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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
2
A collage of quips and notes from The Tribune covering public safety shifts, social commentaries, odd anecdotes, and cultural reflections. Topics include prohibition rhetoric, political records, literary jests, religious debates over hats, a solar system gag, and a Pasadena sixteenth birthday party involving a $2,000,000 estate distribution to five children.
The article notes Mexico's long standing wealth in silver and gold production and reports the discovery of placer gold fields in Oaxaca spanning 22,000 acres. If the reported gold proportion holds, this could greatly boost the world gold supply.
Mollie Felday, a widow with charm but little zest, ponders life in a foggy city. Professor Ewart shows her a black opal with claimed power and romance. Captain Dennison returns from illness and, aided by the opal, kisses Mollie’s hand as a possible match, while the professor suspects a scheme.
A long excerpt on safe boating practices urges preparation and sense in small craft. It stresses equipment like bow lines life preservers anchors bales and oars and warns against reckless acts and improper entry or landing methods. It emphasizes staying seated keeping weight balanced and using stern for rescues and towing.
A Bol ton School teacher found a chamois bag with diamonds in the street. She traced the owner, the wife of a downtown merchant, and returned the jewels. The owner offered a reward, which the finder declined, saying honesty mattered more. One diamond later appeared missing, prompting a playful exchange.
Dialog from the Chicago Tribune notes Maybelle confirming Archie Feathertop still visits but has not yet proposed. The passage captures domestic chatter about romance readiness and social expectations.
The text notes April 1 as the memorial of Adam. It records that as Adam died he charged his children to bury him embalmed with myrrh, in cense and cassia, in the cave of Al Kanuz near Paradise.
Crete once belonged to the Roman Empire before falling to Ottoman Turkish control in 1669, marking a significant shift in its long history. The note highlights the island's changing sovereignty across eras.
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry agent claiming to whiten fabrics. Promotes a large two-ounce package priced at five cents.
The Baltimore American reports a peculiar police item about customers pressing uglier charges against a beauty doctor. The brief notes social tension as clients accuse the practitioner amid the city’s everyday crime news.
A humorous clipping notes an Ohio man turning down a fat consulship offer. The item sits among a collection titled Papperings of Fifty Years Ago, reflecting nostalgic humor from the period.
A Pittsburg Post quotation contrasts a barber asking a customer if he shaves himself with a tailor who insinuates self-made clothes. The dialogue questions social judgment and professionalism in service trades.
A Florio translation of Montaigne’s essays is the only book with certain Shakespeare handling. It bears the poet’s autograph and was bought by the British Museum for 120 guineas. A second copy in the same collection carries Ben Jonson’s name on the fly leaf.
A witty exchange from the Atlanta Constitution contrasts an essayist described as widely known yet philosophically narrow. The dialogue highlights the irony of widely known narrow opinions in literary critique.
A Houston Post fragment notes a visitor asking what a pictured scene represents while the artist replies that it shows board and lodging for six weeks, implying a satire or commentary on housing or travel.
A Washington Star line echoes sorrow over hardships affecting all ages. The mood laments societal strains as adults face burdens while children confront illness. The poem-like note captures collective unease.
A light verse noting Mary tired of beef and seeking relief from carving, a humorous moment from Harper's Weekly reflecting playful culinary sentiment.
In some German rural districts guests pay a fixed sum for entertainment and receipts fund a home for the newlyweds. The practice, described as common in certain areas, frames weddings as community financed events with shared support.
Ostrich plume color follows a gender rule with black and white plumes from males and gray plumes from females, a guide to distinguishing birds by plumage.
Paris pattern notes describe multiple shirt waist models with long or seven-eighth sleeves and various cuffs. Sizes range from 32 to 44 with materials like linen cotton lawn and madras recommended. Also a 22x22 inch centre-piece design in linen or silk and fashion editor contact in Indianapolis. Enclosed ten cents for pattern No. 2500 onward.
The Knickerbocker uses bleue de soveres made in France with blue and gold and the hotel monogram on each rim. A seventy two piece set costs six dollars per piece, while Plaza and Astor charge four and five dollars respectively for white and gold or plain white with asters. The Waldorf Astoria employs the crown set from royalty era with blue and gold borders and portraits, a collection valued at up to a million dollars.
A young Henry Drummond discovers he can hypnotize. At a party a girl is urged to play piano and complies. He later hypnotizes a boy and makes him shoot a pretend pheasant with a poker, nearly causing harm before stopping the illusion.
A humorous exchange from the Detroit Free Press recalls a man who believed a marriage was near, only to meet his beloved and fall into a coal hole, altering his romantic trajectory as she reacts with startled amusement.
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