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Newspaper
Fort Pierce News
Location
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
15
Mayport Branch railway agent issues a notice about changes to service and information dissemination. The document outlines new procedures pending official confirmation and points to upcoming dates for the public display and feedback.
A medieval legend explains the first silver wedding during Hugues Capet era. A king rewards an old servant couple with a dowry and a silver wedding, declaring their union a royal precedent. The story spreads across France, inspiring a fashion to mark twenty five years of marriage with silver celebrations.
The United States Treasury building employs armed guards who monitor vaults with alarms every twenty minutes and hourly patrols. Secret service agents in plain clothes watch outside and inside. Officials dismiss tunneling as fatal, noting heavy vaults crush any digger. ten thousand dollars in double eagles weighs thirty eight pounds and forty million dollars in ten thousand dollar certificates weighs eleven and a half pounds. Burglars prefer certificates to gold.
A New York clubman recalls finding a pin in a spoonful of ice cream at an uptown tea room. The waiter, stoic like an undertaker, warns the pin has cost a man his job while noting patrons mostly sip and do not chew. The tale highlights caution in dining and the odd humor of the moment.
The writer notes a shift from historical brutal punishments to modern tenderness. It recalls wheels, stake fires, rackings, and dismemberment once endured without pity, contrasted with harsher prison conditions and now more compassionate human hearts. The tone laments changing attitudes across eras.
A member recalls voting on a debate topic at a feminine society meeting, uncertain whether she took a positive or negative stance. The discussion centered on the topic of the day, with memory failing on specifics.
A fragmentary dialogue mentions lessons about eating and manners. The text references a child named Tommy and his mother discussing prefood rules and diet. The source shows garbled lines and unclear context.
The News seeks correspondents at every post office in St Lucie County to report local happenings. If a section is unrepresented, write to secure a writer at each point.
Florida listings offer Orange Lemon Grapefruit Pineapple and Banana lands for sale in coastal localities with access to railroads churches and schools some tracts by rivers lakes ocean or gulf. Winter trucking lands for strawberries beans pepper celery tomatoes and related crops available with easy terms. For details write Thos J DeSteuben Jensen Florida real estate broker with stamp.
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