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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
6
The National Lead Company exposed fraudulent chalk and rock blends sold as Pure White Lead. It adopted the Dutch Boy trademark and launched the Slow-pipe test to prove purity, offering a free test outfit and booklet to buyers who write for them.
A fragmented page mixes oblique death causes and medical notes with a report on a giant rock crusher in South Pittsburg. It mentions cholera morbus and other illnesses, then shifts to industry details about the crusher’s capacity and dimensions, followed by quotations about wealth and health remedies like Grape-Nuts and Postum.
A dramatic wedding tale unfolds as a 21 year old Beekman, Cincinnati, delays a bride by feigning a plan to elope. The widow insists the match will wait, while a crowd cheers, rice and shoes fly, and the couple finally escapes to a hotel amid the laughter.
The article describes Miss Pearl Car race Cook and Edward Beck, connected to the stage company, cutting their wedding trip short after a trip around Boston. It notes the peculiarities of their wedding journey and the stage life demands that shortened their honeymoon.
Miss Montana Largey, heiress of a vast Butte estate, married Ray MacDonald, a Canadian clerk earning $60 a month, after rejecting wealth and pride. The couple wed at midnight following her assertion that love outweighs money.
A Boston pie social yields a tale of romance as Col. John H. Bartlett falls for venturous pie maker Susie J. Reese. He wooed with compliments on her New England mince pies and marries her, confessing her pies are his true affinity. Their daughter unsettles the double life, but a family reunion follows.
In Washington a youthful 18 year old Marjory J. Savin wed 19 year old Edwin Pilson, son of a millionaire railroad man. The ceremony astonished the family as she announced she was now part of the Pilson clan and would be supported by them. The couple had pledged marriage before her Europe trip and will live with millionaire Pilson while planning a career.
A 19-year-old Philadelphia woman Miss Mary Sing ley and Mise Weaver, both Trinity Lutheran members, hid their six month engagement from her parents. After a basket social their romance progressed and culminated in betrothal before a violent, early-inge ked confrontationPalestine
The piece describes the traditional Indian burial by laying the corpse on cross-sticks with poles, left to nature until little remains after a year or two. It evokes pitiful, grisly imagery of toppled platforms, scattered beads and bones, set against winds and autumn decay.
A brief note describes a new patent laws in Great Britain easing protections for inventions. The item highlights changes aiding inventors and outlines potential impact on industry and commerce.
A Boston broker visiting a hub household found a circle of young women graduates debating the English novel. He quips that Fielding matters but not without good pitchers and hitters, signaling a playful mix of literature and sports in a social moment.
Tripp County South Dakota prepares for a government land opening of about one million acres of agricultural and grazing lands likely around October 1. The Rosebud extension of The Chicago and North Western Railway is the sole rail link to the lands with Dallas South Dakota as the rail terminal and border town. The U S land office is expected to be located there. Pamphlets on land selection and quarter section homesteads can be obtained by applying to W B Kniskern PT 36 C and N W Ry Chicago Illinois.
Fragmentary quotation discusses human nature and a preference for conversation rather than court cases. It references a desire for ease and a sense of sociability, suggesting a theme about personal choice versus formal proceedings.
J A Dinwiddie of New Market Tennessee praises 20 Mule Team Borax soap for washing white poultry in a show. He notes years of experience and compliments from JT on the birds' whiteness. Dealers offer 13 1 and 5 lb cartons with a sample and booklet available for five cents.
A rural resident laments the loss of city bustle and the 654 train that once served the area, contrasting country living with urban mornings. The snippet from the New York Press captures a dialogue about transit and pace.
An advertisement page promotes Kiine's Great Nerve Restorer for nervous diseases and fits the Sr. Vitus Dance. It lists price 82.00 and a Patterson treatise. Also mentions Allen's FootEase lines for foot pain with trial packages offered. The ad appears amid miscellaneous care product listings from Philadelphia and other locales.
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