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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1908
Page
22
A verse puzzle tasks removing initial letters from clues to yield words. Each step yields a fragment that, when combined with letter hints like in sick vs well and whisper vs teil, forms a final word cherished by children who love summertime each year.
In Holland canals shape daily life and trade as barges travel between waterways. The piece recalls 1716 Rotterdam described by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu for its cleanliness, busy streets, and neat shops, contrasting with modern, crowded Rotterdam now seen as dirty and noisy. Mary Graham signs the reflection.
A Philadelphia boy named Jamie Douglass slips aboard two runaway freight cars tied to a windy slope near Pine Hill School. He rides as the cars gain speed toward a track engine his father left nearby, hoping his father will arrive in time to avert disaster.
A sudden fright on a running train ends with Jamie clinging to the top while the engine races on. His father belts the lever to safety and brings the cars to a stop, Jamie unharmed though frightened. They return home where his mother offers comfort. He stays home three days, fearing another ride.
A rousing exhortation compares football drills to life tasks urging players to follow up every effort. It emphasizes quick action against opponents and finishing strong to secure a goal or cup, linking teamwork with diligent, persistent work habits beyond sports.
An old Indian tale explains the origin of tobacco Indian corn and wheat. Two youths rested in a forest and shared food with a spirit of the woods a beautiful guest who promised rewards after twelve moons. They returned and found corn where her right arm touched wheat where her left arm rested tobacco by her seat.
An 18th century cherry stone fetched £5000 or $25000 after a Prussia to England transfer. A carved microscopically small scene depicts 124 Popes Kings Queens and saints, distinct by their miters and crowns. A Salem Mass museum piece holds a hollowed cherry stone with twelve silver spoons, visible only under magnification.
A poem describing how to tell if a dog is sick by its snout temperature, appetite, and behavior. The verses explain that a healthy dog has a cold nose and enjoys meat, milk, and play, while a sick dog is warm to the touch, listless, refuses food and drink, and curls up. The author signs off as Jim Juglets.
A Washington Star poem shows a two year old slighted as the father counts money in a rocking chair, the child hoping for a penny while the mother questions care. The scene shifts to the father's departure downstairs, with the baby's prospects fading as the smile dims.
A light verse celebrates warm days and the fishing season. A boy and his chum head to the pond each Saturday with rod and line hopeful for bites, enjoying joyful springtime leisure.
The article notes over two thousand patents related to paper production and lists diverse materials used to make paper. It highlights leaves and wood from trees, plant fibers, grains, moss, hay, grasses, straw, cocoanut fiber, seaweeds, sawdust, ash, rags, tobacco stalks, hair, wool, fur, and even bagging as potential feedstocks.
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