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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
4
A Leslie’s Weekly writer notes such clashes occur but are rarely seen or recorded. A single bull buffalo may face one or more lions, delivering immense forces capable of crippling a man or felling a cow. A buffalo reportedly fought three lions before a lion hamstrung it.
A reflective piece discusses how an insurance man’s heavy meals and lack of exercise led to bloating and illness, suggesting moderation and temperance in diet. It cites Good Housekeeping on temperament and vocation, praising fresh air, breathing, and regular physical activity for health improvements.
The article traces the fluctuating prices of sermons from old days to the seventeenth century, noting a bishop’s payment of 2s 4d for a sermon and mentions of a book seller supplying original sermons to figures like Toplady. It also references examination papers and anecdotes about hosting guests, carving, singing, and editorial roles.
English comedians Toole and Brough, in tattered costumes after a performance, feign cousins from the workhouse to trick a servant at Irabelle and Marshall’s London home. The maid and Buttons refuse to admit them, while Toole improvises to press an imaginary visit with the master.
A New York Tribune note recalls Victorian penny postage. Rowland Hill paid a ninepence on a letter the poor could not afford, inspired by a girl who could not pay. Hill’s idea faced mockery but endured, shaping universal penny postage across England.
An orator at a Japanese political meeting calls a public official a thief. A policeman requests a retract. The speaker averts trouble by saying he will take back the word while keeping the idea, drawing applause for his concession. The Youth's Companion notes the scene.
The excerpt recalls Tennyson telling Sir Henry Taylor he thanked God that he knew nothing of Shakespeare’s or Jane Austen’s letters. He claimed no letters from either writer had survived and warned against exposing their writings as if “ripped open like pigs.”
A Richmond Dispatch item notes a young man who has been calling on a family is a traveling salesman. The father asks him to focus on business when he calls again at 10.
A fragmented notice sketches a poet's boast about posterity and his wife's fatigue from poverty. The piece mentions labor and children as both sweetening and increasing hardship, with odd asides on Paris kelp paper.
Real estate agents in Lyon Chase and Greenwood counties offer farms ranches and land at cheap prices. They advertise office rooms 1 and 2 over the Post Office as contact spaces for buyers and sellers.
Lucas County farms offer 40 acres one mile from station at 32.50 per acre. A well improved 65 acre tract near Chariton at 485 per acre. 80 acres two miles from station at 31.25, 160 acres very choice at 70 per acre. 160 acres rolling near Chariton at 46 per acre. See the agent before buying farms or town property.
A schoolboy answers a teacher about flogging with a witty line. He requests the punishment to follow the Italian handwriting system with an upward heavy stroke and a light downward stroke.
A short Chicago News item presents a domestic quip about a wife doubting a young suitor’s motives for her daughter and a husband weighing whether he is frugal or resentful toward the gas company.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month the M. E. & T. Ry. offers trips to Texas, Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Action includes sending booklets titled Texas Business Chances Indian Territory and others, prepaid by a two-cent stamp to George Morton G P and T A M E and T Ry Suite Q The Wainwright St Louis Missouri.
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