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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
5
Two young men on a Sunday fishing trip meet Mr Mor ton the new minister. One doubts the day yet the other recalls his own temptations. The minister's plain, honest reply shows understanding and shifts their plan to attend his sermon. They both decide to hear him and feel the change in their Sunday routine.
Fragmented OCR notes recount the Great Pyramid’s scale and labour under harsh lash, citing Herodotus on 100,000 workers over 20 years building a 450 foot tall structure with 130 acres area and up to 60 ton stones. A mélange of unrelated anecdotes follows, including naval debate and a trenching joke about Lord Roberts and a sentry challenge.
Kenneth Bright helps his aunt cross a pasture where two oxen loom. Mrs Bright fears the beasts but the boy reassures her and narrates how he avoided danger by crawling beneath them, turning fear into a clever escape.
Fragmented OCR notes describe ghostly phenomena linked to indigestion and ritual meals. Entries list a lobster salad after midnight with one ordinary ghost chained, two Welsh rarebits and a mince pie with a gray lady groaning, plus cold roast pork and tea before bed. A headless specter, a blood stained hob with blue eyes, and a cake from a daughter's cookery lesson appear as eerie tableaux.
A Brooklyn Eagle vignette notes a country-born girl and her family settling in town as the girl enjoys her first urban living experience. Her younger brother comments on sidewalks with edges, reflecting a childlike view of city life.
The piece explains banking as a public instrument aiding farmers and industry. It highlights banks gathering idle money into a community reservoir, enabling labor and development, and expanding money's use through drafts checks and notes. It notes clearing houses and the banker as a dealer in credit, ensuring the bank always has cash on demand.
The paper announces a new serial titled The Goddess. Readers are urged to forget prior fiction and prepare for a radical development in literature. It promises a joyous tale of purity and virtue in modern conditions and aims to become a lasting classic.
Readers critique misleading advertising and false signatures from mail order buyers. They acknowledge gullibility, urge support for local dealers who offer guarantees and potential credit, and advocate resisting impersonal catalogs and distant sellers.
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