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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
5
A quotation from William Ellery Channing extols the greatest man as one who chooses right with resolve, bears burdens cheerfully, remains calm under storm, and relies unfalteringly on truth virtue and God. It questions whether such greatness seeks display or conspicuous status.
A Wide World writer recalls Japan during boys feast days with paper kite monsters flying from Yokohama to Kamakura. Kites without tails use long streamers and fragile bamboo, creating loud aeolian harps and even battles by string sawing with powdered glass. The piece also recounts Archbishop Thomson in a haunted room who greets a ghost parishioner asking for subscriptions to build new schools, then the figure vanishes.
A physician advises a patient to abandon city life for a month in the country. He prescribes early bedtimes, roast beef, rich milk, and only one cigar daily. A month later the patient returns with requested improvements and relief.
A humorous exchange has Bilkins crediting a doctor's advice for changing his habits yet admitting one cigar a day nearly did him in. Slithers laughs at the situation as Bilkins explains he had to discharge the cook for a rampage, noting she left the house in more than one sense.
A Scotchman at a lengthy funeral over two days rises on day two and toasts the bride and groom. A friend warns it is not a wedding but a funeral. The toastmaker replies that whatever it is, it’s a grand success.
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