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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
3
Prof J W Kennedy outlines practical sheep feeding strategies from Jansen Nebraska to Ames Iowa. He stresses starting with roughage and oats, careful rationing, water and salt access, and modest flock size. He also discusses show preparation including feeding, grooming, exercise, trimming, and the balancing of condition to win in judging rings.
An ad states Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets improve appetite and digestion. Testimony from J. H. Seitz of Detroit says they restored appetite, relieved bloating, and promoted pleasant bowel movement. Price 25 cents with free samples. Sold by Williamson Drug Co.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer remark captures how men act when using a public dictionary. The observer notes furtive glances and embarrassment at pronouncing words, suggesting men fear others will mock their knowledge. the piece invites asking what is being looked up to test their openness.
Mandell Creighton, bishop of London, disliked damaging books. A fellow clergyman borrowed an old Shakespeare edition and kept it for months. He later returned it with a note, and the bishop replied with equal courtesy in a brief exchange.
A brief dialogue shows a teasing exchange about a servant’s pace. One says the servant is slow, the other retorts she is progressing by getting slower. The quip implies a gradual decline in speed.
A Louisville Courier Journal note asks whether the Realistic Actor believes in realism and answers yes though he carries it to excess. In the second scene he is severely wounded and a doctor issues a bulleting between acts.
A brief quarrel between a writer and an artist is recorded as a witty exchange. The dialog hints at creative conflict and self reflection amid public reception. The lines suggest a satire of artistic criticism and the tension between writerly ambition and artistic sensibility.
Alicia Sayles, a well to do county heiress, pretends to marry a farmer by tossing flowers into a well. Silas Blakely learns the tale and, after seeking an interpretation, offers his farm with mortgage as a proposal. He learns of a “flower widow” entrapment and marries her, lifting her mortgage and prospering both.
Edward E. Henry of United States Express in Chicago reports Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured Libby Prison diarrhoea among railway workers. He, an old 23rd Ohio Regiment veteran, credits the product with stopping symptoms at once and notes Williamson Drug Co. carries it.
In Covent Garden market Mr Wilde chats with a genial pensioner who bought a geranium. A hansom cab stops and sergeant Ballantine recognizes Calcraft the hangman among Wilde's new acquaintances.
A military man recalls a southern railroad famed for slowness. Citizens lampooned it in papers. Memorial Day letters describe a veteran with a wooden leg trotting beside the afternoon express from Paint Rock to Nola Chucky, pestering travelers through open windows.
The youngest Baltimore girl complains at dessert about ice cream for dinner. She asks why they did not tell her earlier, and the father responds that it would not have changed anything. The scene captures a playful family moment from Lippincott's Magazine.
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