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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
7
A Chicago Record-Herald short humor piece shows Cindy insisting a kitchen visitor is her brother, while the man clarifies he is not related, prompting a playful misunderstanding as the household checks again.
A man with inflammatory rheumatism endures with his wife nursing him. His easygoing friend asks about his condition and the patient blames his wife for the damp air. The joke hinges on the wife’s tears making the air moist, per the doctor’s advice.
The excerpt discusses fears about losing womanliness and whether desexing changes gender. Weininger argues there is no person anatomically woman and psychically man, asserting that even a masculine appearance cannot erase distinctly feminine psychic traits.
A quip exchanges a tired man seeking a pistol with Wagge offering a chafing dish. The line pivots on the idea that the impossible remains so and closes with a wry remark about a man aimless in life being a dog without wag in his tail.
Ellen Evelyn James of San Antonio now a sculpture student in New York City is the model for Plenty, the goddess on a forthcoming U S bill. Kenyon Cox created the figure, making her picture destined to be highly sought after. James laments friends will remind her of posing. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S H James of San Antonio.
At the Metropolitan Opera in Baltimore a small dog’s yelps broke the silence during Caruso’s peak Aida notes. A well dressed woman wrestled with the dog while ushers moved in. The owner’s identity and Caruso’s remark were not learned.
A new seating plan for the 435 members of the House would form a semicircular arena around the speaker with benches on steps to improve view and debate. The change could curb unruly conduct and centralize proceedings, letting the speaker referee any ring actions. Past floor brawls featuring fists canes hair pulling and even disputed duels prompted laughter rather than fights, with notable incidents cited including Grow versus Keith and Washburns scalp incident.
The furnishings of former congressman Joseph Cannon's Vernon Avenue home were auctioned. A crowd including Mrs. Robert McCormick and several lawmakers bid on relics and memorabilia from Cannon's era, with a sturdy oak poker table fetching $16 and other items selling to dealers and collectors.
A new Austrian soldiers service manual instructs soldiers serving officers to master housemaid duties, market knowledge, table waiting, and champagne opening. In campaigns they must locate suitable furniture, seal windows, kill vermin, and spread insect powder in quarters.
The War Department released a statement noting rapid aviation progress since 1909, with major French contributions. Height records rose from 1,450 to over 20,000 feet, and speed to 108.9 mph by Verdines, while Fourney set 13 hours 17 minutes in endurance flight and Busson logged 54 mph with passengers. Six individuals have flown to 2,054 feet.
The Astor house long famed hotel to close its doors and likely be razed for a Broadway subway. The property is owned jointly by Vincent Astor and William Astor. Vincent Astor seeks 1,000,000 dollars for his share.
An Baltimore- area report states that a sponge left in Mrs. Sarah Tracy's abdomen after an appendicitis operation caused her death. The procedure occurred a year ago at a Cleveland hospital and a later operation revealed the memento in her abdomen.
A Washington post office and a local express office confuse Thomas R. Marshall with Tom Marshall proprietor of Loseham Case. Misaddressed mail and a surplus rye shipment create comic mixups. The incident reveals identity confusion between national and local figures.
City bred in the world’s greatest metropolis, J C Hill and his three sons settled on homesteads at Lloydminster Saskatchewan eight years ago. They now hold the North American oat championship winning the silver challenge cup at the Fifth National Corn exposition in Columbia, SC. Their oats grew on prairie land four years ago. they built credit from Edmonton to Winnipeg and beyond by mixing grain with live stock and studying climate soil and seed.
A line of dialogue highlights a scene at the school where a character jokes about the girls’ heads and their rats, finally naming Old Miss Prim the cat as the culprit.
Pentwater Michigan woman Mrs Alice Darling says a year of weakness and severe back pain ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Peoria Illinois woman Miss Clara L Gauwitz reports relief from backache heavy side feeling and headaches after the same remedy. Such letters prove the value of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for woman’s ills. Why not try it.
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