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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
9
An explorer recounts a near miss with a crocodile over twelve feet long while tracking a hippo. He stood steady as the animal charged and brushed his leg, narrowly avoiding a bite. Two companions—one with a camera—fared less well, one snagged in brambles and the other knocked aside.
A Wisconsin Milwaukee item recalls sneezing's historic regard in Greece and Hebrews and a humorous misadventure from The Arabian Nights. A schoolmaster instructs pupils to clap and shout when he sneezes, but a fall follows after the rope is released.
London Chronicle notes a brass disk welded into swords just below the hilt marks a test where the point is bent to the hilt. Swords passing this harsh test are deemed trustworthy. The Chicago News adds a mother warning and a boy’s reply about a cake not making him sick.
A dramatic plea as a distressed woman asks a chemist to poison her suffering dog. The chemist responds with a gleeful admission, prompting an indignant reaction from the speaker as she protests. The exchange is reported in LondonAnswers style.
The speaker questions the notion of a second childhood and youth’s return in old age. They condemn senility as futile, contrasting a monarch grove with a deteriorating body and lamenting the loss of ripening cheeks and lively eyes.
A collage of lighthearted items features quips about a business man like a terrier alert to danger, a Kansas physician losing and reclaiming a wallet, a tiny church with a lone young woman, a Texas hunter chasing a mule thief, and onion powered nights. Also notes a murder mystery in Clarksburg and a Christmas aftermath joke.
The American novelist of The Hidden Hand, Mrs. FE. D. E.N. Southworth was born in Washington DC on December 26, 1819. She taught school 1844 to 1849 and published Retribution in 1849. Her Hidden Hand gained vast popularity with translations and dramatizations.
Critics hail The Hidden Hand as a heart warming blend of pathos and comedy set in sun kissed Virginia. The production draws large crowds across the country with wholesome incidents and a clean, pleasing style. Tickets sold at usual prices with money back guarantees if viewers are not satisfied.
Otis Andrews and family Sundayed at this place. Mrs Anderson Tiina forty Weeks visit with friends. Anthony Miler Miss Belle Miller Bert Ford and wife spent Sunday at Forest Park. John Heber and wife Jim Miller and George Bales left for Oklahoma Tuesday. Ira Church works in Pennsylvania machine shops in Indianapolis. Sidney Gilmore porter in a hotel at Terre Haute. Byron Hunter and family Sundayed with the Smiths. Our new pastor preached his first sermon at Center Sunday. Ora Stokesberry visited his mother slowly recovering from illness Sunday. Bert Helt left for Fountain county Tuesday night to attend a school trial. Mrs Henry Smith and daughter Mrs Byron Hunter spent Tuesday with Mrs E W Hunter. Cecil Crane laid up for repairs a bad cold and lame back. Callon R C Craig real estate insurance and passenger ticket agent. For all kinds of real estate in town and country at prices to suit all customers. Let him write you a fire accident or life insurance pay. Office Brown's Shoe Store Main street.
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