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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts Tvory Patent flour as the best made, claiming it satisfies taste demands. It promotes sale by grocers and credits Burrell and Morgan as sellers in Mill.
Ernest Poole writes in Everybody's Magazine about airy crews on skyscrapers earning high weekly wages and giving to the Sisters of Charity. He notes a superstition that after two accidents a third is near, a belief shared by foremen and workers in steel mills plains camps and job sites.
A New York Sun observation notes many shoppers buy chairs without sitting in them. The author recalls visiting stores to examine cloth and wood but few test comfort, except rockers where a quick test is common.
A man with a warted nose and cross eyes proclaims the value of polite compliments to ladies as sunshine that costs nothing. Another man with neglected whiskers admits he no longer scatters sunshine. The first asks how, and the reply is a joke about breach of promise suits curing the habit.
A squire questions a wounded woman about throwing an object at Mike during their return from a cousin’s wedding. She admits the act was impulsive and says she loved him then and now, insisting she did not intend harm as his slow reply spurred her to fling a mop.
The Phoenicians first conveyed knowledge of distant lands to other nations, reaching beyond the Mediterranean to chart early world geography. Geography as a science began with the Greeks, Terodotus of Tul fearnassus noted as its pioneer around 484 BC.
A humorous exchange between Mrs Short and Mr Short-True about wealth and doing good quietly. Diggs jokes about whisky and a cold, noting Swiggs habit of catching colds, as quoted from the Chicago News.
A domestic scene notes a husband entering with a bag of chestnuts and a weary wife replying she is listening. A judge observes that a wife reveals her husband and a husband reveals his wife through appearance, citing a Servian proverb.
A witty Atchison Globe quip on a father teaching his son the family business. The businessman remarks on the ironic turn of events, saying the boy now teaches him, and that a cross man could earn more if he were kinder.
The Washington Post reports a trick where a glowing coal rests on tightly drawn linen or muslin over a copper globe. Heat travels through copper away from the cloth, preventing scorching. The article notes poor heat conduction of new cotton and warns to start with cheap fabric.
The article warns that prussic acid vapors act instantly and details dangers from atropine to cyanide and ammonia. It recounts an acid factory incident where a broken nitric acid carboy caused a deadly blaze and five workers who tried to fight it died hours later.
A passenger cites a man who always gives up his seat to women on the elevated line. The Globe notes his loneliness among friends and says his motive is to earn a smile or thanks, a strange seeking of feminine recognition.
The article asserts that music can be harmful and feverish to the blood and mind. It cites Nietzsche criticizing Wagner and Tschaikowsky, claiming Tschaikowsky destroyed himself after his Sixth Symphony and that several have died by suicide after playing it, calling it the death by own action symphony.
In Drearyhurst a stranger asks for a square meal and Uncle Welby Gosh directs him to a pricey eatery near Chicago. The Chicago Tribune notes hope for value amid high prices. A separate Washington Star exchange features a quip about belief in luck and the success of disliked people.
A tevil laments the hard knocks of daily life while the bellows agree they are always pressed to raise the wind in a witty, anthropomorphic cartoonish exchange from the Boston Transcript.
A hard up man asks for whisky on tick in a bar. The publican refuses credit but offers a sixpence. The man pockets the coin, declares he will not spend it there, and leaves with an air of superiority.
An excerpt from Bailey’s Universal Etymological Dictionary shows eccentric early eighteenth century definitions such as Thunder as a noise for the deaf, Lightning as a meteor, Balloon as a football, and Elephant as the biggest and most intelligent four footed beast. The sample defines common words with whimsical phrasing and surprising twists.
A letter from four boys at Fjal kebjerk school moves King Christian of Denmark to act. He suspends the cruel teacher, dismisses him without pension, and treats the pupils to chocolate and cakes. The king warns teachers against corporal punishment to prevent ruffianly training of the next generation.
The Tower of Famine in Pisa once housed Count Ugolino della Gherardescha and his kin. The Guelph leader was imprisoned by the Ghibellines, starved to death, and his keys were cast into the Arno river, leaving no traces of the tower today.
Cap tain Roald Amundsen notes Eskimo clothing serves clear purposes and fringe has meaning. He kept fringe on anoraks after others removed it, and recounted fringe’s return as it curled up, urging readers to laugh with understanding. A separate item recalls a playful exchange about grammar and gender with a child.
A Prime Porter tale shows Admiral Porter, a true sailor, dictating sail and steam use. He removed four blade propellers for sails and claimed ships ran faster by steam, later reversed as leadership waned. Even in old age he urged sail powered ships, proving the world moved on.
A Suburban Life writer notes California desert tortoises often carry two large water sacks and can travel, climb, and move with surprising speed. Observations describe them voiding water when picked up and using their tails and legs to haul themselves onto rocks.
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