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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
An anonymous letter from a distressed father laments his son Billy’s turn to wavering path while away in Denver. The note hints Billy has entered the Legislature but offers no details, leaving a mother's heart heavy with fear and questions about the future.
A lone island hermit guards private property when a bold young woman lands her boat seeking company. As they share meals and stories, the pair reveal a past linked by a court case and a daughter’s claim to him. The meeting ends with a pledge to stay together and face the world.
A goat owned by Charte Farnum and local youths disrupted a Wild Bill staged scene in East Lynn by devouring props including the American flag. The incident ends with the goat banned from future performances as organizers note the creature’s dangerous appetite.
Boston Herald recounts a quirky maritime yarn from the British freighter Swanley crew led by Jake Braun. Sailors traded axle grease with natives of Malabar for curios, noting the grease is eaten like ice cream. The tale claims gains from traded ornaments at Colombo and a fondness for axle grease among the Malabars.
A compact history of royal sobriquets from Richard the Lionheart to modern royals. It notes famed epithets such as Good Queen Bess and Blund Mary, plus private nicknames like Bertie and Edrex, and ends with a humorous quip about house cleaning.
The government asks citizens nationwide to exterminate English sparrows and build swallow-friendly nests under barn eaves to protect cotton. Experts say swallows eat injurious insects like boll weevils, and sparrows threaten their survival, endangering the cotton industry across the South. Poisoned grain is among recommended control methods.
A terse exchange captures a quarrel between spouses. He admits folly in marrying, she retorts that he hoped to improve, delivering a wry, sharp punch line. The brief vignette turns on irony and personal fault.
In a terse exchange between neighbors, Brown is urged to raise the limit as tensions rise. The smart set comments reflect concern about the growing demand on Brown and his responsibility.
A cigar shaped balloon 23 yards long and 314 inches at center, paired with two aeroplanes and a 50 horsepower motor, collapsed after the rear aeroplane lifted. the entire aircraft was 50 kilograms heavier than its air displacement and smashed into the ground.
Sir Frederick Treves at a London hospital opening forecast a future with few medicines on doctors shelves and people relying on simple living, proper diet, and ample air. He said deaths from scarlet fever typhoid cholera and diphtheria could become as unlikely as a wolf bite in England due to bacteriological advances.
Union barbers in Cleveland watch shops for Sunday closings. Global union growth includes a 55,713 increase in Germany, Cairo printers strike for better conditions, and arbi tration talks in Chicago for higher wages. Anastasia O Meara leads Cambridge Retail Clerks, while T V Powderly heads immigration information. Oregon forms first branch of a farmers union, and Canadian cigarmakers face unsettled conditions amid employer disputes. In South Yorkshire and nearby coal fields non unionists join unions, and Holland studies compulsory government sick insurance for laborers.
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