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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
6
Fatty Perkins goes fishing on the river but the fish bite only after a patient trick. A wise fish swallows the long hook and drifts away, leaving Fatty to end the day without a catch.
A new flexible air filled mask creates an extremely funny expression. Openings hold bags that protrude features via a rubber pipe connected to the wearer's mouth. A string attached to eye pupils moves them for added comic effect.
In a playful lasso game players form a line at a distance from a sturdy post and try to cast rope lassos around the pole. The leader starts, others follow, and those encircling the post advance in line. The winner is the line leader after a set number of throws.
The Faris establishment houses a large cat market with cats of all sizes. Buyers are mainly furriers and cooks. prices run 214 to 220 cents per skin. Rumors claim some skins and flesh end up in suspicious restaurant stews. A party game then tests adverb choice by response style.
A collection of phonetic tongue twisters tests quick speech and precision. The items feature varied names and hard consonant clusters including Oliver Oglethorp and Theophilus Thistlethistle, prompting readers to repeat fast and accurately.
The passage lists historical figures with fathers and vocations, noting Christopher Columbus son of a weaver, Homer son of a farmer, Demosthenes son of a cutlery maker, Oliver Cromwell son of a brewer, and Shakespeare son of a wool stapler, among others.
A short guide explains when to use ei and ie after consonants. It notes c and s take ej while other consonants take ie, with two exceptions siege and sieve where s is followed by ie. Also discusses foolscap paper name origin from a watermark showing Britannia and a cap of liberty.
A young girl tells her mother she expects to be a duchess when grown up. She explains this by saying she will marry a Dutchman.
In a juvenile class a teacher asks what happens when water becomes ice. Tommy responds with a quip about price changes, turning a science question into a playful joke.
Indianapolis Aug 24 a deadly weekend at the $400000 speedway adds three more deaths to a six day tally. Mechanics and drivers from Stoddard-Dayton Knox National cars perish as a tire bursts and a car vaults the fence. Spectators Homer Joliff James West die instantly while Frank Kellum perishes at hospital. Merz survives with minor injuries as wreckage injures Tompkins and others.
A heavy downpour in West Kootenay districts halted forest fires overnight though outbreaks linger near Hosmer Michel Fernie Coal Creek Morrisey Jaffray Cranbrook Moyie and Creston. Lumber firm managers spend large sums to fight fires amid gale winds with workers often enduring 18 hour shifts. The East Kootenay Lumber Wattsburg Lumber and Otis Staples suffer heavy losses as timber south of Nakus on Arrow Lake and near Cranbrook is destroyed. Railways and lumber companies bear the brunt while fruit ranchers lose homes and property.
In Jackson Michigan on Aug 24 burglars wrecked the Godfrey and Vervalin hardware store safe in Parma ten miles west of the city. They secured farmers notes totaling 2500 dollars and additional stocks and bonds valued in the thousands. In Paris on Aug 24 the Dayard-Clement dirigible fell into the Seine after a flight. aviators aboard were saved.
David Price of Corydon narrates a kidney illness recovery after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports regaining the ability to walk without a cane and eventual lasting health over seven years. Advertisement notes price, distributor Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs Cras reports relief from nervousness and symptoms of the change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter extols the remedy as lifting health and strength and urges others to publish the testimonial for women with similar struggles.
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