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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
2
Priscilla once known as Silly, loved for plain clothes and lack of sense, becomes village heroine after she risks her life to save her aunt from a burning house. Dick learns to see her bravery and asks her to keep the name Priscilla, while Lilly wishes to be called Lilly and not deemed wise or brave.
A brief essay on changing dietary tastes and nutrition notes that pie declined as a dinner staple amid modern abundance. It contrasts hearty old pies with lighter modern fare, praising skilled pastry and newer cooking methods while noting adults should limit pie in favor of fresh foods.
In a Vermont village a 24 year old bachelor, envied for his single life, is teased by his mother and neighbors. She shows a photo and jokes about matchmaking, hoping a fresh likeness might spark a marriage plan among local young ladies.
A five year old girl in a picture hat occupies a Supreme Court bench momentarily as justices render weighty decisions. The paused chamber, the folded doors, and waiting lawyers create a tense scene noted for its quiet drama and the child's impatience.
Augusta disguises herself in a pink lawn dress to attend a barn dance near the Radley house, sparking a reunion with exiled suitor Joe Fitts. John Radley defends Augusta as Madame Wills disapproves, while Gussie contemplates secrecy and love with Rose Lee watching.
Travelers entering the sultan of Morocco once bowed in ceremony but the practice was dropped after a naturalist bowed with hands behind his back and struck his forehead on marble. The sultan, astonished, ordered Europeans to observe only the European standard salutations on entering and leaving.
A Philadelphia drummer recounts a western Iowa dispute with a landlord who was deputy sheriff and whose brother was the prosecuting attorney. He chose to pay a fine to avoid jail after a jailer warned of a dangerous cellmate. He sought a lawyer but learned the judge was related to the jailer.
A 19th century observation describes Bombay Hindoos where men appear more handsome than women. Married women wear a large left nostril hoop of silver with stones, sometimes covering mouth and chin. Betel staining tints teeth and lips yellow. Forehead color stripes mark caste. Arms and ankles display tattooing and silver bangles. both sexes wear similar toe rings. The piece likens some women to American Indian squaws in ugliness.
In a dramatic transfer, Henry James Adams gains control of the Evening Bulletin from Jeremiah Selkirk and plans immediate staff changes. Adams orders editorial revisions, confirms press timing, and dines with his new entourage before directing a bold front-page strategy.
A nine year old asks how long a rat would take to carry away thirty ears of corn or three potatoes, counting the rat’s ears as part of the tally. The joke ends with a brother guessing the time by a silly arithmetic twist.
A fragment describes waiters developing calloused hands from handling hot plates. The text compares their skin to horn and notes the heat dulls sensation, making their hands less sensitive to burns as they work at tables.
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