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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
5
A brief note recounts bread as a late human staple tied to agriculture and the rise of farming. The piece also explains ambergris as a whale-derived substance used as a perfume vehicle, found in sick whales or retrieved from intestines after death.
He describes dyspepsia and misery from quitting smoking. A friend suggests the habit worsens his mood, but Carlyle says stopping made him miserable, so he resumed smoking to endure the distress.
Century Magazine recalls Thackeray’s habit of entertaining boys with dinners before pantomimes. He notably recalled treating Herrman Merivale at the Garrick club and joked that he always gave beefsteak and apricot omelet to boys, delighting his guest with precise memory.
They Were a Quear Pair Mr and Miss Dancer reputed the most notorious misers in England in the eighteenth century. After death their wealth was found concealed in odd places: £2 500 under a dunghill £500 in an old coat nailed to a manger £600 in notes in an old teapot £2 000 in chimney crevices and coins in jugs in the stable loft.
A Gil Blas writer notes French thrift has quirks when a Paris area guest complains about a half chicken he did not receive. The proprietor coolly replies that the other half will be cooked only when someone else orders it, arguing they cannot kill half a chicken just for him.
A Scottish farmer traveling to market always carried a hen in a trap. Observers wondered why until one day a friend joined the drive. At every stop the farmer fed the horse first, and the hen picked up whatever fell from the nosebag, proving nothing was wasted.
The sun lies about 92 million miles from Earth with a diameter of 860000 miles. It is 109 times larger in diameter than Earth and vastly bigger in volume. Sun spots vary in number size and duration, some up to 100000 miles across. The sun is slowly shrinking as it cools and may become like the moon in 5 to 7 million years.
In a millinery warehouse Olaf Larson backed into an elevator shaft and tumbled five stories with a load of boxes. He crawled out unharmed as coworkers rushed down to the wreckage and found him uninjured among the debris. He muttered about bosses and nails as an aside.
The London Chron icle notes that even the Bank of England faced runs and needed strategy to survive. It cites 1745 when agents were used to stall payments and 1825 when a sudden discovery of 700,000 one pound notes averted a stoppage of payment.
A wealthy English man believed he was broke and his sons offered him a clerk job at 7.50 a week. He worked for twenty years and, after his death, left an estate near 15 million dollars.
A young girl asks what futility means and her sweetheart presents a math joke. He sets arithmetic puzzles with large numbers, the girl struggles, and finally the couple shares a ring return, underscoring the gag.
A farmer taunts a cloth factory manager over a faultily thin weave. The manager redoubles effort, promising thicker fabric. The farmer tests the cloth calling it bullet proof and jokes a carpenter will fit hinges on knees and elbows for a safer garment.
The London Chronicle notes a Russian law prohibiting marriage for anyone over eighty, contrasting with common limits in other countries. It recalls ancient Rome’s rule forbidding men over sixty or women over fifty from marrying, highlighting historical age restrictions.
A photographer records a terse exchange about posing and deadlines. The speaker insists on a plain portrait despite a short temper while noting relatives plan a monthlong stay at the home of a throne and country setting.
A man teases his friend about an advertising win showing a bracelet advertised on Monday found on Wednesday. The editor boasts circulation proves ads work, while the friend reveals the wife regained the bracelet after Tuesday notice.
W S Gilbert and F C Burnand once dined together with a host placing them at opposite ends of the room. Laughter erupted from Gilberts side as Burnand grew frustrated and quipped that Gilbert tells funny stories sent to Punch that never appear.
The article describes a homemade water telescope used by Norwegian fishermen. A tin tube about three and a half feet long and nine inches wide is shaped to fit the observer’s eye. The inside is blackened with a glass insert weighted by lead, allowing viewing when submerged in clear water.
A Louisville Courier Journal article explains the sun’s extreme heat and light, noting surface temperatures around 18 000 degrees F and the immense power emitted each second. It describes solar size, rotation irregularities, a giant sunspot, and imaginative comparisons to travel scales and time.
A Boston Transcript note recounts a man who says he never ordered the book he received and refused payment for it claiming the seller did not send it or that he would have paid if it arrived. The bookseller had billed him, and the man’s written reply disputes the transaction.
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