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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
7
Dear madam announces the establishment of a city branch of the American College of Ladies Tailoring from Chicago to teach dressmaking in all branches, signaling an expansion of education in the craft and industry.
A intoxicated man enters a downtown barber shop and fixates on a moustache in the third chair. He quips about clipping it off and asks to pay for the barber to trim it, then leaves without a shave. The incident is reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A morning paper recalls an anecdote about Andrew Carnegie and J P Morgan. A Wall Street veteran notes Carnegie could have demanded more value from his steel holdings, recounting how Morgan calmly replies you could have had it. The tale underscores high finance and historic deal dynamics.
A beggar tells a man he has asked over a hundred people for coffee money and earned only one dime that day. He explains hard times hurt the poor first, noting pennies and nickels gathered before the single dime, and argues generosity rises with money available. He walks away content after a brief chat with the victim.
In Florida a tourist asks what to do with a loggerhead turtle. An old water man says he will send it to President Roosevelt, then jokes about sending a bear. He boasts the turtle laid 399 eggs, highlighting the tale’s odd, regional flavor and character.
A Germantown woman discovers her maid Nora broke the reception hall thermometer and, with resigned humor, the maid says they must take the weather as it comes.
Atlantic residents are urged to try Vinol cod liver preparation, advertised as a powerful health tonic with tonic iron and active ingredients from fresh cod livers. The ad claims Vinol lacks fatty oil, avoids stomach upset, and is endorsed by thousands of druggists. Also notes local society items about Mrs Woolsey visiting Griswold and Bundy family returning from a western trip.
Heavy guns fired from forts protecting the national harbor caused substantial damage in Dover England. The town crier warned residents to keep windows open but the vibration toppled ceiling ornaments cracked windows and knocked down many items.
A humorous exchange asks if McBluff gave a witty extempore speech or extemporaneous one. The father advises adding seemingly to ensure correctness, illustrating language precision through a family dialogue about rhetoric.
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