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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
3
A fragmented newspaper fragment combines an archaic political ode praising popular sovereignty with a long prose excerpt. It shifts to a humorous domestic scene where a narrator laments truth telling, contemplates romance with Gaston, and ends with a playful moral about white lies and social tact.
A young narrator recounts a voyage with Miss Harriet and her brother Paul, defying her father’s insistence on truth. She records blunt exchanges with a train guard over fares, a quarrel with Harriet, and the household tension as they travel toward Cherbourg, hinting at parental absence and the burden of care.
The article describes wasps preserving fresh meat by anaesthetizing prey and storing it for their young, and notes tarantula killers. It then shifts to various curiosities such as advice on posture, traveling spiders, keeping nails clean with lemon juice or rubber erasers, fashion tips on costume matching, tobacco's effect on hearing, circuses in winter quarters, and a joked exchange about marriage roles.
A collage of humorous quotations from newspapers includes light exchanges about calls to banks and social misplacements. Jokes touch on diplomacy, family, and love of writing with sharp one liners, reflecting early 20th century wit and wordplay.
A Chicago Record-Herald feature recounts Prince the street horse who stands for his owner’s window each morning and amid curbside chatter brings smiles to all. He saved a child from a car rush, charmed a thoroughbred, soothed a quarrel, and earned gumdrops from grateful neighbors.
A New York editorial warns against swapping a hypothetical war between Russia and Japan for a conflict between France and Germany describing the idea as moving a pair of bat tomcats from a neighbor’s back fence into your dining room.
A vintage health notice promoting social Dyspepsia Cure by H A Dykeman. Claims that nourishment comes from a healthy stomach and lists ailments such as loss of appetite nervousness headaches constipation sour risings and indigestion as curable. The ad emphasizes Kaedol digesting what you eat and strengthening the digestive system.
An uncounte d treasury bill for 100 pounds dated 1745 was shown to the Bank of England. It is believed to have been issued at 3 percent compound interest, making its present value about 26,000 pounds or 130,000 dollars. The treasury has not yet paid it, but general opinion suggests it will have to.
A curious tip suggests placing a kerosene saturated flannel inside a clock to restore accurate timekeeping. The method claims to make the mechanism run like new again, inviting readers to try the approach.
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