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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
9
Descriptive slang notes a boastful fighter's poor luck and stubborn grit as he endures multiple losses. The piece portrays a relentless, luckless character who keeps fighting despite repeated defeats, reflecting a harsh, colloquial Philadelphia Bulletin tone.
Rand boards a rural branch train home after ten years away and reunites with Ruth Hayes, a childhood friend now grown. Their meeting rekindles memories until a derailment traps Ruth. Rand frees her then carries her to safety as she dies, leaving him with regret and a failed second chance.
A dying Ruth and John meet by chance as he returns after years away. He speaks little, then kisses her brow before she dies in his arms, leaving him to wonder if she understood his long promise.
Relatives of a wealthy Pittsburg man visiting New York claim to share stories of his urban lifestyle. The 70 plus financier and “gay old sport” figure is described as living modestly, dining nightly with two nephews, and observing a sober routine before bed at six.
A nostalgic verse by J. M. Lewis from the Houston Post contemplates life’s brief span. It muses on aging, the beauty of everyday moments, and the priceless nature of love and family, from a parent’s perspective to the joy of a baby’s first smiles.
A hotel clerk in Louisville reports a caller asking for a guest named J Hominy EE Frogeye. The guest confirms the name and appears shy, while the clerk recovers after the odd exchange.
In a Virginia farm scene two church deacons Smith and Jones discover a mysterious bottle in a haystack. They debate whether to drink it, with Smith urging caution and Jones reacting with shock and concern. The exchange hints at temptation and moral testing among religious leaders.
A new school for women chemists has opened in Dessau Germany. Graduates can earn from 20 to 48 dollars every four months.
A broad campaign by Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo reveals the ingredients of his medicines including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. A free pamphlet details native medicinal plants, with ads urging readers to mail pennies for copies. British Columbia threatens Oregon as an apple region after 600 000 trees planted last season.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful smarting and nervous feet and growing nails. It makes new shoes easy and eases sweating feet. Sold by all druggists for 2 cents. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes that today marriage is a civil contract in both Catholic and Protestant countries and in the United States and France since the revolution. Marriages are legally binding when performed under the land’s laws without church intervention, though churches retain ceremonial privileges amid public sentiment viewing marriage as a sacrament.
A 200 year old writer traced boulevard origins to a bulwark space beside citadel glacis and esplanade to the glacis slope. He notes boulevard became the void between citadel rampart and town then expanded to promenading spaces. Cotgrave linked esplanade to planing ways from Latin explanare.
An Ohio woman recalls severe health decline from coffee use, including heart trouble and stomach problems, and credits stopping coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. Within weeks she reports improved strength, clarity, steadier nerves, and revived interest in daily tasks, attributing the change solely to Postum. She endorses the product and mentions a promotional booklet from Postum Co.
A German town in eastern Prussia marked the opening of a gas works with a funeral procession symbolizing the death of oil lamps. The parade led by gas works staff included banners, a band, and a bier carried by elderly lamp fighters, with crape decor and town officials observing a somber street procession before celebratory meals and revelry followed.
In Germantown, the Shisler tombstone allegedly shows the age 969 due to a reversed digits error by a marble cutter. The true date is 69, later corrected but mortared digits faded, leaving a lasting myth. Adam Shisler and his wife Anna Margaret are buried there, with the misread inscription widely remembered.
The text describes engagement rituals in Siam Calabria and India where lighting a cigar or passing a light signals betrothal and dowry arrangements. In Siam a cigar indicates intent, in Calabria a Nehted taper or four lit pipes mark acceptance, and in Siberia a girl offering cigars and slippers to a suitor signals his future master status.
Ed Poole of Lynn Mass keeps two unusual pets a crow and a rat. The crow lives in a small house in the backyard while the rat shares the crow s quarters. They eat from the same dish and spend much of their time avoiding cats and dogs.
Ebenezer Drake of Mechanic Falls Maine placed fifty dollars in a savings bank for a cemetery association. The fund is not accessible until it reaches one hundred thousand dollars. It has grown to two hundred dollars and is projected to reach the target in 2068.
In the quaint Sterling Maus town eighteen people are over 80. Among them two are men and the rest are women. The text notes widows among the elderly group.
Mr W B Geisel of 125 East Coates St Moberly Missouri recounts a long foundry spell of damp work causing rheumatism pain swelling and heart flutter. After a month of Dr Williams Pink Pills began March 1908 and by June the pains swelling appetite and color returned and by October he was ready to return to work in St Louis. The pills claim to cure blood and nerve related illnesses and are sold by druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Durans notes an ancient privilege allowing deputies from six merchant bodies to accompany French royalty entering Paris from St Denys Gate. They are followed by manufacturing body representatives dressed to symbolize the seven capital sins and, by contrast, the seven Christian virtues.
An old advertisement proclaims Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a remedy for colds and catarrh with a one hundred twenty five cent bottle price. It also touts other products from Cheney Co including medicines for constipation and mucous membrane issues, referencing agents and distributors in Toledo and associated druggists.
The text explains that a match is a slow burning substance, referencing saltpetre and hempen rope carried by an ancient gunner to discharge a arquebus. It notes matches burned about three feet per hour and ends with a reminder that everyone should prepare for spring conferences.
A London Pest column notes changing ideal of heroines from unwedded Shakespearean maids to modern married women. It cites Beatrice Rosalind and Portia as enduring ideals while condemning Lady Macbeth and Othello’s Desdemona as unsuitable for Victorian taste. It contrasts Wel l er era and Col Esmond’s passion for Amelia versus Lady Castlewood.
The fruiterer explains pineapples grow on the ground with a base of thick leaves and a tuft above, not on tall palm trees. He notes the crop resembles a cactus and the leaves can be very long. The pineapple is described as very profitable to raise. Also mentions using the Salt Lake Route to Conference this year and best from Sanpete Juab Utah counties and the far south.
The United States shows the highest male teacher proportion in West Virginia at 60 percent while Vermont records the highest female share at 90 percent. A comparative study of WV and Vermont educational standards could yield notable insights. Salt Lake Route. Low rates for Conference, Utah's most popular road.
The rule marks a long Sunday period starting Saturday at 6 p.m. when the church bell tolled and ending at 6 p.m. Sunday. Historically no vessel could depart port during these hours, reflecting a built in maritime Sabbath in the locale.
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