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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
8
We offer a wide and choice variety of holiday goods this season. The store is rearranged for easy Christmas shopping with each department in a distinct space. We feature useful articles for gifts and novelties, plus beautiful decorations for the holiday.
Section outlines districting for Indiana courts, circuit judge terms of six years, eligibility, and rotation rules within districts. It details first Monday assignments, governor designations, and election procedures including candidate placement and plurality winner. Salary figures appear, and a list of counties in a district is named.
The piece discusses lighthouse keepers facing colossal waves that overwhelm Tilla mook rock lighthouse off Oregon, with water washing over the lantern and keepers fearing for their lives. Similar seas are noted at Eddystone and Fleaux-de-Brechot as waves reach 150 feet, while old age expectations and health warnings from the Atchison Globe are cited.
A holiday catalog showcases Rockers from 1.00 to 2.50 and desks 4.00 to 10.00. It promotes six kite patterns under 10.00, room rugs 12.50 to 22.50, Edison Phonographs with 200 records, and over fifty rocker styles from 1.25 to 20.00. Includes wide range of home furniture and encourages browsing without pressure.
A spellbinder cites lasting principles beyond expediency, arguing parties largely share core aims while methods divide. A heckler from the crowd answers with a quip about a five cent cigar, echoing the city’s newspaper voice.
A southern man, alerted by a loud night disturbance in his chicken house, investigated with a revolver and faced an unforeseen outcome. The brief vignette captures rural suspense and a terse encounter in a single, stark incident.
The article explains how salary derives from salt money. Roman soldiers received salt as part of pay, and Latin salt became the basis for terms like salary. Over time the practice shifted from salt to money, shaping modern wage language.
The article describes ancient Hawaiian practices to capture the man-eater shark known as Carcharias. Priests organized long canoe raids, feeding the shark meat laced with awa root to dull it before capture. Captors shared portions of the carcass for supposed powers, with the rope wrested from the head bearer giving invincibility, while a Wisconsin student anecdote closes the piece.
Dean Viole records a sick man being prayed for twice daily at a cathedral. To avoid naming the person the canon in residence suggests replacing the name with for a sick person. The clerk, in a sharp dig, refuses to mention the individual.
The article extols the eye muscle as a natural block and pulley and claims the body’s perspiration glands act as a superior safety valve to regulate temperature. It compares joints and sockets to air brakes and ball bearings, noting nearly all mechanical principles exist in the human body and praising nature’s engineering.
A London paper cites a Chinaman explaining idioms. He defines a paper tiger as a loud but harmless fool and offers translations for phrases describing pride as a rat weighing itself, a hunchback bow, a rocket son, and a lantern hung on a pole that gives no light.
At a prayer gathering a husband and wife shared how they started poor but with faith progressed. They described buying a small farm, thriving crops, a comfortable home, and a growing family. The wife affirmed her husband’s account, adding her own corroboration.
The passage cites famed memory feats by figures such as Dr Johnson Burke Grotius Pascal Leibniz Edler Ben Jonson Themistocles and Cyrus claiming they could recall vast sights readings or lists including names of tens of thousands of citizens and army troops.
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