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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
6
A humorous snippet from the New York Sun shows a speaker listing farm chores but cursing the heat and the telephone as nuisances. The verse reflects rural tasks such as tending taters corn and horses and the urgency to start before temperatures rise.
The account follows Bob a six foot two furnace hand famed for strength and skill. A quarrel ends in tragedy as a coworker dies and Bob helps the widow with weekly support. He later saves a fellow worker by diving into a hot pit at the furnace yard and dies after a final exchange of words with his savior.
The text notes that early Greek thinkers like Hiatosthenes taught the earth’s rotundity and a sphere model with an axis equator arctic and antarctic lines. It mentions Roman interest in globes and discussions of a spherical earth among scholars of that era.
A woman has not come down from the town residence for a week causing concern among relatives. Neighbors report she has several tasks to attend to and may be staying indoors. Local authorities have yet to issue any public notice.
A New York lawyer glimpses a man with a stenographer in his lap across the street. He phones the man and brands himself the conscience, urging him to remove the arm and leave the room. He ends the call with a pointed verdict and hangs up.
Mrs Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio writes that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney pains backache irregular secretions and fatigue after other remedies failed. She credits prompt relief and full cure with continued use. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY priced 50 cents a box.
A Yale tradition limits sermon length with a witty remark by President Hadley. He says there is no limit on preaching time but most souls are saved in the first twenty minutes. Visiting clergy from many denominations hear the quip during Sunday services at Yale.
In a light note, a student admits mimicking Professor Bore and was told to stop making a fool of myself. The exchange appears in The Wasp as a humorous campus moment with no further details.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway offers to send a booklet detailing how to secure 320 acres of U S Government lands in Wyoming free of cost. Includes irrigation projects and scientific dry farming methods. Homeseekers' rates and direct train service from Chicago. W B Kniskern P T M Chicago Ill.
John Augustus O'Shea recounts a humorous Irish encounter where a station boy demands a tip after informing a traveler he missed the next train. The piece satirizes travel etiquette and the social norm of tipping in transit.
In a Baltic smoke room Samuel Gompers denounces a recent attack on a wealthy firm as cruel. He compares it to the Jonesville Clarion obituary parody about Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisbie Township, aged 82, who died after a “severe attack” by widow Maria Higgins.
A fashion sketch presents a dainty gown designed for semi formal events. The dress features an empire line, a long waist, and a soft clingy material with soutache trimming in an attractive design.
One and a half million acres of farming and grazing land will open for settlement in the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Reservations from October 4 to 23. Fast daily through trains run to Pierre and Aberdeen, South Dakota, registration points via the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Write for descriptive pamphlets with maps and full particulars to W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M. at the C. and N. W. Ry., Chicago, Illinois.
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