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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
3
The article surveys white chinchilla sport coats for men women and children noting warmth, finish and contrasting buttons. It also advises on living room table runners, cross stitch warmth, and cozy winter decor with emphasis on a bright reading area and practical details.
The piece surveys winter hat fashions for the season, noting designers' work on elegant headwear for both young and mature women. It describes two dressy models, black Chantilly lace satin, draped crepe, and floral accents, plus a ball-shaped crown hat with velvet and gold or silver trim. It also highlights two cleaning innovations: copper wire wash cloths and a roll with horsehair for cleaning enamelware and silver, brasens, and glassware.
The article describes gowns with amart touch, jeweled effects, and opulent trimmings. It highlights colors like sapphire, military blue, empire green, purples, yellows, and oranges, with gold lace and novelty buttons. Browns and tans such as cam tor, Belge, tan, sand, and African are noted, all in dulled tones.
In a fall scene fairies tempted by moonlit waters are warned by water nymphs to avoid the river. Bold fairies are swept into shells drawn by fish and guided by dolphins toward a surreal underwater voyage ending as they enter the ocean and encounter Neptune.
In a mythic rescue, Neptune halts punishing fairies who sailed into the ocean and guides them home with the nymphs. He teaches the fairies to use their wands to touch shells, creates Fairy Island as a memory of crossing the river, and blesses a future friendship between fairies and nymphs.
The article argues city life tempts metropolitan lads with prizes, claiming city boys show greater stamina from Civil War traditions while country boys win by ambition to grasp urban rewards. It contrasts city life allure with the country boy’s drive to rise above hardships.
The text states the fundamental law of success is to live within your means, followed by investing the surplus. It argues these two rules shape character, happiness, and success in a life that requires basic needs and eventual burial, applying to various types of people.
A playful exchange Between Bobblie and Mamma describes lessons on diplomacy. Willie quivers over a toothache as the day’s school plans shift and a small domestic scene unfolds.
The principal objects are to train boys in country life, apply scientific agriculture, relate school life to farm work, foster cooperation in families and communities, promote farming as a profession, give boys clear life goals, and empower teachers to connect teaching with practice. The aim mirrors adult farming goals: better methods, higher yields, lower costs, leading to capable citizens.
A fragment from a periodical features a youthful dialogue on bravery between a father and son. The exchange humorously defines bravery as facing danger rather than fleeing, contrasting childish bravado with adult expectations. Local tone resembles mid century youth literature in style.
In a playful exchange, Lemuel muses on making clothes from peast while Little Lemuel questions why people cut peast. They discuss peadackets for sailors. Johnny contemplates life as a small fish and laments a mother without a lap.
The article describes a superior hoghouse with wood floor on concrete, a central alley for cleaning, two inch raised dividers, a sloped yard feeding manure toward a corner, and a manure pit. It stresses outdoor housing when possible, winter warmth, ample sunlight, and a pivoting roof for insulation, all to improve sanitation and hog welfare.
Redfern, the head of the dressmaking house of that name, in Paris, an Englishman decorated by the French government for his services in the world of dress, says.
The article outlines a saw tooth roof hog house using concrete floors and planed movable wooden pens. It describes a 2 by 4 floor grid, removable end planks, and a lean concrete feeding pan floor with joints to prevent cracks. Hay racks, swinging fronts, removable partitions, airtight doors, and two roof vents ensure warmth and ventilation. It notes locust plagues in Palestine and a 1000 ton Surveyor for Arctic waters, plus global fisheries valued around 405 million dollars.
A Lafayette bank employee acknowledges a courtesy from an Indianapolis youth who lives at the YMCA and sends a five cent check for payment for service as errand boy. The check will be stamped and endorsed by several banks and circulated among Indianapolis friends. The incident prompts speculation about reactions when the check is presented for payment.
A report notes that global wealth increases by about 815 billion dollars annually in normal economic conditions. It highlights the steady expansion of assets across industries and regions, stressing macroeconomic balance and long term growth prospects.
A political column argues taxpayers tire of direct levies and demand tariffs to shield home industry. It cites wage earners and farmers, warns against indirect taxation, and advocates a Republican victory on protectionist principles to avert economic decline postwar. It critiques antidumping laws as inadequate, urging a robust tariff policy and clear fiscal thinking.
The record notes a 1913-14 export drop of 101 million dollars from 1912-13, followed by a 1.01 billion dollar rise in 1914-15 over the prior year under Democratic tariff policy. It argues war boosted exports in 1914-15 and that without war, 1914-15 might not have surpassed 1914-14. The piece critiques free trade and its impact.
Jon Bull. John Bull, the nickname given to Englishmen. He generally understood to be derived from Doctor Arbuthnot's satire, "John Bull," published in 171%. So says Brewer, an excellent authority on such subjects. Resolution Means Much. To think we are able is almost t% ris ee. To determine upon attainment 4 frequently attainment itself Thus earnest resolution has often eeemed to have shout It a favor of emp tence.
Acting Director of Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicnr, 1915. Lesson for January 30 on Acts 2 with Peter’s appeal, miracles, and the power of the Holy Spirit, urging worship and prayer. The lesson outlines Peter’s call to look, testify, and act in Jesus name, the man’s healing, crowd reaction, and Peter’s continuing sermon to convict listeners and call for repentance.
A compact snippet contrasts faith with works and reason, citing Donne on faith needing fruit and root, and Buxton on making time. It presents two authorial thoughts: faith without fruit is not faith, and time must be created rather than found.
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