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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
7
A new gasoline powered tractor, built with a two cylinder motor, is described as cutting work of six horses. It features forward and reverse speeds, an extension seat, and can be driven from a wheel plow seat. Designed as an orchard tractor, it aims for one man operation and efficient field work.
A sequence of short comic exchanges features a father promise, a wedding gift of five thousand dollars, and quips about ink, tossing, and sewing notions. Classic zingers from Tit-Bits Cas Sell’s Saturday Journal and Boston Transcript echo playful wordplay and domestic humor of the era.
A humorous exchange features a servant refusing to chop wood after a generous dinner. He cites medical authorities warning that working on a full stomach harms health, insisting he must protect his vigor and well being.
Mrs. Torkins confides to Charley that she has bought a rubber plant to ease tire expenses. The exchange hints at domestic thrift and humor in a lighthearted moment.
A collection of brief humorous quips from various papers. A fashionable woman calls her hat a dream while a sleepy shopper and her husband trade wry lines. A man pursues riches, and a quip about marrying money follows. A couple jokes about desire, a grave marker, and sleeping on the floor for visitors conclude the set.
Collections of humorous exchanges from newspapers feature joking quips about Audubon Society family ties, a lawyer at a funeral, prize essays on war, baseball parallels, a clergyman cousin marrying for free, a cabby explaining Edinburgh landmarks, and other playful vignettes. The wit spans movies, politics, and daily life with light satire and punchy contrasts.
A humorous exchange notes signs warning anglers off as a country hotel keeper denies promising fine fishing. The fisher asks about lure while the keeper clarifies the ad read Fishing Unapproachable, revealing a pun and playful misunderstanding in Tit-Bits.
Alma-Tadema recalls Baron Lys asking for a Gothic table in Luther and the Reformers painting. The Belgian historian criticized the piece, insisting the table should force viewers to knock their knees, shaping the final design in the artwork.
The passage discusses farm equipment hitching to trailers, a two cylinder twenty four horsepower engine built on a steel frame, and pig thumps caused by fat and inactivity. It covers treatment options including exercise, fresh air, castor oil, and turpentine in feed. Also notes seed selection, soil and cultivation, bees versus pigeons navigation, and coal ashes as fertilizer for clay land.
An invention from Michigan promises to speed up digging post holes. The device resembles a large carpenter’s auger, presses into the earth to scoop out dirt, and withdraws a clean, appropriately sized hole. It produces a straight, compact hole improving post stability.
A letter to State Zoologist H A Surface from a woman gardener explores barriers using powdery substances soot dry ashes and lime to deter snails and slugs. Additional tactics include Paris green flour and plant leaves bait traps and salt solutions. Also includes notes on a homemade feed cutter and potato oil experiments for alcohol crops.
Grace Fayne II a Holstein Friesian cow valued at 8000 dollars died of pneumonia at Harvey A. Moyer Farm north of Syracuse New York. The cow held the world butter record of 35.55 pounds in one week and a 30 day record of 18418 pounds, breaking a prior 35.22 pound weekly mark. One calf recently sold for 2000 dollars and the animal was heavily insured.
Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving a month earlier than Americans due to prosperous harvests in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Toronto Globe reports record wheat and oats yields, rising wealth, and abundant labor, praising Providence and urging unusual enthusiasm for the season.
A hospital praised treatment blends one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla one ounce compound toris with half a pint of whiskey. Mix in a bottle and take tablespoon doses before meals and at night. Readily available from druggists or wholesale houses. Also a quip about decorating a house to fit a nagging personality.
An 1880s advertorial page promises a reward for catarra that cannot be cured by Halls Catarra Cure. It promotes F J Cheney Co Toledo and Warp ing Kinman Marvin wholesalers, touts Spohn's Distemper Cure for horses and dogs, and sells Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening laundry.
Mr Chugwater asks about an infernal machine while Mrs Chugwater cites political slang. An advertisement touts Allen's Lung Balsam as a long standing remedy for deep seated colds and coughs available in 25c 60c and 1.00 dollar bottles from all dealers.
Under Lake Nemi in Italy two Roman pleasure galleys of emperors Tiberius and Caligula were found after 1895 searches by Sig Dor Borghi. The larger vessel measured 230 feet by 80 feet and the smaller 200 by 65 feet with bronzes, wood, anchors, and ornaments recovered. The ships bore Caesaris Aug. Germanice and lead pipe fragments were found among the contents.
A Courier Journal snippet shows a speaker lamenting a difficult pursuit of a beautiful girl who moves between rowing tennis horses golf and dogs. The line questions whether the person is a true sweetheart or just a fad, capturing a mood of whimsy and doubt.
The advert urges immediate use of Perry Davis Painkiller for sore chest and tickling throat signaling a threatening cold. It notes availability at druggists in 2c 350 and 600 bottle sizes. A separate quip reflects on heaven and souvenir postals.
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