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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
6
A long report from Matamoras and Guanajuato outlines how burial practices favor the wealthy while poorer graves are neglected. It describes bone piles, rent-based grave space, and catacombs in Guanajuato with clothed skeletons to please visitors.
The marriola shrub found in southwest Texas is slated for extensive use in a new paving block made with asphalt and hydraulic pressure. Z W Cannon of San Antonio will manufacture the blocks and has contracted to buy all marriola on public lands in Presidio and Brewster counties for 1000 dollars. The plant reportedly contains rubber and new methods in Mexico may soon yield profitable rubber production.
Three Rhode Island Agricultural College students from Bristol and Pawtucket captured a 60 pound three foot long freshwater turtle at Thirty Acre Lake. The huge reptile bit a paddle, capsized their canoe, and forced a retreat before being hauled ashore and taken home.
In Greenwich, Connecticut a farmhouse fire threatened a blaze until firemen used a pool of frogs as a water source. An auto steamer from Miami fought the flames but ran dry, prompting a splashy solution as frogs were pumped onto the fire and rain fell.
A local inquiry found two rows described as topless potatoes near Burnham Park, grown by Parks Martiff, operator of the St. Charles hotel area farm. The plants showed roots and large shell-like structures but no stalks, raising concern about pests and agricultural practices.
Seattle reporters recount Captain N. Smith sea tale of a Middleton Island dory towed 10 miles by a 78 foot whale after an anchor slipped into its blowhole. The whale carried the boat along a rocky coast and died after a dramatic encounter. The piece also notes Bela Berkes named court ball musician in Vienna by Emperor Franz Josef.
A South Missouri paper prints a personals ad by Hazel Eyes of Hingville offering matrimony. She seeks a property owner or well paid man, medium height with brown hair and gray eyes, not fat but not skinny. Address Box 23 Hingville, Missouri.
An old advertisement extols Cutleura Soap and Ointment for preserving hands and preventing redness and chapping. It instructs a home treatment with bath and ointment, topped by wearing gloves at night, and notes Potter Drug & Chem as proprietors. A later snippet recounts Col H XI Renowf at a Delmontco Old Guard banquet and a humorously misquoted exchange about a dessert.
A young wife notes her birthday during breakfast and asks her husband for a real present. He promises to buy something downtown and vows not to choose a cheap 98 cent item, insisting it must cost at least a dollar.
In a small town, women announce the creation of a secret society. Riverea questions the secrecy, joking that women cannot keep secrets. Banks notes the group intends to share them openly, implying a playful contradiction.
A vintage dialogue humorously notes improved eye health through auto driving. A chauffeur scoffs at critics as the speaker claims rapid visual gains, recounting near misses, a church collection, and distant police presence. The tale ends with a boast that driving is the best medicine for weak eyes.
At a social event an unnamed man meets Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan. Burrows replies that he is the man who would have died at first before Casey came to bat in the Mudville Baseball poem. The exchange appears in Success Magazine.
A citizen asks about William Tell while Mr. Comrox confesses confusion about Tell's fame. The exchange shows uncertainty over whether Tell was a skilled marksman or an opera star.
A brief domestic moment ends swiftly as a mother admits confusion but gathers her wits within moments. The exchange shows a calm resolution and immediate communication between parent and child.
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