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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
11
The fragment references an inauguration in Columbus in 1909. It then shares a humorous anecdote from a pleasure steamer on the Kyles of Bute about a honeymoon couple and a hungry bride seeking chocolate and coffee to cope with longing and emotion.
The Ohio State Commission for the Blind promotes reading embossed print and useful work for the blind, citing successful roles in mattress and broom making, basketry, and home instruction. It notes nationwide interest and advocacy aiming to prevent infantile blindness and increase citizen participation.
A regional program backed by the Ohio State Commission for the Blind aims to assist visually impaired residents with new services and resources. Officials emphasize expanded access to tools, training, and independence, highlighting community partnerships and progress signs.
The Ohio Commission for the Blind works with the State Board of Health to educate the public on preventing blindness. Ophthalmia neonatorum, a common curable cause, can be prevented with a simple remedy as highlighted by the American Medical Association.
The pianist De Pachmann, famed for agitation, defied Queen Alexandra’s summons at Buckingham Palace and drifted into anarchism. His friends urged him to avoid an insult the English would not forgive, then sent him home in a cab. He wandered London’s squares seeking his address.
In Glasgow a youth, under the influence of drink, argued with Wyilie the checker champion. James Moir recalls the scene where the youth boasted of equal skill, was silenced, and left the room after a sharp retort about a large bat and a nose. The event sparked laughter among onlookers.
A 1900s notice outlines permit costs for big game in German Africa possessions. Shooting permits run two hundred dollars for general big game with limits on giraffes rhinos and zebras, and ten dollars for gazelles antelopes and monkeys. Wildlife officials require one task per elephant killed and offer small payments for certain predators and game.
A Balt imore Sun letter extols sauerkraut praising St Hermann of Pilsen as its inventor and hero. The piece imagines a Munich statue of Hermann stirring a kettle with an oar of gilt bronze and contrasts American neglect of the saint with the dish’s universal popularity.
M Edmond About requested a fencing lesson from Grisier the famed master to avoid ridicule after joking about a duel. About, a poor pupil, left the lesson and was shown a photograph Grisier autographed “the best pupil I have ever had.” Seconds fearing for their client arranged the affair without a duel.
In a Mc Clure's Magazine piece Ellen Terry recalls Henry Irving’s courteous manner and timing. He imagines a simple end with a good cigar a fine wine and friends and answers the question with a brief contemplative pause and a snap of his fingers.
A Harpers Weekly fragment recalls a boy guiding Noahs ark with people animals and two tiny splinters of wood. The speaker learns the pair of microbes may have been aboard, highlighting a humorous science analogy.
A brief London Telegraph exchange features a successful financier deriding money with a sharp line There are a hundred ways of marking money Yet only one honest way The retort from a companion prompts curiosity about the one honest method in this witty quip setting
A quoted exchange from London Tit-Bits reveals Mrs Doll praising her indulgent husband while Mrs Spiteful notes his indulgence. The dialogue underscores domestic humor and character traits in a fragment from the periodical.
A husband recalls his wife using a broom to argue he should have been home earlier, framing a domestic disagreement as a sweeping display of persuasion.
After ceremony tears fade to memory as Atchison Globe reflects on a wedding where emotional moments reverberate, suggesting real sorrow may surface in private afterward.
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