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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
5
An expert notes the mule sire should be a large jack from the American Jack Stock Studbook, standing 15 2 to 16 hands and weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds. He stresses weighty bone, outlines outcomes for mares sired by standard bred and thoroughbred stallions, and warns against poor mares producing inferior mules while noting strong south demand for work mules.
The Agriculturist notes many cows and helferns sold as sacrifice for hard milking. Stockmen often misjudge milking difficulties. Cure lies in understanding sphincter muscle contractions affecting milk flow at the teat.
The New York Sun reports on London first night crowds who vocally reject unsatisfactory plays and actors. It notes booing is brutal yet effective in filtering talent, keeping London stages competitive and demanding higher skill from performers.
The London Mail outlines novel reminder tricks for busy men such as taping a reminder to a walking stick, knotting a handkerchief, placing pepper on a handkerchief, and slipping rings on a key ring to trigger memory when the key is touched.
A Dundee Courier tale recalls a sportsman fishing with estate keeper Sandy McKay on a loch. After hours without a bite the man jokes the trout won’t bite today and offers whisky. Sandy replies with the same objection as to the trout, since it won’t bite.
A group of veteran printers share wanderings across the United States ending with a Chicago anecdote. A hungry, gray haired man recalls riding Pullman cars and surviving on little money. The climax comes when a fifty cent piece slips from his eye and sinks through a Chicago river bridge crack.
A witness in a will case testified he had a brother who died 150 years ago. Documentary evidence showed the witness's father sired a son who died in infancy and a second son who lived to 94 and spoke in court, prompting incredulity from the judge.
A London Tit-Bits dramatic snippet shows Young Smith gathering courage to propose to Nellie. She agrees to answer alone, orders her brother ejected from the room, and then asks a sister to leave. Smith presses for a yes but collapses as Nellie declines.
An elderly woman died suddenly in Madrid. While the hearse transported her to the graveyard the coachman collapsed in apoplexy and died on the box. A second unnamed woman is mentioned in the report.
A mourner fell dead from shock during a funeral scene, and a child in her arms suffered a fatal skull fracture after being dashed to the stones. Authorities were notified of four deaths in the incident.
The wrecked whaler Alexander struck off Cape Parry in a drifting fog. Captain Tilton barely survived as boats were lowered and the crew faced a 400 mile open boat drift toward Herschel Island. The incident, recounted in A H Harrison’s In Search of a Polar Continent, details a perilous voyage after the Aug 16 wreck.
A classroom moment depicts Cordelia ordered to throw gum in the wastebasket after claiming the gum belongs to her mother. The pupil resists, fearing a home punishment, as the teacher sternly enforces the rule.
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