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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
3
A Princeton Tiger fragment records playful dialogue between a male student and a co ed about kissing. The exchange shows hesitation with repeated questions and a joking line about being dead or dumb.
In Westchester Biltmore’s golf house a Falconer Hill figure asks a partner for his handicap. The reply, My wife, echoes a humorous line captured by the New York World.
A lighthearted exchange at the campus scene shows a student plotting a date as a challenge to another, with a witty clash about how soon contact will be made. The banter captures collegian humor and social expectations.
A political rumor notes a figure staying active by potentially testifying before one of Washington's investigating committees to keep his hand in. The remark suggests ongoing relevance amid stalled activity and a wary public mood.
A reflective rumor questions universal desires for liberty and critiques the prospect of another war. The speaker notes that every man seeks freedom yet warns that renewed conflict would dishonor those efforts. The piece ponders the motive behind future battles and their meaning for humanity.
A cartoon caption shows a judge asking a hobo about his work. The hobo replies he is an organist but laments his monkey died, framing a punchline around talent and employment.
The new seal arrived at the location as the inhabitants crowd around the newcomer. The porcupine asks if it was sent in a baggage car and the seal replies that it is a box car seal.
In a brief, light exchange Mrs Parvenue admits difficulty answering a riddle about lumps while Walter asks how many. The chat ends with a witty, dismissive California Pelican tone.
A quip suggests a woman’s haircut indexically hints at shaving years from age. The exchange frames hairstyle as a playful illusion of maturity.
A fragment quotes a line about belief guiding life, contrasting faithful hope with doubt. The text centers on the value of belief over skepticism, implying personal resolve and spiritual contrast.
A dialogue fragment shows two relatives debating a niece and nephew. The aunt questions a young lady’s suitability while the nephew deflects noting she seemed a bit too effeminate. The exchange hints at social tensions in a domestic scene.
A quip notes Midas turning things to gold but Mrs M complains about constant polishing as American Legion Weekly humor column riffs on wealth and upkeep.
A chaotic proclamation from a private dialogue reveals a greed driven figure demanding profit without restraint. A wife urges haste and a strategic division to secure a daughter’s future amid the looming pressure of ruthless partners.
In a Washington Park neighborhood scene a dusty caravan wagon sparks gossip as Belinda and neighbors watch a Moorish Princess tale unfold. The gathering ends with Mademoiselle Topaz and her troupe of yellow Angora cats stepping from a tiger skin stage to lure crowds to the White City show.
The honey month gave rise to the term honeymoon as newlyweds drank mead for 30 days after marriage. The groom waited at his bride’s table. the wedding cake evolved from serving many small cakes to a single mass. Rice symbolized prosperity. the garter's rush dated to medieval France.
A Montreal Family Herald note explains how The Beak nickname for a magistrate arose from a professor nicknamed The Beak and from thieves slang for constable. It outlines theories including an old Saxon word for a gold collar worn as an emblem of authority and other explanations.
The Bank of England uses paper from a single factory at Laverstoke Hampshire for over 200 years. It is handmade from selected rags and washed in spring water. Ink formula known to a few. coal from Rhenish vine wood used as chief ingredient. Each note costs about a penny to produce with two and a half months circulation. About 60,000 notes printed daily and 20,000,000 old notes destroyed yearly.
The royal spring cleaners battle a massive two ton carpet in the Waterloo chamber during Ascot week. A crew of 60 men must carry the eighty by forty foot carpet downstairs to the lawn. The rug took seven years to weave in Agra for the palace.
F. R. Buckley argues in Adventure Magazine that the Borgias did not widely employ sophisticated poisons. Lucrezia was not criminally guilty, Caesare was a rough mercenary duke, and Alexander VI mainly used simple arsenic or even diamond powder stories. The piece notes Cellini’s diamond poison tale as possible but unproven folklore.
The New York Edison company is constructing a vast power station on Fourteenth Street by the East River. Costing about 50 million dollars, it will deliver around 1,000,000 horsepower and light 3,000,000 homes. The plant will vastly exceed Muscle Shoals and rival France in output.
German Social Democratic News notes bakers and pastry cooks suffer the worst dental decay due to sugar intake. Leather workers tend to brown discoloration. lead and silver workers show blue molars. copper workers often develop green teeth unless they brush constantly.
A man driving a carriage into a stream to wash wheels lost one horse after it touched charged water. One horse died, the other escaped. Investigators found the brook electrified by a subterranean power plant installation.
A shipment of 15 000 pounds of fresh fish moved by carbon dioxide gas in refrigerated cars arrived in Montreal ten days later with no odor and preserved color. The system, using gas in cylinders, aims to extend the fresh fish market.
The lesson outlines freedom in Christ not as license but service through love, walking in the Spirit, and resisting works of the flesh. It contrasts fleshly sins such as sensuality and wrath with the fruit of the Spirit including love, joy, peace, and self control.
A reflective passage from Alexander Maclaren urges readers to seek meaning in life’s bitter experiences and warns against levity or blindness that dulls recognizing sin’s lessons. He frames God’s plea to discern sorrow as a path to faith.
The Western Christian Advocate urges tackling tasks now and not postponing work. The editorial highlights the value of action and efficiency, urging readers to delegate only when necessary and to avoid procrastination.
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