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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1915
Page
3
In a rural incident two young boys helped battle a barn fire. William and Thomas worked with fire engines and neighbors, freeing horses and guiding them to safety while others fought the blaze and prevented a total disaster.
Fragmented tale shows William and Thomas rescuing a smoking barn from fire with quick action. They keep the blaze from spreading, saving the house while parents return to praise their courage and faith in a protective watcher.
The fragment describes circular shapes and a shifting optical illusion where circles seem to move away or toward the viewer. It notes how perception can change when staring, causing the illusion to flip and appear distant despite intent to see them as static.
The text describes a puzzling practice where a ball returns after being held in a stationary middle line. It hints at shifting positions where A and B alternately appear in front, suggesting a hidden pattern rather than explicit play.
A fragment describes tricks that fool the eyes with paper rings. It notes moving a thin paper circle in circular motions makes rings appear to chase each other. The text mentions spokes in circles and varying eye focus.
The passage presents a lengthy phonetic riddle about wood saws and names friends and foes keeping a tongue tied. It riffs on Esau Wood and Wood's woodsaw with playful mispronunciations and repeated phrases.
The article describes Australian boys entering Junior Cadets at age twelve, with drills under schoolteachers and life skills beginning at fourteen in Senior Cadets. It notes government provision of olive drab uniforms, strict truancy penalties for parents, and the shift toward disciplined military training regardless of parental wishes. It closes with a math-teacher exchange from The American Boy and a reminder to be good to mother.
In a brief vignette Little Elmer owns a goat for a week. A visitor asks how he likes the pet and Elmer replies he dislikes it because the goat kicks with its head. The exchange prompts a playful Natural History Question style exchange about birds and peace.
The article surveys autumn fur fashions and pricing trends. It notes mink, sable, ermine, fox, and opossum furs as leading choices with varied durability and price prospects. It advises expert quality judgment due to many grade levels and emphasizes fashion influencing value.
The article describes a two material gown combining velvet and Georgette with a sleeveless corsage and square neckline. Velvet dominates the front skirt while Georgette adds under bodice suggestions. Silver or dull gold galon decorates and a high velvet roll collar anchors the vest.
A bedside aid titled a nightingale wrap is described as a simple straight piece with a six inch side cut. It can be worn in bed to cover the back chest and arms to ward off drafts. Materials include 1 3/4 yards soft wool 27 inches wide three small pearl buttons and silk for briar stitching.
The report quotes Mayor Riddie describing a seaside clambake scene and names a series of witty, rambling lines about vacationers and a телефоне girl amid a humorous toiling of onlookers. The piece blends social satire with salon chatter in a coastal setting.
A self narrated tale of a youth who escapes abuse and climbs into crime through a mail order fraud operation. He describes working in watches, then expanding to guns and jewelry, using wholesale houses and banked money to reap profits while studying human nature to exploit buyers.
Roger Bacon proposed lens use for eye defects in the thirteenth century. Dr Langdon Down spoke to the Psychological Society noting Italians crafted the spectacles while medical authorities then advised patients against them until the theory was understood.
A book agent quips about a work titled The Lives of the Presidents promising a fast read. A busy man asks if it covers Haiti, but the agent clarifies it refers to Presidents of the United States. The fragment ends with a bewildering remark about a wolf and a rich man.
Dialogs reveal city health department concerns at a steamer berth and hotel roost as a rooster nuisance prompts questions about fairness and rates. The piece also offers camping and clothing advice with a practical tone.
The illustration outlines a medium sized winter hog house design emphasizing ample ventilation, sunlit nests for farrowing, and careful pen sizing. It explains ten pens with a center feeding alley, reinforced by cement mortar sills to prevent drafts and maintain hog safety.
The text describes digging a trench for outside walls below frost, four concrete piers on each side of the center alley to support roof posts and divide pens, a continuous concrete wall around the building rising to the eaves, and a concrete floor sealed with cement mortar for water tightness. The front ends rise only eighteen inches above grade, with a stop to the alley floor and a low mood through the center.
The passage explains concrete hog house floors with center alley drains and manure carriers, stable absorbents for liquid manure, movable nests on raised platforms, rails to secure bedding, and easy cleaning benefits. It notes warm partitions when houses are not full and mentions coal improved by submersion, plus a humorous newspaper fragment about a tavern incident and an aside on modern lighting in aviation.
The quinquennial Forest administration report shows progress in resin and turpentine production from Himalayan pines. Distilleries in Punjab and United Provinces produce rising quantities of rosin and turpentine for paper paints and varnishes, reducing imports. An American scientist notes a thermo electric battery test and heat measurements from 112 celestial bodies.
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