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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
6
A tradesman gathers his bill over months and sends polite requests for payment. Each reply repeats the phrase Certainly and finally provides the amount or a check, culminating in further requests until the tradesman gives up. This humorous anecdote from Ladies' Home Journal highlights verbose politeness in bill settlement.
The piece argues great speakers did not always win elections. It notes Webster, Clay, Douglas and Blaine drew crowds for their speechcraft, while Greeley used talk effectively despite weak oratory. Tilden relied on writing, Grant learned to speak well, culminating in a strong Garfield endorsement speech.
The piece describes two kissing forms among wild beasts, the Mongolian kiss indicating sniffing a possible prey and the European kiss showing an individual ready to devour. It explains these as variations of the same preservation instinct, the give and take in predatory behavior.
Mrs. M. M. Davidson of San Jose endorses Electric Bitters as a strong general remedy for headaches digestive issues and liver torpor. Houseworth Bros. drug stores guarantee the product at 60 cents. Elkhart druggists H Bentz Co and B D Miller promote Hindi Po kidney cure and nerve tonic with a money back guarantee and mail order option at 60 cents.
A veteran recounts the Solferino battle as told to Robert Shackleton for Harpers. He recalls fear at the start, brutal wounds, bayonet incidents, and the chaotic mix of Italians and Austrians on the hill of San Maritino. The account emphasizes fear, courage, and the endurance of soldiers through a long, deadly day.
The note records Rose waking at five to compose a sonnet and drink cold water for breakfast. She retires early with no supper, worried neighbors would be disturbed by knife and fork noises. The quote from the St Louis Republic appears, urging readers to put more in than they take out to grow wealth.
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts how Leonardo da Vinci sought models for Jesus and Judas. Pietro Bandinelli, a choir boy, provided Jesus’s face after years of study while Bandinelli later resembled Judas, completing the canvas.
The sun shines on only two flags continuously in the year the British flag all year and the American flag half the year from March 22 to Sept 22. The United States naval observatory finds Porto Rico and Balobesland in the Philippines are the eastern and western extremes where this occurs. The sun rises and sets in those places at the same moments on those dates.
The New York Press recalls a Quarles tale about a banker and a grand dinner. Guests, including a Broadway merchant worth about 3 million, laugh at a waiter mishap and a witty line about lapsus linguae as the host imitates a slip of the tongue.
A Lake Alaska excerpt describes snagging salmon on the Chileat river with a pole and barbless hook. A second puzzle shows a shoemaker who accepts a counterfeit ten and returns $5 plus a $2 bill and $3 in change, seeking the loss amount.
A classic quip from Lippincott's frames a brave child entering a library and declaring intent to wed his tutor. The father responds with humor asking which daughter, capturing timeless family comic voice.
A Washington Post report describes a zookeeper displaying a shed rattlesnake tooth. The horn like tooth is about three quarters of an inch long with a needle sharp tip and a tube like channel filled with a dried substance. He warns handling could cause a bad sore if skin is pierced.
The text notes that the old Gaelic language united the Celtic branches, being a dialect closely related to other Celtic tongues. It was spoken by Manxmen, Welsh, Scottish highlanders, Cornish, Bretons, and many Irish, and remains spoken in parts of Ireland, Wales, the Highlands, and the Isle of Man.
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Mary Lee recalls her husband James Lee surviving severe lung illness thanks to Dr Kings New Discovery. She credits the remedy with restoring his health and notes its throat and lung benefits. Sold at Houseworth Bros drug stores with 50c and 1.00 prices and a trial bottle free.
The notice cites Gold Medal Flour advertising superiority in bread whiteness and mentions Sylvia and the Simpson Abstract Office offering real estate loans.
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