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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
21
Jim Jackson faced a judge charged with stealing chickens. After conviction the judge asked how he could steal them with dogs in the yard. Jackson replied that explaining would not help and advised the judge to buy chickens in the market like others.
A poetic reminiscence of youthful wandering with a violin and song. The narrator recalls rustic joys, shared music by hedges, and a long, wandering romance with a violinist husband. Interleaved vignettes recount a playful interruption and brief comic slices from daily life.
An elderly man sought an agreeable companion for a trip to Egypt. A young man, after dining, saw the notice, hired a hansom, and was hidden in the cab. He reached the old house and rang the bell as the advertiser appeared at the window.
A tense parley ends with a visitor entering, unbolting a door, and a diner standing by as the visitor and speaker exchange terse lines about an unusual errand and inability to go. The exchange includes phrases like coming to tell and an apology.
A collection of short humorous vignettes includes a revival meeting plea on who will be sheep or goats with a quip from an Irishman and a boy’s joke about halves. Also recounted is General Knyphausen aboard Lord Howe's ship asking if they might sail past America during the dark nights amidst Hessian discipline.
A sobbing little girl asks a lawyer for a divorce from her parents in a Beene office scene. A young Union Pacific director hides in plain sight, claiming to direct envelopes in the master mechanic’s office while Mr Harriman is briefed.
An improved puff box design reduces contact between the puff and powder, minimizing powder pick up. The device normally holds the puff away from the powder while allowing user control as needed.
Poem recalls a soldier or traveler returning toward home and Mary as the train moves westward. The speaker notes the lurching train, city fade, and night signals while chorus sings of going home to Mary amid clanking rails and engine burden.
The improved puff box uses a ring shaped cage with corrugations and spiral springs to hold a puff resting on a netted rim. A puff rest guides and spaces above the box bottom to control powder pick up and allow surplus to be wiped away.
A collection of witticisms and anecdotes from Boston Herald headlines. The items blend humorous missteps at meals and dances with a note on police work where photography aids identification but not always. A Rome report shows authorities tracking a criminal from multiple photos.
Experiments in southern Mexico seek to render lesser walnuts valuable by inserting small nuts into roots and sealing them with wax. The process is inspired by centuries of root coloring tricks used by southern Indians. An hacienda planter in Tabasco reports encouraging results across several estates.
An Engineering Record note describes a ditching setup for stiff clay in a sewer trench. The $4,000 install cost, high operator wages, and operating rate show 26 inch wide by seven foot deep trenches could advance about 1200 feet daily at two feet per minute, with interruptions reducing output to around 800 feet per day.
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