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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
7
In this New York Press piece the author argues bending forward is easier than backward due to anatomy and function. He cites vision, balance, muscle distribution, and spinal structure to explain why backward bending is limited and forward bending is more natural and useful.
A note from the Ladies' Home Journal recounts how Sir Christopher Ne used to name a Chesapeake harbor Point Comfort after finding shelter in a storm near North Carolina. As other coasts adopted the same name, the Virginia site earned the prefix Old to distinguish it from newer points.
Strand Magazine recounts an elderly London omnibus driver Priestly who in Hull in 1863 jumped 1000 hurdles three feet six inches high in 61.5 minutes. The claim says the record was never equaled and notes his forty six years with the London General Omnibus company totaling about 850000 miles driven.
Mr. Jordan, touring by motor car, arrives at a crowded village inn late. No spare bed available, he asks for hay. Landlady replies there is nothing left except a bit of cold roast beef, leaving the traveler disappointed and tired.
Mr Gladstone faced indignation after describing opponents as truckling attorneys. The next day he apologized to the attorneys, drawing applause from some aggrieved parties before he spoke.
A retrospective on Sir Harry Prendergast V C noting his 1585 86 conquest of Burma and the dethroning of King Theebaw. It recounts Theebaw’s calm demeanor during surrender and his plea to spare his wife and ruby ring, ending with a London cor respondent’s anecdote of the exiled court’s receipt for sovereignty.
The Eleventh Archbishop Usher, washed ashore in Ireland, sought shelter from a church dignitary. Asked how many commandments exist, he declared eleven. The other replied that there are ten, prompting Usher to reveal the eleventh: a new commandment to love one another.
The text recounts Poland being partitioned three times. In 1772 Prussia gained Malberg Pomoria Warimia Culm and Great Poland areas while Austria claimed Red Russia Galicia Podolia Sandomir Cracow and Russia took White Russia beyond the Dnieper. The 1793 partition gave Prussia more of Great and some Little Poland and pushed Russian boundary to Lithuania and Volhynia. In 1795 Austria gained Krakow and land between Pilica and Vistula. Prussia held the capital and Niemen reach. Russia took the rest.
A commercial traveler tries to bribe a Scottish manager who refuses cigars as a bribe saying he cannot take them. The traveler offers to sell them for six pence and the Scot agrees to buy two boxes, citing difficulty refusing a well meant offer.
A westerner at a Rhode Island clambake asks how to know when to stop eating. Senator A. explains his rule: sit four inches from the table at first, then retreat when he feels touching the edge. The anecdote appears in the St. Louis Times.
Franz Liszt born in Balding Hungary on October 22 1811 died in Baireuth Bavaria on July 31 1886. The famed pianist influenced many including Abbe Liszt who took pupils for merit not pay. He mentored a Baltimore girl nicknamed America and joked to keep audiences listening. He welcomed critique kindly and recalled Beethoven kissing him after a Vienna concert at age twelve. His republican sympathies showed in Paris during the 1830 revolution and he helped the poor financially. In Milan he enjoyed a quiet moment at Ricardi’s shop when a passerby whispered that he was Liszt or the devil.
In early Harvard Medical School days with scarce funds, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes lectured on anatomy physiology and chemistry. The college president congratulated him on a professional chair but Holmes replied it is not a chair I occupy but a whole settee.
A new boy begins his morning shift at the greengrocer and questions the dusting waste. The proprietor explains the dust is the bloom used for ripe grapes, a clever exchange illustrating shop humor. The exchange appeared in London Bystander.
The London Chronicle notes the board of green cloth coined the word blackguard, once a neutral description of palace coal carriers, and asks readers to name other English words with royal origins that turned into reproachful terms.
In a Boston setting a customer complains of a hair in soup while a waiter explains the hair is actually a fracture in the queensware. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding between patron and server.
Floydada reports a $20 000 water works bond election carried by a large majority. Projects include an $85 000 addition, a new shop open with improvements and strong school prospects. Port Aransas notes a direct sailing from New York on the Honduras with Texas distribution. East Texas colonization plans by Santa Fe rail open 70 000 acres with demonstration farms. Sherman Chamber of Commerce eyes hog raisers meeting to organize a county association. Waco and Dallas prep for state fairs and Cotton Palace promotions. Fort Worth to host Jersey cattle at the National Feeders and Breeders Show in November. Temple outlines a $10 000 Lake Polk club house project. Alice opens a $70 000 courthouse. Brady holds monthly trades days. Dallas highlights irrigation machinery at the State Fair. Kaufman reports road use of split lot drugs. Jefferson reports land colonization by Seventh Day Adventists with a $2 000 school building planned.
An antique advertisement claims a child with sleep grinding teeth nose picking bad breath poor appetite pale complexion and dark circles has worms. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge to clear worms strengthen the stomach and bowels and restore health. Price 25 cents per bottle sold by Paris Smith.
A concise note emphasizes that effective advertising raises a store’s perceived value as a business asset. It highlights marketing investments as a core factor in property-level profitability and long term appeal to buyers.
Extra wide shop building measures 110 feet in length to be leased long term. Advertised by W. R. Slider.
Even flagship outlets attract myriad shoppers as advertising lures nine out of ten new customers. The text emphasizes the power of ads to expand customer bases and drive growth across large retailers.
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