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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1899
Page
5
The Smoker notes caterpillar sightings on a freshly painted fence and recalls debates on the Gypsy moth control. He cites Bath population around 13,000, rising train traffic, and local commerce. Mentions Dr Day sermons, fundraisers, and a trout trip, plus Parkas the cigar man moving stores and a compare of Bath and Rockland school spending.
A Mississippi editor pleads delinquent subscribers to pay up. He warns of strained finances and urges readers to support the paper to improve quality and help their town grow. He cites family needs and comes with a folksy, urgent appeal. He asks for nickels and dimes to fund better printing and local coverage.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer tale recounts a frog with a greenback, a duck with a bill, and a lamb with four quarters entering a show while a skunk, lacking both entry tools, waits outside. A passing hoop snake hurries on, then the skunk meets a sardine who offers a box to reunite them inside.
The Spoonbill or shovel nose cat is a large river fish found in the Ohio below the falls. It grows from a foot to six feet, lacks scales, and bears a spoon shaped bill used like a spade. Seen in schools each spring, its spawning grounds at the falls fuel river lore from the Gulf of Mexico to Louisville reports.
Robert Louis Stevenson reflects on the moral task of living with fortitude and delicacy. The quote emphasizes honesty kindness frugality and integrity to nurture a happy family, maintain true friendships, and stay true to oneself without bitterness. It frames self-midelity as the core duty of a balanced life.
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base a powder shaken into shoes eases tight or new footwear and relieves coins bunions. It claims instant relief for swollen feet blisters and callous spots with cures for growing nails sweating and hot aching feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25c trial package free by mail Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Landor, at Gore House, becomes flushed and agitated when Count d Orsay points out a disarranged cravat during a hot evening. He thanks the count, saying he would have blown his brains out rather than face Lady Blessington in such a light. The remark is preserved from Landor’s Letters.
In a General Fox letter, George Selwyn’s unusual urge to view bizarre bodies is noted as a not uncommon fixation. Lord Holland, ill at Holland House, replies he would welcome seeing Selwyn whether alive or dead, illustrating dark humor about mortality.
A witty exchange unfolds as a weather prophet jokes about certainty. Miss Cayenne reacts with surprise and humor. The Washington Star captures a moment of playful skepticism and casual banter about knowledge and belief.
A Boston Journal quotation contrasts talent with genius, noting a talent can build the finest monument for oneself while the public often must supply a monument for a genius. The remark frames talent as self-made versus genius as a public, shared legacy.
An Philadelphia Inquirer passage recounts an elderly rural couple in a city restaurant noting a grand artificial palm. A staffer cleans a leaf, prompting doubt that the plant grew in Florida as claimed, revealing the fake nature of the décor.
In Cleveland Plain Dealer style, a doctor explains an attempted appendicitis operation on elderly Beasley. When asked how it went, the surgeon answers badly. Beasley did not die. he fetched another doctor after the suggestion of surgery.
The article notes that Sir Robert Peel imposed the first British income tax in 1841 at fivepence in the pound and mentions a separate curious fact that palm trees yielded four thousand pounds of dates from a single palm.
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