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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
5
A maritime loan case hinges on a sailor witness who signed a bottomry bond. The captain seated across, paper between them, kept the document upside down. The sailor read the upside down text fluently, ending the legal contest over the bond’s execution. The anecdote highlights sailors' curious talents during long voyages.
A roguish girl asks about his past as he tallies his kisses in a notebook. He honestly replies one hundred twenty six, then notes the one hundred twenty seventh. The mood is playful as she laughs and leans closer.
Otto Eppers, a 17 year old East River swimmer, dives 135 feet from Brooklyn bridge center span for 250 dollars and two new suits. He planned to jump from the Manhattan bridge but was foiled by police watch. He emerges with quips about his hit and the cigarette making.
In Municipal Judge Torrison's court a humorous case unfolds titled The Missing Molar. Dr. James L. Blount seeks payment for eleven teeth while Mrs. Alice Andrews contends she has only seven in hand and three in her mouth, with one tooth allegedly swallowed. The tale features a dental dispute framed as a courtroom farce.
Chicago cold storage firms report 45,000,000 eggs stored in warehouses across Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ohio. Farmers sold at about 26 cents a dozen including costs, with potential profit if prices reach 45 cents next winter. Households anticipate price shifts and a possible corner in eggs next year.
A Svenska Dagbladet correspondent mocks English cleanliness and hygiene noting large water use in washing and splashing, open tram windows, and cough medicine reliance. He jokes about spitting in parks, cites the British Museum as a cheap spit spot, and claims railway pricing contradicts discount norms.
Mrs Lapsling begs Johnny to remove a lit match from the baby’s mouth warning that match heads are poisonous and contain Bosphorus for emphasis during a hazardous moment.
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