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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement from A B Cookin and Co touts quick availability of substantial farm loans and a promise of high quality printing services. The copy emphasizes prompt funding and lending capacity for agricultural customers.
In a 1908 address by M. Quad at Pilgrims' Crossroads the speaker blames past financial panics on women’s fashions and consumer fads. He notes cycles of boom and bust tied to buttons, bangles, corsets, hoopskirts, and wasp waists, warning women to curb trends, economize, and help restore national financial stability.
A terse exchange unfolds with a seasoned colonel pressing for a confession as a newcomer claims three years in the business. The moment hints at tension and a looming test of nerve before a decisive reveal.
A fragmented query questions how an individual developed into a standout football talent. It reflects curiosity about factors behind athletic greatness and trajectory toward high performance. The piece centers on the mystery of skill cultivation and dedication.
Alexander Marshall of St. Louis describes a method using limestone with coal to cut fuel cost in furnaces by half. He demonstrates smokeless heat, no clinkers, and a fertilizer-rich ash, with testing planned to measure heat units. He notes limestone availability and a pilot at Elsah with Whiting plant backing.
A New York Press trend notes hand painted shoes will be popular this summer. Most designs are white patent leather with white kid tops, the tops painted in Watteau patterns or delicate landscapes and arabesques. A society woman plans to wear her pair only at her country estate.
A reminiscence of James K. Jones of Arkansas, late U S senator, praised for hospitality and humor. A story recalls his pride in a fast horse and a southern chivalrous act when a northern guest asks to pass two women on dusty July roads. He declines, noting dust is theirs and vows no horse can outpace his colt to Bolton Range.
Paris designers embrace Kongo sunshades with grass handles woven in African style on bamboo, studded with pearls sapphires and emeralds. Linen parasols feature grass embroidery and fetch high prices. The Kongo administrator sparked the trend sending grass parasols to Paris, now employing a hundred natives to meet demand.
H B Elliot a noted merchant and four companions uncovered a sunken oil storage frame house near Cape Henlopen lighthouse buried by shifting sands for over six decades. They pried open the door to a relic refrigerator from which large icicles hung and soon melted in the sun, suggesting a new ice keeping method.
Lieutenant Governor Henry B. Gray, famed supporter of Alabama prohibition, composed a temperance poem. At a Birmingham Country Club ice water banquet he recited part of it, including the stanza about the south going dry and the still side.
A tribute to the thoroughbred Colin praising his speed and grace. The poem extols Colin as the premier horse of the turf, beating rivals from the start and thrilling crowds with his front-running style. It lauds his heart and enduring fame, inviting readers to toast his name.
A pediatric case ends with a kidnap attempt. A six year old boy, Eddie Thornton, used a telephone to summon his family doctor, triggering a police-led search of a high class residence. The boy was found unconscious in a tub and revived. suspects were taken into custody.
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