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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
6
John Marsden, famed for wearing the Moma diamond as a cravat pin, faces a dark byway ambush while strolling at night. He fights back with a swift jab, felling the attacker who crashes into a ditch. The diamond’s value and Marsden’s luck are central to the incident.
On a dark roadside Marsden comforts a beaten would-be thief and learns the man is his Brazilian uncle Charles August Freeham, who had claimed the diamond as collateral. Marsden aids him home and later funds his voyage back to England as a steerage passenger, gifting the diamond.
A guest at the Gravewald Hotel alleges Count Esterhazy defrauded a New Orleans telegraph operator by shorting a $10 charge on a coded cable to Paris. The operator, after correcting the count’s miscalculation, had to cover the shortfall from his own salary, described as a clear case of theft.
A thunderstorm scattered Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, Emperor William of Germany, and Victor Emmanuel III as they rode out hunting in 1873. A peasant in a covered ox cart rescued the trio and asked each who they were. They boasted mastership, but the peasant revealed he was the Pope.
The House of Commons clock is praised for perfect timekeeping despite complaints about its tone. Its striking mechanism uses about 1.5 ton weights on a 174 foot shaft. After chimes end the hammer lands on the bell within a second of Greenwich mean time.
The tale follows Timothy and his wife on a seaside outing to Margate. On day two he longs to return home, citing shame over his business as forty boatmen tease him about a sale in a lighthearted, moralizing anecdote from Answers.
A blooming plant labeled The Dewey Plant with blood red tassels hangs from glossy leaves near Broad and Chestnut streets. A prior duplicate carried the inscription Admiral Dewey's favorite flower, and the native Philippines origin is noted.
An Irishman recounts a hotel lift scare where a hidden rope drew the walls down to the cellar. He fears Bridget and the children left below, but the Sofers cap man reassures them all will be safe when they descend. The man realizes the closet is a balloon, and the roof looms overhead, sparing him from an unseen ascent.
The article notes that thumbs and fingerprints create distinctive impressions when inked and transferred to paper. It highlights the uniqueness of each person's ridge patterns and suggests extending this method for identification, referencing its use by French police for prisoner verification.
An elder duck repairs its nest with its own down after repeated theft by Icelanders. The drake donates down sparingly until allowed to stay. Iceland exports ten thousand pounds of elderdown yearly, paid about $3 per pound in a barter system with natives receiving little cash.
In a Philadelphia Record snippet Wiggs wonders why Bjones plays a phonograph constantly. Waggs replies the habit stems from his wife being away and the sound keeps him from missing her so much.
A witty exchange contrasts dimples and wrinkles with age. A joke frames time as thirty to forty years. A closing quip notes a soft heart paired with a hard head as a strong blend.
An assortment of notes covers patent medicines and public affairs. It cites Hood's Sarsaparilla cures for scrofula and other diseases, recalls rising fire losses from electrical wires, compares Armada counts, notes early daily newspapers, laws on libel, and labor issues. It ends with praise for California Fig Syrup and its makers.
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