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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
11
A collage of humorous lines from various columns and readers, including playful misprints about ages, unfinished burins, a phono grap hic, teething remedies, hospital notes, fencing advice, and a chatter of everyday anecdotes. The items read like a light scattered medley from American pages.
The readable segments show dialogic lines by Bruddah Sunfowor and Deacon Dod. A speaker cautions about revealing paths to the seventh beben Tree of charge while another asks when the elevator rises. The passage reads like a whimsical dialogue snippet with undefined context.
A sketch of rapid advancement from humble starts to top posts in New York. Oren Root rose to general manager then presidency, and A B Vreeland climbed from brakeman to Metropolitan Stairway Company president. Charles E Hughes is noted for a swift, office-free governor selection.
The passage describes Winnipeg as a hub where many cultures converge under vast rail activity. It notes 16 languages spoken, diverse immigrant groups, and extensive Canadian Pacific Railway trackage. The tone laments the fading frontier as immigrants fill the city.
A collage of light humor from newspapers and magazines features quick wit about marriage, birthdays, and everyday mishaps. Jests touch on mistaken appearances, sleeping in church, consols and cantankerous relatives, plus a quip about a Kansas overcoat and a wife for sale.
Mrs Aline DePasse of New York testifies the remedies Peruna and Manalin cured seven years of catarrh in head and throat after twelve bottles, noting relief for her children as well. Miss Mildred Grey of Appleton Wisconsin says Peruna relieved stomach catarrh after years of trouble and improved her appetite.
A plea of insanity confronted a self defense claim in a curious exchange. The dialogue hints at an unspoken law hovering over the case as participants retreated, while a motorist in East Wolseley England was fined $115 for overtaking a cart on the wrong side.
The Allen Gilbert Rumaker system was acquired July 1 1908 by Sherman, Clay & Co pioneers on the Pacific coast. One year later sales soared amid a shift away from loud sales tactics toward transparent pricing. The firm known as The House of Quality sells Steinway Knabe Everett Packard and other reliable makes from San Francisco to Canada and Mexico.
Western sightseers tour the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington and ponder a vast Julius Caesar painting as a passerby jokes about the artist being slain. In New York Jan Maclaren urges beginner writers to begin stories now and notes that a good start is half the battle. A retired merchant recalls 1880s mustache cup gifts and mismatched inscriptions while Rufus Choate’s clerk jokes about professional fees. Dr. Evans critiques cross examination during the Thaw era and a Bridgetown farmer quips that six hours of rain might do more good than a long speech.
The Los Angeles Examiner reports a colossal sea creature named Gimat Ray measuring twelve feet across and seven to eight feet long. Taxidermist at the Pass estimates weight between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds based on its size and heft to beach. The creature resembled a coarse shark with sandpaper skin and a fixed immovable mouth like a scraper. Its interior mouth could hold a barrel, with gridirons inside that moved. Remarkably it powered thirteen boats and twenty six men for miles, from 10 AM to 2:10 PM.
A historical note describes reindeer capable of hauling heavy loads over snow with broad hoofs that do not crush the crust. Weighing about 400 pounds, a single reindeer can pull a 600 pound sled and traverse 30 to 90 miles. Routes extend from Kotzebue to Point Barrow, Alaska, 650 miles, the northernmost postal path in the world. At rest, the animal sinks through snow to moss for food.
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