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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
7
A jumble of dialogues and pieces from various columns features a governess admonishing a lazy lad, romantic verse exchanges, a courtroom-like remark by a lawyer, and stray ads. The collage includes cautionary morals, snatches of sentiment, and commercial lines, all reflecting a period newspaper page.
The piece recounts a managing editor named Goodman and the Pigott disclosures that toppled a case against Parnell. It notes an exclamation campaign ending badly and lists several sensational anecdotes from The New York Tribune era, including a fatal fall and a burglar’s long sentence, all framed as a cautionary “A Great Day for Ireland.”
A surreal escapade follows a prominent Society head after a balloon voyage. He endures a wild morning of misadventure pillow fights and odd injuries, recalls his past, and faces social ostracism for his drunken impulse. He battles self doubt, finds restraint, and becomes a modest, steady figure among friends.
A Popular Mechanics report describes an upright electric hand drier in a Washington office building. It uses a foot lever to start a warm air current, drying hands in about thirty seconds at a cost of half a penny per hundred pairs. It also outlines a cement waterproofing mix using cement, sand, alum, and soap solution. Shakespeare popularity rises in Germany with Berlin’s Deutsches Theater staging a Shakespeare repertory to full houses.
A short garden tip suggests turning eyesores into beauty spots this summer. It advises planting rapid growing vines like morning glory and scarlet runners, stretching them on a wire supported by slender poles to create a green wall.
Prof. T J J Lee, astronomer in charge of the naval observatory at Mare Island California, says he has discovered the town known cause of gravitation while serving in government work. He was commissioned last August as a relative captain in the high rank within the wave corps of mathematicians.
A history of tariff effects shows a ten month deficit of 76 million dollars for American farmers as imports of foreign foodstuffs rose by 30 million dollars while exports fell. Wheat corn and butter imports surged, eggs reached over five million dozen, and prices did not drop. The piece argues the tariff benefits foreign farmers and harms consumers.
Nationwide census will survey thousands of churches under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis to gather data on deaths, current cases, and communicants as prep for the Tuberculosis Day observance. About 75,000 churches and schools joined last year, with broad church endorsements. More than 1,200 anti tuberculosis societies will assist this year to promote the campaign.
A May 21 1914 note from Clyde Firebaugh of New Sharon Iowa describes long standing facial pimples and dandruff, relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and claims to be now free of both. The ad promotes free samples and lists Cuticura products.
A humorous dialogue fragment features an Inventor who asks for five dollars and offers excuses. It includes a cartoonish voice from Edna and a teasing retort from Small Edna about hair being combed and hitched. The piece reads like a light domestic vignette with period conversational style.
An officer recalls a brave sixteen year old in the Army of Northern Virginia who fell at close range after urging his colonel to hold the reins as he died. The piece blends wartime anecdotes with humorous classroom vignettes and rural scenes, including tales of worry, childhood riddles, and curious quips about schoolyard justice.
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