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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
2
An ad argues true savings come from value not price. It compares Gunpowder tea at 60c per pound to cheaper options, Northwest flour at $1.50 per sack versus cheaper flour, and Ravine Park coffee at 30c per pound versus lower priced brands. It offers a risk pledge: try samples and get a refund if claims fail.
A garbled OCR note appears to reference an event or item titled The Matthew Pur with unclear context. The fragment mentions disruptions by an entity named Phiftus and a person or group called Penta Tien, but specifics are missing.
A trawler reports an unfamiliar fish in the North Sea. Curers say the species resembles a herring but with a pointed head, forked tail, and an eye covering the entire side of the head. Experts note it is unseen before by fish-curers.
The older part of Edinburgh is called Auld Reekie due to the constant pall of smoke hanging over it, a rival nickname to Pittsburgh in origin and meaning.
A girl named Ethel shows strong dislike for rice and resists breakfast offerings. Her mother, noting the issue, reports the scene where Ethel asks for rice only to fuss about it.
The article explains hair fabrics made from paste mixed with various hairs and processed in a spinner to create long strands for wigs and braids. It also notes a proposed New York game law delaying the deer season to reduce accidental shootings, aiming to prevent buck fever incidents when leaves are bare.
The origin of the word mutt is traced to a contraction of mutton head a label for a stupid fellow. An old publication claimed Columbus taught a group of muttonheads that an egg could balance on its smaller end.
A courtroom exchange quotes Howes on Wildboy’s sons walking straight and narrow. Crowes retort their father sowed wild oats for the whole family as the judge cites the remark during proceedings.
A Brooklyn Eagle note recalls a morning church service where a parish sermon and a choir anthem led to a playful dispute. The minister, in the pulpit, announced his text Now when the uproar had ceased. After a quiet conference the choir altered the musical program and finished with Now it is high time to awake after sleep.
A man who wins a dollar at a crap game visits a fortune teller. She analyzes his palm with a dollar, lays out cards, and claims he loves music and chicken and has won money at craps and been jailed. He protests she reads his mind.
Dialog about actors on the road and the strain of travel with jokes about home ties and railroad ties affecting performers.
In a Washington Star item a wife quips that she would vote for her husband Leonidas if he were a candidate but would deem any other women voting for him as forward and impertinent. The exchange highlights marital jealousy and political supposition.
The Old Fogy and the Grouch exchange a joke from the Cincinnati Enquirer about a scientist alleging 50 million insects per cubic foot of air. The Grouch quips it explains his pillow as a pneumatic mattress, prompting a brief laugh.
A conservative man questions sending his wife and daughters to a performance while the manager defends the show. The Washington Star captures the exchange as a social cue about propriety and audience judgment.
A back and forth between correspondents discusses long standing debts. One notes Smith Brown owes fifty dollars for four years and frames it as a monthly amount, while another jests about a future eight year debt becoming fifty cents monthly. A separate quip questions meticulous auto mobile scrutiny and hints at offering unsolicited car advice.
Miss Maggie Gareen declares she never gets nervous while reciting. A clumsy youth quizzes her, noting the audience is hearing the routine for the first time and prompting nervous remarks.
London Tit-Bits quotes Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. de Jones praising a trip up the Rhine with a splendid panorama from the summit. The brief exchange highlights admiration for the scenery and shared excitement.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows Mrs. Youngbride telephoning a butcher asking for meat and the butcher replying with a question about quantity. The exchange highlights a simple domestic commerce moment.
A charity fundraiser recounts a call on a famed philanthropist who refuses a small donation. He insists on giving a thousand dollars but only if ninety-nine others match, demanding the first donor list before providing the funds.
A Monday morning hearing records one Irishman among culprits who caused trouble the previous night. The magistrate notes the man needed seven policemen to arrest him, to which the Celt replies it would take only one way to let him out.
A rash youth bets on a woman’s actions but is warned by an elder that predicting a woman’s behavior is unsafe. The pair debate risk and the notion of the unexpected with the judge’s voice suggesting caution in making bets about others.
A dialogue shows Senator Sorghum explaining his method to make constituents rely on his word. He says he first taught them to accept statements by presenting a long string of statistics, shaping their expectations.
In Later Life a phrenologist notes bumps can be acquired, not just inherited. He cites a man gaining a bump of caution after being kicked by a horse, illustrating how experiences shape skull contours. The Louisville Courier Journal quotes the exchange.
A humorous exchange imagines infant Hercules reacting to serpents in his cradle with the line Great snakes.
A brief comic oddity about Jimps losing his grip when a porter entrusted with carrying it to the train absconds with the item. The exchange highlights the mischance and disbelief over the missing possession.
The Washington Star quotes a man who claims initial sympathy in a dispute but confesses a mind change, saying I was in sympathy with you in this fight and now I have sympathy for you. The brief exchange highlights evolving loyalties and personal stance shifts.
A preacher notes that older criminals often advise youths to avoid crime, while many youths’ criminal impulses wane after adolescence. He argues juvenile courts save many from lifelong penitentiaries, criticizing indefinite sentences that hinder reform and future prospects for young offenders.
A proposal to acquire Skerryvore in Bournemouth as a memorial notes its link to Robert Louis Stevenson and his long illness there. Stevenson sought relief from lung trouble in Bournemouth and on his travels, while Skerryvore remains cherished despite hardships. Swanston cottage near Edinburgh is preserved, with Lord Guthrie owning the property and Stevenson’s room kept exactly as it was.
The Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers in America reports through the Electrical World that a roomful of school children can work efficiently for three hours or more if air is properly circulated and deodorized by an ozonizer. The tests challenge the traditional empirical ventilation norms as not reflecting actual physiological needs.
Paris reports that smart New York men wear evening shirts with necks cut away in a point inspired by the fashion of women this year. The article notes white necks from cosmetic preparations and depilatories on bearded skin, calling the trend continental though not English.
A Johannesburg hunting party at the Transvaal Portuguese border shot a crocodile. When opened by locals the animal yielded twenty five coins including Victorian Kruger and a King Edward sovereign dated 1902. The coins’ value has diminished due to deterioration inside the stomach.
Work on the Apulian Aqueduct faces delays in the Appennine and Croce del Monaco tunnels due to porous rock. Pumps are used to drain muddy water and the gallery direction may be adjusted to complete the main artery within two years.
Except for a small yield from the New Rambler copper mines in Albany county Wyoming, the United States produced nearly all platinum in 1912 in California and Oregon. California's output mainly came as a byproduct of gold dredging in Butte Yuba Sacramento and Calaveras counties.
A quotation by James Madison asserts that belief and its exercise are the inherent rights of every individual. It emphasizes conscience and conviction as final authorities guiding religious practice without external interference.
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