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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
6
The article notes that Japanese generals required medical officer approval for camp sites during the war. It questions whether school trustees consult medical or sanitarian experts before choosing sites for new buildings. It argues funds are wasted on ornamentation when space for healthful air and exercise is needed. It urges careful attention to health in both soldiers and children.
The piece highlights Champ Clark of Missouri as a rising national figure in the Democratic party. It notes his long congressional service, renowned debating skill, wit, and leadership as minority leader, with broad demand for his campaigns and lectures.
The text traces oyster use from Danish kitchen middens showing anciently opened shells, to Greece with Dr Schliemann finding shells at Troy era sites, and finally Rome's banquet culture elevating the oyster as a premier delicacy. It emphasizes the long historical appreciation across civilizations.
The passage contrasts cheerfulness and mirth as mind habits. Mirth is a fleeting flash, while cheerfulness provides steady daylight and perpetual serenity, preventing deep melancholy and sustaining a constant sense of calm. The reflection is attributed to Joseph Addison.
In a London drawing room a rumor spreads as Brown denies engagement to White who admires his fiancée in a portrait. White jaws drop when she learns of the likeness and leaves, later seen only at home for days, prompting talk of a shattered friendship.
A Charleston resident, amid the trembler’s chaos, kept duty by staying to aid the injured while sending his six year old to his grandfather in New York. Three days later a telegram from the boy’s grandfather read, Send us your earthquake and take back your boy.
A girl named Jane, described as sensitive and athletic, refuses to enter Sizer's shoe store despite her mother's suggestion of a sale. She objects to the sign over the door reading Big Shoe Sale and asserts her firm stance.
A Chicago man was fined ten dollars for kissing his landlady. The judge noted it would have been cheaper to pay his board bill.
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