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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
3
Post Card Se at Baumgarts Hint to the Fastidious
Milk bottle handling by top fastidious women leads to washing off the paper cap before removal. This note highlights consumer hygiene practices described in the item.
Just One O Clock Clock Confirms Quiet Joke
A droll fellow who stammers meets an old college friend on the street and shares time with him. On returning home his wife's stern question about the hour meets a stuttering reply. The landing clock then strikes four, prompting the reply that the clock is like him.
Henry Kitchell Webster’s Waiting for the Car Anecdote
The author of The Sky Man recalled a childhood scene in his home where he borrowed the family high chair and carried it home by hand. He recounts waiting long for a car and the conductor’s quip about his size, to which he replied that he grew up while waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kitchell Webster
Webster
A Suitable Name of Mule Sparks Townsfolk Debate
A colored man explains he named his mule corporation as he studies animals and reads the papers. The animal's stubborn independence earns him blame yet continues to lead the township with his own will. The exchange reflects local humor and observations on modern naming.
Vegetable Caterpillar on the Pink Terrace in New Zealand
A rare vegetable caterpillar in the Pink Terrace region of New Zealand is described as a caterpillar that eats fungus spores and transforms into a wood like mass. It forms a root with a stem rising eight to ten inches and drops more fungal spores. Human Bones Stronger Than Steel is noted as bones being far stronger than steel by weight, in a separate claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink Terrace
New Zealand
Last Meeting on Typhoid Fever Address by Jordon
The annual meeting featured a lecture on The Typhoid Fever Problem by Jordon chemist of the Water Co of Indianapolis. His careful study and practical experience informed an instructive talk that greatly benefited attendees and earned the society’s gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordon
the Water Co
Indianapolis
Mannner
Jordan
An Annual Luxury and a Christmas Misunderstanding
A fragment from a summer visit describes an English boy with two Scotch cousins, the joke about milk with porridge, and a misread holiday perception. The text notes chapel talks on a comet by Prof. Thompson and mentions senior class pay night. A device for carving meat is described, highlighting a paired carving blade and dented blade for easy carving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Tom
H. O. Leach
Extremier Proverb Echoes From Uncle Eben
A Washington Star quote features Uncle Eben condemning hiding one light under a bushel and burning the candle at both ends as the opposite extreme. The remark frames a caution about excess and visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Washington Star
Great Barrier Reef in Australia Described
The article notes the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's north coast as the world's largest coral reef. It is described as over 1,000 miles long and extending about 30 miles from shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atralia
Great Barrier Reef
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Nothing
SPALDING'S / ATHLETIC GOODS
Nort Whitesides
S.C. Yager
Baumgarts
Prof. Thompson
John Hill
Robert Hougham
Royal Burton
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