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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
10
Jit Bannister searches the harbor suburb for his wife and children. A derelict man reveals a past in Australia and the old country. Margaret appears with their family, and a paternal reunion follows as misunderstandings clear and Alan Dean reunites with his love.
Mrs. Ann E Gridley celebrated her eightieth birthday with a reception at her Washington home in December. The octogenarian, active and well-preserved, spoke on the changes she has witnessed over seventy years and was noted as the mother of the late Captain Gridley who commanded the flagship Olympia in Manila Bay under Admiral Dewey.
A teacher asks James about capital punishment. He replies that it means a naughty boy being shut in the pantry with cake and jam by his mother. The exchange plays on a literal, humorous misinterpretation of the term.
The piece estimates 2193 women journalists in the United States 1200 in Germany and 600 in England with only 7 percent writing or editing fashion news, challenging common belief.
A jobless newcomer Cameron joins The News in Washington and becomes a sports ace and theater reviewer. His profanity shocks colleagues until Mrs. Parish rhetorically agrees with him while defending her desk. He vows to protect her papers from any interference.
Madame Maria Sandal Bramsen head of the vocal department at a fashionable school in Pittsburg has sparked chatter by appearing sans stockings at an East End society reception. She says she stopped wearing stockings since age fourteen after King Oscar funded her education in Kristiania. Bramsen and her husband, F. Celeste of the Pittsburg Orchestra, moved here six weeks ago and have drawn social interest for years, but her hosiery stance only came to light at the recent event.
A Boston women’s health club publishes hygienic booklets promoting cleanliness in streets, houses, bodies, water, and foods. The piece urges civic leadership, warns of medieval city conditions, and cites polluted rivers threatening eastern streams, urging continued support and assistance.
A playful verse fragment questions who can most clearly see hypocrisy and count a cat's toes. It suggests a hypocrite can best counterfeit and best describe others, while the speaker muses on capability and perception.
A statistician estimates land use efficiency across crops. One person can be sustained on fresh meat from 22 acres, while the same 22 acres could feed 42 people with wheat, 88 with oats, and 176 with potatoes Indian corn and rice.
A playful note reports Jones has run away with your wife. The scene shifts to Goldfield Nevada a growing mining town with 250 incorporated mining companies and a bustling population of about 8000.
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