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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
5
A staged Mother Goose scene ends with the children dozing as Santa Claus arrives. They awaken to find stockings filled and pails emptied, but the jolly visitor slips away unseen. The group vows to stay awake next year and try again.
A collection of humorous quips about conversation starters, social behavior, and everyday observations. It contrasts how people fill idle chatter with weather talk, the misfires of social norms, and small jokes about manners, secrecy, rooms, exams, and industry life.
Landor of London proposes a new aircraft he claims will rise without a run. The device uses two independent motors and angled propeller axles, is smaller than typical machines, and resembles the Wrights in some features. Landor notes he has studied aviation for fifteen years and believes the Wright brothers are closest to success.
Somerville Journal quotes a scene where a character reassures a sobbing companion that the white blur on his coat will brush off, while she asks how he can be so sure. The exchange ends with a tense moment as doubt lingers about what the mark means.
Burmah aims for Pasteur Institute. California’s top fruit growers are women. Russia’s sugar factories last year numbered 278. Australia sav ings banks total $40.66 per head. Germany taught Japan shell making. Japan now exports shell buttons to Europe. An expedition, funded by Russia’s marine ministry, seeks a northeast passage. Daki Indians in Canada to gain wealth from land sales. Land sales may yield about $1,000,000. some families as much as $20,000. Small toy makers in Nuremberg serve foreign trade. Scotland prison report notes no female penal servitude last year. A strange date palm Draws crowds in India. Some Australian horses wear leather studs due to sandy grass. Philippine copper supplies exceed expectations with a large vein across islands. East Africa railways cost $40,000,000. brigand chiefs now under government authority. Paris tailors adopt photograph measurements. Chicago unveils an electric fireboat with high capacity pumps. Paris mint 1907 coins total 65,000,000, including 2,500,000 nickel coins for Bolivia. Yellow pine timber shifts south west with major outputs from four states. All government flags will have 46 stars with Oklahoma’s baby star. Argy game coins on sale with rows of stars by government order.
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