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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
8
A reflective verse exhorts a son to value a faithful woman who will stand by him. It contrasts fleeting friends and fortune with her steadfast faith, urging him to live honorably to bless her brief days on earth and prove his worth.
Mrs. Winkleman suspects deceit when Henry brings candy after their wedding trip. He dismisses the idea, explaining the gift’s 80 cent per pound price and that a cheaper option would suffice to ease any guilt.
A man who failed to gain the nomination smiles and vows support for the ticket. He then sharpens his blades and seeks a spot where he may strike, pursuing his political vocation with intent.
A narrator describes a single drop of ink and its imagined influence on world thoughts. He notes Mrs Bingley’s charm as she celebrates a second prize at a card party, provoking jealousy in the first prize winner.
A northern visitor asks who leads the town, and a local names Ab Hinson as the man who heads lynching mobs across the street. The exchange turns to criticism and the ease of finding fault for pay, highlighting tension around mob violence and public reputation.
A lighthearted quip notes a husband who jokingly entertains a servant. The exchange implies a humorous domestic situation centered on marriage and affection between spouses.
A tailor muses that long unused sleeve and back coat buttons endure as relics of past weapon use. He notes sword belts and gauntlets created these fastenings for security, though swords and gauntlets have vanished, the buttons stay as proof of human conservatism.
A city woman who recently spent time at a farm bought poultry for breakfast eggs and sent them to town. The husband, finding the birds had arrived, learned the basement door was left open and all had escaped. A fowl hunt ensued with only ten found after three hours. The wife revealed she had bought only six birds.
A House of Lords session saw an unusual safety razor demonstration by a judge famed for mechanics. The event echoes past curiosities including a dagger shown by Edmund Burke and other objects like a pea bag, a brush, a battering ram, a truncheon, and a steel nut used in riots, presented by various speakers in parliamentary history.
The article notes some trees reach thousands of years in age including a Canary Islands dragon tree over 6,000 years, a Mexican cyprus over 4,000 years, and an English oak and Sequoia gigantea over 2,000 years. It highlights extreme heights and diameters with eucalyptus to 470 feet, redwoods and Douglas firs around 300 feet, and a Mount Etna chestnut trunk over sixty feet in diameter. The Oriental sycamore has about a forty-foot diameter.
Colonel G- criticizes his regimental band for lack of uniformity. He insists small men play small instruments and big men handle large ones. He orders trombone players to slide in and out in unison to keep everyone in step.
The Borgias left vast wealth to their descendant the duke of Ossuna who in 1867 became Spanish ambassador to St Petersburg. He reportedly refused state salary, directing funds to Madrid’s poor, and was described as the wealthiest man in Europe. His lands stretched from Cadiz to Turin. He traveled by coach from Madrid through France and Germany to Warsaw, sleeping at his own castles each night.
Mrs Newlywed completes marketing on Ridge Avenue when the butter and egg man remarks you have forgotten your razor. She wonders if he teases her as he clarifies it was a bread raiser joke about yeast cake.
A 25 year eczema sufferer from Bath Illinois reports relief after using Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. The advertisement asserts a physician's formula, years of use, and a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists or by mail Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis for 50 cents.
A brief quirky item notes James H Carroll a notary public and quotes Justine's Rest Hour with a wry line from Pele Mele about working hard to appear busy. The quote suggests a humorous exchange or joke about productivity.
A man who has time to waste never seems content unless he is wasting others' time. The remark highlights a belief that idleness breeds discontent and that imposing delays on others reflects a restless attitude.
The ad touts Foley's Urine Laxative as a gentle stomach friendly remedy that aids the liver, regulates bowels, prevents gas, and helps clear complexion. It warns indigestion leads to chronic dyspepsia and promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as the solution for biliousness and nausea.
F G DIEFENBACH promotes staple and fancy groceries with creamery butter teas and coffees as specialties at 286 Western Ave. Telephone 54. WILLIAM ANDERSON manufactures and dealer in harness and saddlery with stable supplies at 181 Western Ave.
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