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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
6
A column discusses Lauradean Libbell and social views on romance and deception. It contrasts poised suitors with marriage risks, and warns girls away from strangers while detailing the demanding reality for aspiring movie actresses and the grind of rehearsal life.
A dated guide warns young women and mothers about favorable yet dangerous social introductions. It portrays a glib, moneyed suitor who ingratiates himself, courts favors, and quickly shifts to the richest girl, risking deception and heartbreak.
A playful moral on winter romance urging young men to pursue love before the season ends. It notes the loneliness of bachelor hours, the charm of warm parlors, and the need to ask early to transform courting into a shared future by year’s end.
Canada harvested 82 404 110 acres in 1911. Japan’s 1918 foreign trade valued at 678 222 146 dollars with imports at 363 256 960. Wisconsin licensed 197 nurseries covering 619 acres. Imperator anchor is largest in world at 26 445 pounds. Cotton experiments in southwestern Spain succeed. Ten girls graduate seven year housekeeping course in St Louis with diplomas. French dreadnought at Brest 29 500 ton displacement, 620 feet long with 16 guns and four turrets. A blue black tulip may appear in nature. Thomas Blades of Yarwell oldest Odd Fellow, 74 years of Manchester Unity membership. Old King Cole likely lived in third century. Helena, daughter, married Constantine the Great.
A quotation from Leigh Hunt about seeking agreeable things and avoiding overemphasis on disagreeable finds. The note encourages balancing focus between hats and boots while searching for harmony.
A Berlin cable describes a firedamp whistle invented by Privy Councilor Habert and Doctor Deiser. The metal cylinder uses an air pump to emit tones indicating gas presence, audible over 300 feet, enabling miners to retreat to safety. The Kaiser witnessed experiments showing clear tone differences between pure air and gas adulterated air.
A year old Maine woods black bear named Pop escaped his cage and unleashed bedlam in a Boston shop for two hours. The cub toppled cages, released rabbits, attacked a moose head, stirred birds to screeches, and caused a hundreds strong crowd to form before security using a whip lured him down from a poultry cage.
Two highwaymen return a stolen watch after seeing a photo of Ray Piper’s mother in the watch case. The robbery near Twenty second and Hoover streets yielded the watch and 85 cents. One man noted the picture and Piper explained the gift. the bandits kept 85 cents and fled.
Bangor judge awards extra costs to Constable Skeffington Kelso after a four mile swamp chase to seize a heifer. He broke ice twice and tore clothing while pursuing the animal, trapped by a mink set and robbed of a jackknife. A Grange member mocked him with a poem.
An old Cascar ets ad touts 10 cent boxes to cure bilious headaches and digestive ills by cleansing the stomach liver and bowels. It is followed by a Chicago News tale about Doctor Brandes forgetting his sweetheart while immersed in Hegel.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a wry exchange about Jones facing a rumored double as misfortune prefers company in the telling.
A collage of ads and quotations covers Cuticura soap benefits for skin and domestic use, plus historical notes on colonial ash trade and a Lord Dufferin speech favoring hard preparations. The fragment ends with a proverb about fools and smart men.
A Boston mother extols feeding her three boys Grape-Nuts for health and energy. She notes fast friendlier changes in neighbors’ child after sharing, and says she and her husband rely on Grape Nuts daily. The advertisement cites Postum Co. as the source.
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