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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
5
Clark's Grocery and Star Store advertise flour, eggs, oats and new oxfords while Buy local bargains at Burget's. A Tennessee farmer keeps dogs for hunting and a runaway incident near Nauvoo prompts medical aid for Tom McCormick after a wagon accident.
In a Mara River village in Peru Mr C R Enoch recalls renting a thatched adobe for 20 cents weekly. A contention over ownership leads him to pay off rival claimants, secure a governor’s ruling, and he boasts of leaving the house cleaner than he found it.
The Washington Post notes the vast variety of wooden barrels in the US, especially small birch barrels from tiny inches to ten inches high. They are mass produced by lathe tools, sold in millions yearly, used by confectioners and perfumers, and exported globally for gifts, savings banks, button boxes, toys, and samples.
The Frigate Bird or Fregata aquila rarely lands on land except for breeding. It nests in trees, often in large groups high in mangroves, and lays a single egg. It feeds on fish and steals others’ catches, with a striking plumage of brownish black and metallic reflections. The male displays a bright red throat sac while the female shows a duller hue with a white breast patch.
An elderly bachelor urges Miss Amanda to stop playing with Tiankinson. She teases that if she were Tiankinson, kidnapping would not be needed, and Mr Upagain then proposes, prompting a sudden round of invitations observed by the Chicago Tribune.
An American traveler in Europe refuses a gold braided officer’s order to move to the luggage van. He asserts U.S. independence, declares the officers unimportant, and insists on passing around them, saying he will not be controlled. The exchange ends with his defiant stance.
A teacher asks a boy for his name and the boy reveals a stuttered pronunciation, saying his name is Clarence Pupkins Perkins and explaining he only stutters when speaking his name. The exchange is recounted as a humorous anecdote from the Chicago Tribune.
An Englishman and a Highlander shared a dinner in Edinburgh and debated whose country was superior. The Highlander’s logic prevailed on every point, and when challenged on area the Englishman’s claim was countered by the Highlander noting Scotland’s mountainous terrain would outrepresent England if all hills were flattened.
A comparison shows how nails shifted from hand forging to steel production. Previously strips were cut and forged by hammers at about one and a half minutes per nail. Now steel nails are lighter and stronger, produced by steam shear cut strips fed into automatic machines with one operator tending three, dropping a nail each second.
A dialogue portrays a wife accusing her husband of squandering money. She cites yesterday’s cigarette purchase and a prior $100 diamond purchase, to which he admits the latter was for her, framing a domestic dispute reported by the Houston Post.
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