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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
3
Lieutenant Boyer gathers intelligence in Metz area by listening through a sealed floor auger hole. He overhears Prussian march plans via Jules Poucher’s cellar confrontation and relays details to Marshal MacMahon, aiding French defense planning.
A garbled collage quotes a University of Pennsylvania figure warning that eradicating rats and marmots could avert plague, with grim yardsticks of reproduction. It riffs on James Russell Lowell and Sir Frederick Bramwell, ending with a comically abrupt cab fare dispute about identity and right.
A Barper's Weekly description details how telescope sights and crossbars aided naval gunnery. It explains the eye strain before these aids, the firing sequence, and the spectacle of battery practice with shell and splash along the horizon.
A Boston Herald story highlights Judge William J. Pollard of a St Louis police court. He tests mule pain with a cane after expert testimony on cruelty to an animal, then fines a driver 50 for injuring the mule. The tale ends with the judge’s quip and a note on a Scottish minister and rain causing floods.
Senate finance committee discussed the Canadian reciprocity bill with no amendments accepted beyond Root. Lumber paper and wool interests pledged to contribute to the anti reciprocity campaign for the National Grange while Major manufacturers and publishers faced inquiries from the Associated Prose and American Newspaper Publishers’ association.
General Logan and part of his staff sought cars eastward at Chicago depot. A porter refused entry to a ladies car, offering one seat and directing the general to sit with only half out of the wind. The exchange highlights strict seating rules for women aboard the train.
A 22 foot python invaded a vegetable garden near ThayetMyo Burma and swallowed a duck in a fowl pen protected by diamond mesh. The serpent then dragged a netting section through the cabbage patch triggering alarm and gunfire. The story recalls a dramatic, perilous encounter reported by Forest and Stream.
Ardent missionaries clothe natives to modesty and Christianity. Natives parade in civilized garb until a church service reveals rain baring sun unwraps bundles. A chief explains rain spoiling the outfits, prompting cautious acceptance and cultural misunderstanding.
A London Tatler snippet shows a tenant angrily confronting a landlord after signing a year’s lease. The tenant accuses the house of being “full of hewer guns” while the landlord deflects, claiming he had told them gas was in every room.
Rossini once quipped that Meyerbeer and he could never agree though they were close friends. When asked why Meyerbeer preferred sauerkraut to macaroni, he replied that sauerkraut suited him better.
Morrie Hughes acting premier of the commonwealth writes in the Sydney Telegraph that Australia will not admit Japanese immigrants even if doing so would require reparation from Britain. This stance comes during a Fleet visit and frames ongoing debate on racial and immigration policy.
Hogan tried selling a timepiece in a neighbor’s home after disposing of tickets at his shop. He pitched that the clock would “luk some on yer whatnot er mantel” but the neighbor said it doesn’t run. Hogan then claimed the buyer might win and get the laugh on the seller.
The egg comprises a calcium carbonate shell and yolk that is half water and albumen with mineral trace. The white consists mainly of water with albumen and small amounts of phosphorus and sulfur. The yolk floats atop the white and is kept from touching the shell by two cords attached at its ends.
A Washington Herald cartoon line asks if you smile at daily tasks and answers with a gruff no. The second line states a Milton-like maxim that those who overcome by force have only half their foe defeated.
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