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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
5
A Washington Post piece recounts a man displaying ivory handled razors and describing a refined shaving system. He assigns each ivory blade to specific Sundays and holidays, explains the need to sharpen after use, and warns against overstraining blades through harsh stropping.
A schoolgirl wins seat on a crowded Broadway car after two portly men refuse space. The conductor prompts them to shift, the girl slips to the edge, a scrub lady sacrifices her seat, and the two offenders disappear under a pile of humanity as the girl laughs.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note recalls a shopgirl fined 85 cents for petty infractions on pay night. The memo lists charges such as standing on chair, ribbon miscuts, lateness, gum chewing, and errors in addition or address, with a strict 100-rule fines system.
London Standard reports regional daylight variations with long days in London and Bremen at sixteen and a half hours, Stockholm at eighteen and a half, Hamburg and Dantzig around seventeen, St. Petersburg and Tobolsk nineteen, and the shortest five hours. Tornea near twenty two hours on June twenty first and under three hours on December twenty fifth. Wardburg Norway sees the longest day May twenty one to July twenty two, while Spitzbergen experiences about three and a half months of daylight.
The passage mocks long historic titles from authors like Stubbes and compares them with modern brevity. It discusses English titles about regents and marriages, noting how authors faced consequences for their polemics and the public reaction.
A 17th century critic warned that stagecoaches would ruin horsemanship and cause widespread hardship. He claimed forty horses per York, Chester, or Exeter coach were needed, with 500 horses for hay and corn trade impacts, and envisioned sickness, fetid air, and commerce disruption from crowded, roving travelers.
A lone passenger in a lumbering Adirondack stage chats little with the driver as they pass a tiny mountain burying ground. The passenger asks about local deaths and the driver replies with a single stark remark: people here die only once.
A tall, impatient iman paces a wayside station platform and accosts a red haired boy asking if he knows how late the train is. The boy remains silent while a stranger asks why the boy did not respond and notes the boy’s threat of a punch if mocked.
A physician notes there are more than fifty headaches and offers self care. Common forms include a dull forehead ache from dyspepsia, a neck base pain from liver issues, temple bursting pain from malnutrition, top head ache from overwork, and brows ache from eye strain, per Fur News.
A New York Sun excerpt quotes Mr Grayboy noting a shift in sleep needs with age. He recalls eight to nine hours in youth and a decline to seven in middle age, then a surprising return to eight as he grows older, provoking questions about aging and vitality.
A hat buyer tests derbies in a shop as the salesman touts a brown derby and convinces him the new style suits him. After careful trial the man decides not to buy, clinging to his old hat amid the display of newer ones.
A Strand Magazine excerpt shows Mrs Grim advising calm in a troubled marriage. She asserts women should keep their cool and, when husbands erupt, use steady methods to calm them. She lists tactics like a stick a broom handle water to subdue rage and prevent flare ups.
A New York Herald correspondent recalls how the term Thunderer arose for the London Times. Two ladies from Kew were mud splashed by a rogue horseman, the Times criticized the rider, alleged to be the Duke of Cumberland. When the accusation failed, the paper apologized with the phrase we thundered out, which captivated the public.
A grieving widow visits an insurance office seeking her late husband’s policy money. The president offers sympathy, prompting her sharp retort that men only show regret when money is involved.
A London Spectator piece lists Disraeli phrases argued to be borrowed from others. It cites Burke, Frederick the Great, Seneca, Swift, Pope, Wilkes, Chesterfield, Bolingbroke and Cicero among sources shaping Disraeli’s expressions such as men of light and reading and imperio et libertate.
An old lady asks her doctor why some children are born without speech. The doctor answers plainly that they come into the world lacking the faculty of speech, provoking a sharp and humorous reaction from the patient.
A tale notes how a famed cyclist named Smith, rarely astride a horse, borrowed a young, skittish mount from a sporting uncle to join a nearby hunt. The horse balked as a rabbit darted from grass, foiling the venture and highlighting caution around inexperienced riders.
A reflective piece contrasts the heavenly blessing of peace with earthly action. It cites Ruskin on the need to build peace through daily deeds, not mere desire for votes, liberty, or wealth, urging readers to seek peace in tangible steps amid life’s troubles.
A magazine correspondence column misdirected answers. One reader asked about teething babies and received a grim joke about covering them with grass and burning it. The other asked about grasshoppers and was told to give them a warm bath and rub gums with boneset.
Mrs Wizzletop accuses Johnny of not practicing but he claims to be perfecting pauses in the music. The exchange appears in Pearson's Weekly as a light domestic vignette.
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