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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
4
Chicago Health department announces lemon juice neutralizes typhoid bacilli after three days of experiments. A teaspoon to half a glass of water is ineffective while proper mixing shrivels and kills the bacilli, rendering dangerous water safe to drink.
The piece speculates the president will issue a longer and bolder message to Congress. It argues his past firmness is enough and questions if all topics deserve inclusion, suggesting public release may be premature.
Supt Holton and seven teachers visited Sullivan to observe the Rational Method of Reading in operation now used there for the first time this year. Clinton and Sullivan compare in population, but Sullivan’s high school enrollment is nearly double ours. Clinton beat Montezuma 16 to 8 in a clean basketball game at Central Park with praise for the team and manager Mr Lowe. Newport visits next Saturday at 2 PM on school grounds. Vermillion County Teachers Association meets with Clinton represented by Owen T Clark and Supt Pratt to speak on The Philosophy of Common Things. The first month school statistics show 932 enrolled, 882 average belonging, 92.53% attendance, 104 tardiness, 373 neither absent nor tardy, 30 visitors. last year’s comparable totals show a 100 increase in total enrollment, 132 more average belonging, 148 higher average daily attendance, 2% rise in attendance, and 11 more tardiness cases.
In a Wisconsin camping night a guide recalls a legendary trout that swallowed robins. He traps the fish with robins as bait and finally hauls it in without a reel, noting it would be tough to eat due to many hooks. the tale ends with the group unsure how to top it.
The article traces anchor origins from rope and weight systems to hooks and two fluke designs. It notes early anchors carved from wood or stone, the Greek and Roman use, and mentions antiquities like a two fluke anchor with a Greek inscription and the Sussexx illustration of a forked branch anchor. It cites Pausanias, Eupalamos, Anacharsis, and Diodorus Siculus on early metal and nonmetal anchors and shows Christian symbolism in Trajan’s column and the Bayeux tapestry.
A bashful professor punishes two girls for frequent jokes by making them solve hard problems after class. The next morning Miss A recites a Shakespeare line, and Miss B responds with a romantic couplet, turning the penalty into a memorable roll call moment.
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a lawyer praising Briefleigh as among the state's greatest. The dialogue recalls past goodwill when Briefleigh offered free legal pointers to a neighbor with adjoining offices, contrasted with recent charges deemed stiff.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a man claiming to shave himself faster than his old barber. The exchange centers on the barber stammering while attempting the shave, highlighting humor in a boastful claim.
In Baltimore American guidance urges readers to study ways to assist others since helping others builds personal fortune and social standing.
Readers react to a quirky editorial line in the Detroit News highlighting a philosophy that variety comes from what is unseen. The note sparks discussions on taste, curiosity, and the role of surprise in daily life.
A collection of quirky aphorisms and anecdotes from various voices. Jokes about money and gas, references to Curly Locks, a train caller, and a New York poet. A Baltimore kerosene laundry tale and a hawkeye humorist quip about laying. A nighttime cat crossing signals a journey to the other side.
Fragmentary humor and social asides fill this clipped page. References range from the Wheeling stogie probe to divorce court jokes and the woes of a suburbanite waking before dawn. The writer pokes at marriage, finances, names for cottages, and cultural foibles with light, ironic tone.
A moonlit veranda scene unfolds as Mr Talkington and Miss Merrywilkes share a playful exchange about clouds. He jokes of sunshine while she teases his self view and a tiny cloud near the moon prompts a quiet, humorous realization before he leaves to ponder or seek diversion.
Notice is given to creditors heirs and legatees of Phebie A Miller deceased to appear in Vermillion Circuit Court Newport Indiana on October 26 1407 and show cause why final settlement accounts with the estate should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Frank R Miller Administrator October 2 1007.
Notice to Mungus Johnson heirs to appear in Vermillion Circuit Court Newport Indiana on October 7 1907 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. W W. Fl Wears Clerk. Sept. 10 1907.
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