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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
17
Advertisement touts Monitor wind and water powered mills built in Ft Worth's large factory. Claims steel or wood towers, durable locomotive bronze bearings, and a 10 to 15 year lifespan with proper oiling. Emphasizes free wind power and 20 years of Comanche sales with liberal terms offered.
The New York Press describes a diamond placed between two heavy steel rails and driven by hydraulic pressure until the rails touch. The diamond sinks into the metal, illustrating its extreme hardness and noting irregular hardness on different parts of a single gem like the Kohinoor.
A historical column contrasts midcentury student ideals with today’s attitudes, noting shifts toward broader open mindedness and different expressions of character across American universities. The piece emphasizes spirit, personal integrity, and evolving social norms.
Century Magazine notes growing ideals of truth, honor, and thoroughness in college life. It argues moral standards are higher today than fifty years ago and that celebrations tied to drinking are fading, though some students still partake.
A clerk laments public manners as customers test coins for counterfeit. He recalls the tradition that clerks alone verify coin purity and suggests merchants should ignore customer coin testing to restore respect, noting counterfeit vigilance has grown in practice.
Fragmentary OCR text cites a quote about a customer and liberty from the New York Press, but no identifiable people, events, dates, or places to develop a complete news item or summary. The readable material lacks coherent context for a proper card.
The piece recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson’s steadfast pipe devotion with a 1842 note about the muse descending with the pipe and a 1876 request to Mr Gladstone to allow pipe access in his own room during a visit, as cited by the London Chronicle.
A witty exchange quoted from the Chicago Record Herald about a poet who argues that his best work requires his wife’s presence and hand. She notes his recent inability to create when she is in the room, he retorts that holding her hand is like celery, and he promises to try once he regains focus.
A joke from the Chicago Record-Herald recalls a wife shaming her husband for giving only three dollars to the preacher at their wedding. The husband reveals that amount kept him from asking for change.
The text defines religion as duties to God and to fellow humans, rooted in Scripture. It argues the Bible outlines reasonable duties, cites the Ten Commandments, and asserts Christianity will be established at Christ's second coming. It explains Matthew 7 7 asking seeking and knocking refers to spiritual requests via Jesus.
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