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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
7
A London Truth excerpt notes that two decades of American influence have reshaped English opinions and manners. It claims American women set models for English women, American men changed English character and enterprise, and British institutions are being remolded to mirror the United States.
A Latin class mishap unfolds when Johnny Jones slumbers through recitation and, after the professor seeks a verb, a fellow student jokes the form Damfino damfinare damfinal damfinatum, provoking baffled laughter in Lippincott's Magazine style.
An advertisement from Salt Lake City lists five daily trains via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe lines to cities including Colorado, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Chicago, Galveston, El Paso and Mexico City. It invites inquiries about reduced rates and cites C F Warren and ALT and 8 F Ry 411 Dooly Block.
Slice two white bread pieces with butter. Layer thin onions macerated in oil and vinegar for ten minutes. Top with the other bread, press, and cut into four squares. Eat all four for a quick sleep aid or as a light lunch. One square may induce sleep.
Chronicle of Mahdara Maryam recounts how Emperor Sarea Denee heard locals cry jan hoy meaning hi elephant at a corn-damaging elephant. He vowed to redress corn-pillage, giving rise to the custom of addressing the king as jan boy and later as his majesty.
Father Guinan announces John F. Tobin will lead All Hallows College athletics next year. Tobin, Chicago’s top athlete and former Tulane football coach, combines teaching at a high level with strong math and scholarship. He is described as an excellent student and debater, expected to boost football baseball and track.
A reflection on ancient Perelona and Cyrus era boys taught to ride speak truth and draw the bow as marks of manliness. Knights of chivalry add duty to rescue the oppressed showing selflessness. A true gentleman earns respect by inner kindness and regard for others.
A humorous exchanges sketches a wedding, a best man’s misread, and a joking verdict on who was lucky. The piece notes a British Commons tradition with 800 gallons of whisky kept for 670 members and a crocodile emblem used as a good luck charm, echoing Cairo customs.
The Chestnut Grove mansion in New Kent county near West Point is linked to Martha Dandridge Custis, first wife of Daniel Parke Custis and later Martha Washington. The two story frame house sits on Pamunkey river banks with a brick basement, old nails, walnut relics, and a surrounding graveyard. The property is now owned by Mrs. M. C. Smith and occupied by Mrs. O. M. Chandler and family. Cock's Island lies offshore and Civil War gunboats were sunk nearby. The site inspired the naming of Washington DC's White House.
A farmer, Joseph Horner, blew up the Painted Rock on his land to end the crowd attraction. The bowlder dated over 100 years and showed carved figures including a khangtroo, drawing scientific and historic interest before its destruction. Separately a Logansport Indiana item reports a two year old in critical condition after eating parla green with divorce proceedings tied to the family dynamics.
London report tells of a flea professor in a lodging house on Rue St Charles. His pupils caused disturbances prompting a plumber Sauvin to counter with insect powder. The trainer shot the plumber, who is hospitalized, while the professor remains in police custody.
In New Concord Ohio William R Harper and Frank Dennis recalled a college era incident when a wedding prank led to a roof smoke out and an arrest. The bride’s father pressed charges, resulting in $7.50 fines for both men. The tale links Harper future Granville Academy and University of Chicago leadership with Dennis long service on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
The crop pest commission conducts first Boll Weevil experiments in cages near Keatchie Louisiana. Marked weevils survive long without food and a specimen has endured two months without nourishment. Lead entomologist William Newell directs the program through the cotton season. A separate note reports plans to build America’s tallest building, a 41 story 625 foot Singer tower in New York at Liberty Street and Broadway, pending approvals.
Navy and Army seek agreement to allow powder used by one service to serve both. Army stocks often surplus while Navy runs short, prompting cross use discussions. An eruption near Barnsley Island creates a new landmass near Oakland and California coast.
A Ohio man describes severe foot injury from 1899 and four years of agony before healing after seven months using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He notes doctors’ bills totaling about six hundred dollars versus six-dollar remedy, with final recovery and return to work. Also cites iodine for snake bite with a proven anecdote from India and a fellow worker case in Topeka Capital.
Oil fields near Delagoa Bay Africa are expected to become highly productive, potentially among the world’s most prolific sources of crude.
A vintage advertisement extols EGG-O-SEE as a wholesome, convenient breakfast food. It touts merit and common sense as the best advertising, urges grocers to stock it to keep customers, and notes the product requires no cooking. The ad mentions a free book titled Back to Nature and offers it by writing to EGG-O-SEE Company in Quincy, IL.
A report ranks Russia second only to Great Britain in postal profits. the Russian system is described as the most profitable outside Britain, with annual net earnings exceeding twenty million dollars.
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