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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
8
The piece recalls Pat, long-time Buffalo church sexton and former street car conductor, whose wit captivates the congregation. One evening he donated the collection box to a “pillar of the church” and, while a man searched his vest for change, two cigars surfaced. Pat grave-voicedly warned, Smoking in the three rear seats only.
An English critic laments that singing is dying as many falsely believe they can sing. He suggests forming a society to prevent singing except in private, and he says the man deserves encouragement as Good Old Summer Time returns.
Rivers carry sediment and dissolve salts and carbonates into the sea. This constant transport makes the ocean saline with common salt the most readily transported mineral by rivers.
Report notes the British House of Commons with 670 members maintains a large vat of specially distilled Scotch. The vat is kept above a minimum level and refilled two or three times each parliamentary session, ensuring a plentiful supply for members.
Comptes Ren reports the Paris academy confirms the heart of Rameses II preserved since 1258 B C in soda and resin antiseptics. Egyptian museum scientists completed microscopic analysis showing cardiac muscle fibers, uniquely arranged, supporting the vase’s heart content beyond doubt.
A Supreme Court justice in a George Washington University lecture recounts a tale about two enslaved men swapping mules. One claimed the mule was seven years old. Six months later the other discovers the mule is now twelve. The punchline: time flies.
The piece notes American artists like Sargent Abbey Whistler and Melchers gaining prestige abroad at the Royal Academy in London and Paris salons. It contrasts foreign reception with limited domestic display, urging stronger American collections and funding at home to reflect overseas recognition.
The piece cites Everybody's Magazine claiming Jamaican workers are wasteful and prone to idle talk while asserting they must largely build the canal. It notes heavy use of white lead on a hospital project, with accusations of inefficiency charged to Jamaican labor and occasional imports from Galicia Martinique and the United States.
A forest and stream inspired tale recounts old time sportsman Capt Pete a sailor and hunter famed for his dog and gun. He claims to have shot a 40 pound wild turkey near the Rappahannock river with a wooden leg and 18 inch gray whiskers the feast fed 18 men and four others from one half the breast.
A Cadiz Indiana farmer uses his car to shell corn and cut fodder after a broken engine. Horses accept the auto more gracefully than farmers, while an Oregon tale mocks marveled pricing and a stone fence joke about long trips by car and a hired horse.
The Inter Ocean quotes a Chicago apartment superintendent who says couples reveal happiness by how they plan a space. He notes women’s talk about corners and lamps and men’s reactions predict home life, while habits and dress signal cleanliness. He adds Sunday showings crush him and many would rather endure worse than move.
A Korean gardener twisted a growing vine into an arm chair, studded with gingko seeds along its sides. After shaping, cutting, drying, and polishing, the chair stands 8 feet 4 inches tall, 25 inches wide and weighs over 100 pounds, resembling mahogany.
Lora Northcote governor general of Australia attended a banquet in a Newcastle New South Wales coal mine. The banqueting hall lay 808 feet beneath the surface.
In a fragmented passage a narrator asks about a favorite Shakespeare play while a youth with fringe hair counters with a curious remark about a baseball steal named in a playful misquote. The excerpt blends literary reference with sports slang in a breezy Benighted tone.
The piece describes German girls leaving school around age 15 with basic domestic skills and language basics, then highlights the pension arrangement where widowed or maiden aunts host young women in a family. It notes Hanover as a study site, where pupils pursue polish, social events, and cultural outings under Frau von H- supervision.
A shopkeeper notes a dozen safety pins priced at twelve cents while a young, pretty clerk speaks of an English inventor who was feted and knighted for a safe pin that turns out to be 2000 years old from Pompeii finds. The tale reveals the invention was not original.
The emperor of Japan limited heating in the palace to protest the Manchurian winter distress. Count Hijikata reported soldiers suffered freezing at front camps and outposts. The imperial stance showed daily sympathy despite wartime constraints.
Clifford W. Ashley recounts the trouble of assembling a whaler crew for a magazine piece. On a sunlit August morning sailors run wild through town as clerks scramble to round up a dozen men and get them aboard before departure.
Italy's king toured Vesuvius amid remarks on past royal sightings of eruptions. A German paper claimed a prince was born yesterday, while a Spanish royal courtier humorously asked the monarch for the time and claimed the time was wherever the king pleased.
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