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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
3
A reader's prose piece retells a fairy tale where a girl feeds a magic kettle that provides endless meals. A wood-walker frightens her, the kettle spills soup, the fairy helps, and a tree grows from a punished boy. A later note mentions art students making hand painted items for fairs.
A fragmentary historical note links the fictional Robinson Crusoe to Alexander Selkirk, claiming Selkirk’s seafaring life near Largo inspired Daniel Defoe’s famous character. The piece sketches Selkirk’s youth, escape from his trade, and a late return home with a tale of shipboard adventures and a marriage that led to abrupt disappearances.
King County teachers and the Beattie Post Intelligencer report a new school program adding automobile poultry and dairy accounting to the rural curriculum. Miss Varna M Knapp leads the class with purebred poultry values and a plan to raise turkeys and vegetables for parcel post sales. Ham School club built play shed equipment and raised funds, aiming to show education through student labor and community needs. A county farm demonstrator coordinates school animal care and weight gain prizes.
Attendees at the afternoon concert and other events note a striking millinery season. Designers parade turquoise blue turbans, gold towers, fur and velvet, with detailed sleeves and structured crowns. Hats feature velvet or fur crowns, silver laces, and beaded embellishments, signaling refined, dramatic elegance.
The article reviews topcoats and short outer jackets in vivid colors, noting raglan shoulders as dominant in country wear. It forecasts coats falling below the dress hem, and mentions gray-blue tints resembling a soldier’s uniform. It also includes quotations on tyranny, liberty, and political reflections from Whitelaw Reid and others.
An unintelligible OCR passage describes a scene with ants, a boy named Tommy, and mentions Aunt Mary. The text references cures, anger, and a mystery about a mammal, but exact events and identities are unclear.
The year begins with a rush of white goods and cotton fabrics as manufacturers showcase kitchen aprons and house dresses. Crepe cotton aprons with elbow sleeves, blue and white braid bindings, and large front bibs dominate. iron ease is highlighted and pockets, durable materials, and contrasting bands mark edges as styles push utility and neat finishes.
Confessions reveal a ruthless credit scam run by a mail order house. The writer details deceptive catalog promises, coercive contracts, neighbor inquiries, hidden charges, and aggressive collection practices designed to trap buyers into long, profitable payment streams for poor quality goods. He warns readers to patronize local merchants who offer real redress and reliability.
Dr J T Nash notes house flies stay near breeding grounds and warm shelter, with proximity to cluttered garbage or stables increasing infestation and limiting fly escape even with fly paper. The piece also ponders character as the weakest point and explains fuel value: two pounds of wood roughly equals one pound of coal, with certain woods matching one ton of coal per cord.
Excerpts reflect on national pride as virtue and the tension with war and welfare. Bertrand Russell and other sources discuss self-determination, courage, and religious conviction. The text also notes experiments in gravity cells using carbon as a substitute for copper, warning that efficiency drops due to higher resistance.
Bosco a Russian bear at Prospect Park Zoo is the only known plumber bear in captivity. Keeper O'Brien notes his curiosity about the water tank, studying the mechanism, removing a trap, and testing the flow. he dreams of donning overalls and a jumper to work with soldering irons. Bosco's antics amuse staff as he simulates plumbing with comic gravity in his central tank.
In San Francisco port, customs inspectors unravel a pearl smuggling ring led by Nahant and Nakane. A toy dog conceals pearls in its tail and nose, a jewel box hides another stash, and buttons on a vest contain gems. Nakane confesses after the detections.
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