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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1909
Page
4
The tale recounts a family Fourth of July mishap when Billy sets off crackers with Polly the parrot nearby. Amid cries and chaos the parrot accuses Billy, while Milly defends him and Dolly toggles the scene, revealing a moral about obeying a lady.
The phrase earthquake carpenter, a Jamartan term in Kingston after the disaster, describes a man whose work wrecks and disassembles ruined houses to salvage lumber. It reflects harsh locals’ view of such workers as tearing down structures rather than repairing them.
Engineers declare no ore for changing the Panama Canal plan. The report notes Gatun locks and dam design, cost estimates, and completion outlook. Roosevelt supports the lock-type choice, arguing the current plan is safe and efficient, with completion possible by year end.
A collage of garbled wires and jocular blurbs shows King Edward, Kaiser Wilhelm, and other rulers in a tempest of gossip and diplomacy. Fractured notes hint at naval arms debates, Berlin visits, and Taft’s domestic confusions as readers parse a chaotic press snapshot.
A Washington correspondent reports lawmakers consider reviving a revised war revenue act with a broad tax plan. The committee is weighing a temporary excise on nonessential goods and a possible luxury or duty aimed at increasing revenue by about 180000 a year, with further revisions likely.
General Staff warns of vulnerable California coast with San Vedra harbor at risk. Report describes southern California as a prime landing area for an enemy and urges defense measures to prevent seizure after Pearl Harbor scenario.
Joseph Hurley, aged 13 of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, has fractured his right thigh bone after a recent fall, part of a pattern locals call the fracture habit. In three years he has broken his legs numerous times, with accidents seeming to trigger frequent fractures while he and physicians seek explanations.
The report surveys unions and labor activity in Hamilton, Greater New York, Lawrence, and Manhattan including building trades, tailroad clerks, fur workers, and hotel staff. It notes unemployment levels, new lodge formations, upcoming congresses, and legislative attempts affecting wages, conditions, and hours for workers in multiple regions. It also mentions women’s labor organization, central bureaus, and pension laws shaping early 20th century labor policy.
A brief, brisk session of Congress ends early as leaders move to executive session to discuss the Canadian treaty. The House and Senate debate the army and post office appropriations, focusing on pay scales and overhead costs, with the omnibus measure advancing in both chambers. The week features weathered battles over the Panama canal, Balloons and airships funding, and a court inquiry proposal on reenlistment charges.
A collage of misformed passages touches on caste in India, Kipling anecdotes, and stray consumer notes. It belts opinions on Brahmins and class, a Malay opium cure claim, apartment leases, a teething syrup ad, and a comical bank cashier scene, all rendered in a garbled, piecemeal fashion.
The youthful figure declared he would not join and faced a test of eligibility. He trimmed a cherer tree he had opened with his dowers and began carving a large stick from it, in a moment echoing a future president’s improvised pledge.
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