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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary verse recounts a surreal scene of metalwork and machinery coming to life. Pigs of lead, a tailor's goose, and tools speak in personified terms as the speaker battles to control the industrial chaos. The poem ends with a sense of dread and incomprehension.
In mid October Vermont is depicted with cold air and early snow. A city border notes the state as lovely yet harsh to endure, joking about four difficult months a year and a stage driver grumbles about travel tiresome routines.
12,665 harvest hands needed across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Wages range from 81.75 to 8.00 per day as thousands are sought for the greatest crop. Tickets on sale daily through Soo Line reps. write W. Or. Scallaway, Minneapolis, for details.
A visitor from the suburbs paid a cabman 60 cents for four ticks and the artist in the Casement charged 75 cents for ten minutes of cleaning. The man asked, “Do further I go downtown?”
Noah Welsster notes language constraints in his collection and admits adding the word awfully with reluctance. He observes orchid species numbers have risen from about 300 a century ago to 7000 known species today, per current authority.
Emma FE Wilson of Liscomb IA describes a severe eczema outbreak on chest face neck arms and legs cured by Cuticura Remedies after initial misdiagnosis. A later recurrence was stopped with another course and five years without return.
A western senator recalls his four year old son discovering a magazine with engravings of his father and President Roosevelt. The boy asks who the other man is and concludes that people in the east will be proud to see the President's picture beside his dad's.
To train a vine for screening use galvanised iron wire shaped into half inch loops spaced six inches apart. Stretch between screw eyes set in the wood work top and bottom. Bind the vine to the loops with short galvanised wires and adjust positions each season without altering the whole vine.
The two sisters discuss how to get rid of their servant during a whispered consultation in the dining room. The servant enters, says she is leaving, stating the place does not suit her, and prepares to depart with her grip hat and umbrella.
A Buffalo Times quotation about an Ohio lawyer known for nervous habits. In court a younger attorney imitates the gestures slowly before speaking, then remarks are made that he acts like a good lawyer but talks like a fool.
A Washington family reports digestive relief after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. Over six weeks they note improved digestion, clearer skin, and steadier nerves, reversing years of stomach troubles and skin blemishes.
The fourteenth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis features a grand parade led by police and a Denver drill band of twenty-two women, with ex Governor Van Sant and Gen Fred Wood among the officials. Regimental reunions, receptions by auxiliary groups, and a large camp fire fill the opening day, with addresses by Governor Johnson and others. About 150,000 French TB deaths noted in France.
John P. O'Brien, a laborer in the wrecking of the St Louis World’s Fair buildings, uncovered an alligator bag with jewels valued at 50000 dollars. The jewels, once missing from a Devonshire couple during their Louisiana Purchase Exposition visit two years ago, were said to have been hidden by a murdered servant in the Manufacturers' building wall. The confession links the theft to the late employee, who fled India with the party.
Prof James H Breasted of the University of Chicago returns from the Upper Nile with a calendar breakthrough. He asserts the calendar began in 4241 B C and dates revolutions to 1320 B C and 2780 B C, marking the oldest fixed historical date.
Professors discuss seismic risk with warnings of repeats and disaster. Yale geologist Gregory cautions about earthquakes. Jenks named assistant sociology professor at Minnesota. Volz to lead Liberia expedition from Bern. Oread school of agriculture opens near Baltimore under Henry Perky, training many students with practical farming. Glenarvoir Behymer graduates law at 19 in Los Angeles. Columbia President Butler hosts 500 British teachers visiting U.S. and Canada, following Mosely’s 1903 inquiry on women teachers’ impact.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report notes chairs fetching high sums, including six Louis XIV chairs at $100,000 and three Hamilton palace tables at $30,000. It highlights a gilt chair, treasures of the shah, and an Algerian widow tale linking furniture to an apparent fortune.
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey suffered severe kidney pain back ache and frequent burning secretions with sediment and dizziness. After eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills her symptoms vanished and she regained strength and health. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
The article describes a Mediterranean mollusk called the puma that spins silk from a tubular tongue end. Spider like, it weaves a byssus thread to attach to rocks. Fishermen harvest this rare byssus, a fabric prized for its softness and shine yet costly.
The piece notes that snow falls in the Antarctic during summer and during south winds at other seasons. It describes warm south winds raising temperatures to fifty or sixty degrees and compares them to the Yohn winds of the Alps.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes. Rest feet and cure corns bunions swelling sore hot callouses aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's boot-Ease makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample is free. Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
In this brief exchange villagers discuss surprising news about Mrs Hertrain and a reserved Millie. A nameless young man is referenced, leaving readers curious about his identity and motives.
The advertisement states price to dealers at 36.00 per thousand for Lewis' Single Binder Straight Five E cigars. It notes costs are higher than some brands but not more than a good cigar should cost and cites Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. It also mentions Formosa's Japanese population at 50 000 in a total population of 3 000 000.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soorarma for children claiming relief for teething sore gums inflammation and stomach discomfort with a wind colic cure. Priced at 25 cents a bottle.
Miss Ricka Leopold of Menasha Wisconsin and Mrs Hettie Green of Toka report recoveries after using Peruna. Leopold describes relief from widespread breakouts and restored health while Green notes reduced head pain improved appetite and weight gain following use of the tonic.
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