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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
7
A humorous exchange notes Patience asking what good the militia did for her brother who has fought in four engagements without capture. Patrice comments on his luck. Griggs quips about prospects and leadership at a penitentiary, reflecting period humor.
Archdeacon Whitaker recounts a legendary gold mine between Fort McPherson and Herschel Island. A nine man party found a fabulously rich deposit, returned to work it but seven died on the way out and the survivors failed to relocate the mine, despite notes.
Sir Archibald Denny unveils a Titanic engineers memorial in London with over ten thousand attendees. He lauds engineers for steering the doomed ship’s draft and fighting for lifeboat time, likening them to Birkenhead soldiers though they perished below deck. A bronze boat prow supports the Glory figure atop the monument.
A vast swarm estimated at ten million bees moved along London bridge toward a train for a Suffolk bee farm at Bures. A box broke during the crossing, causing a frantic scramble as a carman and a parcels clerk hurried to contain the remaining insects. Some bees escaped and sent travelers fleeing in alarm.
In Halsingborg A Akron, a merchant and landowner, faces police action for breaking the Sabbath by working in his garden on Easter Sunday and Monday and for wearing only a shirt and trousers. Two officers halted him during church service time. he argued business week limits his free time, claiming Sunday as his sole chance for garden recreation.
Governor Miller of Delaware says the whipping post has driven crime to a minimum as offenders fear public disgrace more than corporal punishment.
Two interwoven locks of hair, one from Irving Kellman and one from Miss Betty Waldorf, were presented to the jury and helped secure a $50 verdict for Miss Waldorf in her $5,000 breach of promise case.
U S Senator Blair Lee recalls a Tennessee ridge tale where two mountaineers argued, a man was killed, and news to a widow came while she ate apple dumplings. The widow, with dumpling held midair, warned she would holler after finishing it.
Walter Mahony of Troop H 6th U S Cavalry at Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin describes a two year psoriasis outbreak on arms and legs. After trying several treatments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, receiving a sample then purchasing more. Three months later the cure was complete.
A four year old, sent to fetch ten cents for stamps, asks if ten cents is a little piece of money. His mother confirms it is the smallest coin, and the boy responds that he now knows it is church money. The judge recounts the amusing misbelief.
Advertisements claim the product Dr Peery's Vermifuge swiftly expels worms from the human system. The tone reflects typical patent medicine rhetoric, urging quick relief and health restoration.
A New York Tribune excerpt argues pockets are not a natural right for women. It lists eight reasons including lack of desire, prior underuse, burden on women’s duties, spousal tensions, and supposed chivalric norms. The piece insults pockets for women as unnecessary.
J Welch father of Mrs Nelson died after cancer ravages. He traveled from Oakland to live with his daughter last fall. Three months earlier he asked for a coffin to be finished before his death and, after pleas from his son in law, Nelson began the task ten days ago and completed it before the end.
An English showman asks a deaf Irish farmer about a carts and monkeys incident. The joke uses dialect lines and ends with an eye balm advertisement urging Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sensation and eyelid inflammation.
Detroit Free Press notes the claim money cannot buy happiness and reports that Chilean women workers receive an average 38 cents daily, highlighting income gaps and economic conditions.
Philadelphia and Providence women report relief from displacement, inflammation, backache, and fatigue after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials claim improved sleep, appetite, and ability to work, urging others to try the remedy.
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