd labeled him the meanest man in town after the reveal.

Iis Chicago News

The Inspiring Bagpipes at a Seaside Boardwalk

Robert M. Guy writes from Atlantic noting a seaside boardwalk band of highland bagpipers in full dress. He laments the bagpipe sound as a fierce, demonish tune that stirs thoughts of war and death, while praising its historical arousal of patriotic fervor.

Robert M. Guy Atlantic

Scandal Spoiled as Traps and Mice Haunt Couple

In a Philadelphia Press tale the Jealous Miss Goussip and Miss Kidder discuss a rumored betrayal. They claim the husband set a trap to test his wife and reveal there were mice in the house, signaling a secretive loom of suspicion.

Miss Kidder Philadelphia L’ress

The Lamp of a Man's Life Explains Wounds and Vital Wicks

Dr. Holmes states the lamp of a man's life has three wicks brain blood and breath. Turning down any one wick ends the others. The passage notes how people survive wounds and how head heart and lungs define endurance in war history.

The Burden of Golf

A fragmentary exchange notes a golfer seeking a caddie while a villager testifies about local umbrella repairs and daily life routines. The quirky dialogue hints at small town concerns and social humor in a dated voice.

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