11 Sep 1908
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
1
A long reminiscence traces how a bachelor life shifts after a Vitascope moment. A past romance resurfaces when the narrator sees his younger self on screen, rekindling love and prompting a vow to reunite with his former fiancée, now grown.
An old advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a radical cure for indigestion and symptoms like heartburn nervous headaches and fatigue. It cites Miss Gertrude Stewart of Chelsea Massachusetts detailing years of distress and dramatic improvement after a few boxes.
A vintage instruction advises on a home embroidery smoothing method. Lay the work face down on a wood surface, pin down all sides with hammer pins to stretch it, dampen with cold water, and leave for hours. The puckers vanish and threads settle, applicable to linen and varied materials.
Russian newspapers honored Tolstoy with extensive memorial pages detailing his life and works. They published critiques, anecdotes, and reflections as the author remained central to cultural memory. A Tolstoj memorial performance at the Suvorin theatre drew attendance by Premier Stalypin and other dignitaries.
The article notes Premier Stolypin expressing regret over imperial authority abroad while London literary circles prepare a jubilee for Count Leo Tolstoy. A message from English expatriates arrives as Tolstoy, ill and bedridden, awaits a birthday celebration featuring a tomato and cheese ball salad, Philadelphia cream, olives, and chili peppers.
Mix through the cheese then roll into small balls half an inch in diameter. Place two or three balls on a slice of tomato, resting on two lettuce heart leaves. Drizzle two or three tablespoons of French dressing over each plate and serve at once.
A kitchen conflict unfolds as a young worker defies a warning and asserts two years of service with eighty nine families served, insisting she will quit for a better job. The scene shifts to a recipe note for corn oysters, detailing grated corn, yolk, seasonings, beaten egg white, and frying method.
A local fisherman from the Copeland Islands near County Down reports shooting a snake like sea monster about 90 feet long with a fan shaped tail and seal like head. The body was secured and numerous photographs were taken, according to a Belfast dispatch dated Sept 1.
Washington hosts the International Tuberculosis congress this month with many foreign women delegates. France will be represented by Mile Chaptal who has earned many degrees, and Mme Beroth Berger will read on The Social Side of Tuberculosis. Other delegates include Mme Creapin and Mme Dufournier from Paris, Rambert, Mme Augustine Hey from Russia and Germany.
In Pittsburg near Latrobe Wednesday evening several players were injured during one of the first football games of the season. William Cadman suffered a broken right arm, Caldwell sustained a nearly torn off left ear, Charlee Shamfalt had three teeth knocked out and other injuries, and William Stiffey broke multiple bones in his left hand.
An OCR fragment markets a medical paste promising quick relief from piles with boasts of permanent cure and minimal dwell time. The ad includes a call to action to obtain the product and cites a "DF. Davie" as perhaps the sender or distributor.
U S Court upholds a 1908 coal transport clause affecting major Pennsylvania railroads including Jersey Central Lehigh Valley Erie Delaware Lackawanna Reading and Philadelphia Reading. Lawyers argued constitutionality and the proposed penalties. the ruling centers on coal mine ownership and interstate shipment limits under the interstate commerce act.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a verdict or legal influence affecting stocks and rail lines. Mentions Wall Street, Sorfie, Larrea courts, Replairn commodities, and railroads Delaware and Hudson Central Ponmeyl Erie, with further references to Baltimore and Ohio and possible deck concerns at a court.
A student named John Sharp Williams in Heidelberg, Germany, identified a dark skinned guest as an African princess from the South Seas who claimed South Carolina origins. The incident shows cultural curiosity and a plea for discretion as the princess sought mercy to avoid exposure of her deception.
A congressman recalls a Chicago anecdote about a man who stayed late at a club dinner and, walking along streetcar tracks, refuses to walk on the sidewalk calling himself Blondin. The Yonkers Statesman quips on gender roles and wood sawing as a joke about work.
Premier Katsura outlines core financial plan measures to tighten fiscal policy. The program seeks to curb outlays, extend armament and public works, avoid new loans for eleven years, and redirect state rail profits to modernization before issuing domestic bonds as an exception.
Syracuse educators report a strong yellow sky yesterday believed caused by distant forest fires. Astronomers at Syracuse University could not explain the color, noting the early fog and clearing air as possible factors and that a lower sky condition also appeared in the area.
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