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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
8
A man confronts the gate of a dazzling white after death and argues with St Peter about his alleged crimes in ice and coal price gouging. The guardian exposes the man as a thief and murderer for price hikes during heat and winter, then suggests a future in areas with greater demand before the man awakens realizing, business is business.
Amid notable joy from locals, Camille Favre was guillotined in Saintes France for murdering a six year old girl. The condemned spent his final days keeping sparrows as pets and asked to eat six of them before his execution, then planned to finish the rest the next day.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip describes a man who disappeared from his home for two years and returned claiming he had stayed up with a sick friend. The joke notes his wife was convinced the friend was a chronic invalid, prompting ironic laughter.
Aunt Mary visits unexpectedly and critiques the spare room. Helen explains she simulated an unplanned guest night and then added missing items so a real visitor would find everything needed. The exchange highlights practical tweaks to improve guest comfort.
A former member of the Holy Ghost and Us colony at Shiloh Me predicts the settlement will disappear within five years. He notes many will forget it, but others, including old settlers and young evangelists, will never forget the experience and its impact.
Rita recalls a man who caused a scene with her and asked if her father objected to him as a son in law. He left and then proposed to Rita's sister. Stella asks for details as Rita confirms the event.
Oil shipments to China grew from 23,000,000 gallons in 1899 to 104,000,000 in 1908 and 8T,000,000 in 1909, more than quadrupling in ten years.
The direct cause is volatile hydrocarbons from coal not fully burned before contact with tube surfaces. Higher volatile content raises smoke risk, requiring proper air supply and temperature for complete combustion. The solution parallels lamp fuel: increase air access and control heat to avoid smoke.
Miss Mary Garden speaks at a tea in Philadelphia praising corset makers. She recalls a Sunday school parable where a wise eight year old girl says our corset bands us together and makes us better than we are by nature.
The Wanderer sighs at exhaustion and laments failing to keep up with Weston who is forty miles ahead and moving swiftly. He grumbles about the day of his birth as he rests. the chase continues as he struggles to match Weston’s pace.
A dialogue unfolds where a new arrival asks Pluto where lost souls afflicted by conscience are kept. Pluto replies with ironic wit that any creature with a conscience would not reach such a place.
An exchange notes people lived without telegraph and telephone and were as happy as those with these adjuncts of civilization.
Senator Davis proposes holding parents liable for their children's misbehavior under 16. The argument notes current laws protect children from physical harm and immoral influences, but stresses that moral training should come from home rather than statute. The piece questions scope and effectiveness of legal penalties to improve parental vigilance.
Long excerpt details August Belmont and Eleanor Robson visiting Nursery Stud near Lexington Kentucky where a couch cover made from the hide and hair of the stallion St. Blaise is displayed. St. Blaise, sold for 100000 dollars, died at age twenty nine in 1909 and was bred in England by Lord Arlington. He won four of six races as a two year old including a walkover and a dead heat with Elzevir at Goodwood.
A proverb echoes the idea that a woman’s true intent lies in her spoken words rather than assumed meaning, urging careful listening to her statements.
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