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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
4
A London tunnels tale notes rats gnawing rubber insulation on electric wires. Central America’s shark surplus prompts a company to convert fins into jelly and canned soup and extract oils from livers. Breslau builds a paper fireproof chimney. A society woman wears diamond studded shoes worth over 2000 dollars beside a costly gown.
A Texas born, Oklahoma elected United States Senator, Thomas Pryor Gore, rose from total blindness to national prominence. His early accidents left him blind in one eye and later in the other. He excelled in school and law, becoming a famed orator who memorized vast quotations to best opponents, earning respect and steadfast support in the Senate.
A collage of brief items from Cleveland Leader, Manchester Union, Detroit News, Buffalo Express, Peoria Herald Transcript, Buffalo Globe, Buffalo Courier, Atchison Globe. Topics include Admiral Evans delaying a San Francisco capture for California primary day, a freed infanticide case, a ten year old spelling champion, gender argument edge, marital fault, translate missteps, and a boy’s dog devotion. Names include de Sagan, Admiral Evans, Albert Stemmelan, Hill. Places include Cleveland, Manchester, Detroit, Buffalo, Peoria, Indiana, Iowa, Rochester, Rochester.
New York florists largely rely on imported lilies and azaleas from Belgium, Holland, and Japan for Easter displays. A Fifth Avenue florist notes high import volumes and lower production costs abroad, while Japanese bulbs dominantly supply lilies. East coast demand outweighs western supply, churches spend modest sums on decorations, and shipments involve careful timing of labor.
Mme Anna Gould and her three sons Jay George and Boni face a first American circus experience in the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth at Madison Square Garden. The Abbe Caynae tutor joined the excursion as the youngsters applauded marveled and asked endless questions. The event turned into a day of childlike wonder with clowns acrobats and Wotan the equine aeronaut drawing their cheers and plans to return.
Franklin Lawrence editor of Society a weekly on fashionable talk is jailed on charges of obtaining 1000 by trick. Stockholders named include Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Mrs Paul Morton Mrs Clarence Mackey and Miss Dollie Shonts Lakewood portrait featured. Arrest followed complaint by Brooklyn ad solicitor Harris who was offered 100 shares as security for 1000. district attorney cites unlawful corporate running.
Mrs Wieland, aided by her husband and Benjamin Franklin, announces the incorporation of The Corporation of the Commonwealth to raise and educate babies aged three months to ten years. The 8 acre Red Mill tract at Rensselaer Heights will host a community for health, safety, motherhood, and research in the laws of vibration.
A playful dialogue features a husband insisting the doctor says he needs exercise after a harsh winter. He laments his own furnace duties and contemplates the upcoming lawn season, delivering a comic commentary on aging and fitness.
Practical guidance on painting exposed surfaces with care and quality materials. Emphasizes dry surfaces, thorough scraping, smooth sanding, and fresh pure white lead mixed with linseed oil. Promotes National Lead Company Dutch Boy Painter brand and offers a free purity testing outfit from the Woodbridge Building in New York.
Edward RK Emerson, president of the American Wine Growers Association, dined in a Broadway cafe with an editor from Washingtonville New York. The editor, a self-styled connoisseur, praised a Rhine wine of the classic '95 vintage. Emerson replied that it was not bad but there was a trifle too much Rhino in it.
A caller announces Mr Struckitt Wright's new butler who jokes about his brother, who may resemble him yet is described as very gentlemanly in appearance. The scene hints at mistaken identity within a dimly hazy pursuit and includes a boast about home laundering for shirts with better stiffness and finish using a Starzh iron.
An old proverb exchange contrasts caution with skepticism as a moralizer warns of danger between aim and outcome while a demoralizer quips a tin bucket offers safer drinking. The dialogue reflects wary humor about risk and practicality.
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