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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
4
Isabel C. Barrows reports a St Petersburg meeting with a princess interested in prisons who speaks of Tolstoy and a prayer she wrote for him. The princess praises Tolstoy’s kindness but urges him to trust Jesus and accept the gospel.
Editorial urges drastic action against billboard nuisances and vacant-lot ugliness. It argues that neatness costs little, improves health, and boosts the city beautification movement, asserting clean surroundings shape virtuous living and faster municipal progress.
In a Cornish fishing bay a lighthouse keeper explains the light’s erratic midnight behavior. An officer of the coast guard questions the claim, and the keeper asserts goats retreat before twelve to save the isle, a humorous local twist from the St. James Gazette.
A humorous exchange about hiring a night watchman for one dollar suggests skepticism about value and reliability. The dialogue frames the question of affordable security with a light taunt about the man being a “pretty good dollar watch.”
New York reports the United States government launches a mass drive against the house fly Musca Domestica. Scientists say cleanliness can wipe out the pest within years. the public is urged to adopt stringent hygiene to stop its spread.
New Orleans plans drain and reclaim over 1,000,000 acres within 50 miles to transform marsh into gardens and towns. Contracts for 100,000 additional acres in nearby parishes under way, bringing suburbs and paved roads closer as Panama Canal opens. Mississippi filtering and sewerage systems cost about $25,000,000 and improve city water quality.
A Chicago dentist in the Masonic temple laments hair styles complicating dental work. He recounts a patient whose hair snagged a sleeve button, removing curls and prompting nonpayment. He suggests dentists boycott current styles or require hair removal before procedures.
Historic fortress Perote on the Apam plain near Jalapa Mexico is being rehabilitated to garrison and arm its battlements with modern guns. Texans from the Mier expedition recall its grim confinement there after General Scott captured it during the Mexican War.
In this vignette Ellen admires her employer's garden then laments its ruin after a neighbor's ditch floods it. She tells the doctor she did not voice anger, instead wishing the neighbor ill and choosing quiet restraint over confrontation. The exchange highlights neighbourly tension and restraint in response to property damage.
The author notes a custom in several New England churches where deacons walked the aisles after services and gave metal checks to those deemed fit to commune. At the communion Sabbath they ensured each communicant possessed a check before receiving bread and wine, and collected the check after greeting the communicant.
A reflective note on the awkward delay and nerve needed to meet a specific girl in social moments. The piece considers how anticipation can shape the first impression and the struggle to act at the exact needed instant.
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