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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
2
Ernest McGaffey recalls how lawyers dominate political life from courts to legislatures, holding judgeships and city posts, steering campaigns, and shaping laws. He notes graft risk, party leverage, and the steady influence of the bar, while acknowledging honest, capable lawyers overall.
A doctor argues that fasting between supper and breakfast weakens the body and sleep. He asserts continuous nourishment helps emaciation and vitality, since digestion and assimilation continue during sleep and exercise is reduced. The London Globe notes that evening feeding can boost weight and vigor.
A theater scene at a Broadway venue takes a comic turn when a well dressed man whispers to a woman in front of him asking to remove her hair for a better view. The woman replies in shock that she would slap his face if he were not her brother.
A girl acts as conductor in a paper trust game with her father. She notes a ticket issued yesterday is invalid today and demands cash or getting off the train. He pays a dime, recognizing his worry but feeling powerless.
A Liverpool Mercury reader quotes a boy who answers what Moses did with the tabernacle during the wilderness journey. The boy says he chucked it away and cites Exodus thirty three seven, noting Moses pitched the tabernacle far from the camp.
A hotel man named Hicks unveils a novel idea offering Welsh rabbit free to guests each evening. The gimmick involves charging guests for the use of one horse as a nightly rate add on.
A concise reflection notes the conceit of the mind proposing that earlier life would have made one the author of the Bible. The comment appears in a Detroit Free Press context as a provocative, tongue in cheek remark on literary destiny.
A quotation from Patrick Henry states that the lamp guiding feet is experience and one can judge the future only by the past.
An 18 year old Chicago girl Evelyn O Malley faced a two hour intrusion by a suave burglar at 1873 Magnolia Avenue Edgewater. He searched rooms drank bourbon and bowed when leaving apologizing for the intrusion before slipping away as police were alerted. The sister Helen aided and the hunter was sought by authorities.
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