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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
4
At a Washington reception for Andrew Carnegie a congressman noted the diminutive Willionaire and a Arkansas observer remarked that Everything is relative depending on viewpoint. He recalled a man who inherited 6200 dollars plus 300 from a father and uncle and now has no money to his name.
A narrator recalls a mistaken kiss on a dim railway platform. A woman, calling him Jack, recognizes him and kisses him before realizing the error. He reflects that such a singular moment arrives once in a lifetime, leaving him with a poignant memory.
The article estimates global arable land at 28 million square miles and uses density figures to project capacity. With fertile land at 207 persons per square mile, steppes at ten and deserts at one, full capacity emerges near 6 billion people. Based on current census growth, the globe would reach this limit around 2072.
A Smithsonian mounted giraffe once the second largest in captivity reportedly contains pulp from thousands of devalued currency notes. The papier mache interior is said to have been made from ground up one to twenty dollar bills supplied by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with about $200,000 worth of worn money macerated for the pulp.
In Lady Randolph Churchill's reminiscences, Emperor William J. is described as a fine looking older man with a rare Joanh er appeal. Ila's gaiety arouses teasing among the young attendees as the narrator puzzles over his recovery from drinking and indulgence. The meal progresses from poshed eges to meats and German dishes, with tea, strawberries, ices, and tepid champagne, as banal chatter continues and the scene remains uneventful.
A New York Sun report notes Mont Blanc was visible from a Dijon passenger train 136 miles distant amid clear air after rain. It discusses other viewpoints, distances from Lyons and Marseilles, and how weather and elevation affect visibility of European giants like Vesuvius and Etna.
The reader is shown a simple experiment: moisten a breakfast plate rim and balance half an empty eggshell on it to spin around the rim. By tilting the plate, the shell spins along the rim and slowly orbits while rotating on its axis, illustrating how the earth travels around the sun.
The Argonaut reports Colonel James Fisk was summoned to meet a woman who recalled his father's peddling days and accused him of deception over a yard of calico. Fisk doubted any old man would lie for a few cents, while Trig recalled the elder Fisk refusing to fund a cemetery fence at Brattleboro, arguing no outsider needed in or out.
An entomologist posits a black water beetle weighing 4.2 crains can carry 814 ounces in a small bag, a load 858 times its weight. He speculates if a 150 pound man could carry proportionally, he could shoulder a forty-five ton locomotive and a train of railway cars at five miles per hour, crossing the country.
A Glasgow Mail account recalls the 1807 1808 era when twelve year old Willant Moury West Betty, Irish by birth, lit up Glasgow Edinburgh and Drury Lane, drawing immense crowds and headlines. He rose to immense wealth and education but soon faded from fame after overstepping his welcome.
During a Tempest rehearsal the cast pretended to stage a storm while a real one raged outside. Beerbohm Tree urged even more authenticity as lightning flashed through a window above the deck and thunder shook the theater. The master carpenter reminded the actor-manager that the storm was indeed real.
A Portland man tells of Tobe Carter in Maine who jokes about flour prices while buying groceries. He piles items in a basket and, carrying flour on his other arm, asks if flour is lower. The shopkeeper replies thirty five pounds for a dollar now, prompting Tobe to say he hopes it rises again so he won’t have to haul so much home for one dollar.
Mia G W Heard of Hempstead Texas writes about her son Carl who suffered ear discharges and hearing loss in infancy. After failing with a local physician and liquid medicines his mother reports improvement with two bottles of Lacapia and Peruna tablets and urges others to buy Peruna products.
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