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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
8
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts Bunsen a once big kidder who mocked his wife’s new hat. The joke backfired when a retrimming bill of 18.84 appeared. He paid it and abandoned the habit, shedding his playful derision.
A Chambers Journal piece catalogs clever anagrams formed from famous names and phrases. It pairs each name with a punny rearrangement such as Florence Nightingale yielding Flit on, cheering angel and Disraeli hinting I tend, sir. The collection spans figures from Nelson to Livingstone and beyond, highlighting wordplay as a witty historical artifact.
Sir E. B. Ray Lankester notes in the London Telegraph that many mineral waters and breathable airs are claimed to be beneficial but no clear chemical mechanism or ingredient has been shown to explain their effects on those who use them.
A reader signing as A Son of Rest compares work to addiction stating that a man who never works avoids poverty but asserts he will never contract the habit. The message, echoed from the Cleveland Leader, frames employment as a necessary yet voluntary lifelong discipline.
The piece extols garden wisdom, noting patience as essential as buds opening naturally. It warns against forcing progress, saying hurried effort harms growth and true results come from steady, regular development.
A fragmentary quotation set cites a Cleveland lender on experience as a tool for selling value, followed by a proverb about time: one day is worth two. It poses a rhetorical prompt about doing tomorrow what can be done today, attributed to B. Franklin.
Miss Carole D. Jackson of Cincinnati devised a large vase centerpiece in Greendale Cemetery at Lawrenceburg Indiana. The vase contains a water tank that self waters the surrounding flowers each day using a system of weighted valves and two tanks. She built the mechanism with a local mechanic and aims to complete the ornamental design soon.
Retired Chief William H. Devery plans to recruit a private police force to combat crime only. He envisions a corps led by himself and near a thousand private officers within a year, aimed at policing criminals while avoiding municipal policing duties. He criticizes the New York City Police Department as inefficient and vows no hunting of thieves or import of police dogs.
The Playground Association of America plans a special conference in New York during its second play congress from September 8 to 12, tied to Roosevelt’s country life efforts. Dr Myron T Scudder’s findings on rural amusements spark a push for country playgrounds and athletic leagues with national school leaders attending.
Germany is praised as the most scientifically minded nation in forest management. It conserves finite timber resources while other nations expand, arguing for sustained yields and stable communities near mills. The piece compares forestry to agriculture, urging planned harvests and replanting to prevent resource exhaustion and maintain mill operations.
A growing trend in visitor etiquette focuses on light revisions to residence fronts and neighboring signage, emphasizing minimal, tasteful changes. The movement centers on discreet, restrained modifications to property appearances to ease social interactions.
From the London Graphic account, the famed actor William Kemp performed a remarkable dance from London to Norwich. He traveled with a taborer, a servant and an overseer, accepting groats and coins as luck, dancing through Stratford and Norwich despite a hip sprain, with a crowd of about 200 cheering as he repeated segments to ensure accuracy.
A British officer pursued a wild boar on a fleet mule in India. The boar bit the mule, spurring a rapid chase. The mule recovered, bit the boar on the backbone, threw him down, and kicked him to death before returning to her rider with a triumphal heehaw.
A London Globe view cited by a well known doctor argues that many people feel below par though not ill. Fasting between supper and breakfast and overnight stomach emptiness worsen emaciation and weakness. Continuous nourishment, even during sleep, is believed to add more value than it loses, improving vigor and general health.
A theater quip recalls a first act scene where a well dressed tenement man asks a woman to remove her hair and replace it with a hat so he can see the stage. The woman, turning, retorts that she would slap his face if he were not her brother. The line echoes a New York Globe joke about social pretensions and family ties.
In Casplain the strong mauve scented Lake Mungishtuk is said to cause headaches for sailors and bathers. White salt banks surround its waters and a violet odor arises from the seaweed Polydeystia violacen. The tale notes the layer’s perfume fades when the seaweed rots, and a New Orleans Democrat writer recounts visiting the Munkislulk peninsula to observe the lake.
Former Senator James Smith of New Jersey offers 2 million for a towering Denver sculpture described as a forty foot wire structure with nine five Aras and a donkey, portraying Denver and a mountain lass. He seeks the piece as a memento in a bid tied to a notorious cultural display.
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