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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1908
Page
7
An editorial warns against fueling outside spending and urges supporting local industries. It uses a parable of a drunk trying to fill a bottle from a broken bottom to illustrate waste and contrasts it with home-based prosperity.
The Mermaid tavern in Bread Street was a famed London gathering place for writers and actors during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Notable figures like Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Fletcher, Donne, and others shared there. the Mermaid Club is linked to Sir Walter Raleigh.
The Kansas City Journal notes multiple theories on bogus origin. Dr Ogilvie links to Boghese, a swindler around 1835 flooding western regions with counterfeit bills and sham mortgages. Other attributions include bogy goblin French bogasse and French argot bogue meaning rind or watch case.
Robert Browning greets the Chinese minister in a street window scene as a crowd watches. The minister is described as a poet in his own country and devoted to poetical enigmas, prompting Browning to declare him a brother.
Dr Fridjof Nansen predicts far future Earth fate as the Sun cools. Life’s simplest organisms persist longest until ice caps form oceans freeze and later atmospheric gases condense into liquid. Surface temperatures plunge to about 330 degrees below zero F as new oceans form and the sun becomes a dark star.
A mother wakes as the wagons of the greatest show on earth rumble along the avenue. Ten year old Billie and five year old Robert sneak from their bed, Rob struggles to dress while Billie seeks help from their mother and older brother.
A London Graphic tale recalls a much married woman who lost three husbands in mine accidents. She gains sympathy from callers and responds that she remains thankful, noting all her husbands did not live long after she insured them.
An Atlantic liner's ladies cabin reports exclusiveness under strain with all passengers sick except one lady and a wandering cat. The woman strokes the cat and says poor pussy, but a nearby berth interrupts with a choking remark claiming the cat is private, as noted by the Argonaut.
A Baltimore American item notes Mary fears a closet skeleton after papa sends her to bed in the dark. Her mother reassures, while Mary recalls Mrs Jones mentioning the skeleton.
Uncle Eben remarks that patience hides deceit after a man smiles despite hampered thumb from a hammer, highlighting suspicion of honesty. Washington Star quotation frames the caution about facial calm concealing wrongdoing.
A concise aphorism on persistence posits that obstacles yield to steady effort more than clever means. The thought links success to discipline, patience, and unwavering resolve rather than shortcuts.
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