12 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
1
An editorial from Glenwood Opinion critiques vice and virtue with humor and moral sharpness. It notes Dr. Osler’s remark about soup and jokes about diet, mentions a Texas girl who killed herself over education, and comments on prune crop shortages and societal excess.
A Pittsburg resident purchased a Missouri mule described as eight feet tall and weighing 1,960 pounds. The novelty purchase drew amused local reaction as residents joked about fitting the giant animal into small-town life.
A playful line imagines Mars perceiving Earth’s large telescopes as 48 inch guns while humans pretend to hold back the red planet. The comment frames scientific curiosity as a mutual, lighthearted standoff between worlds.
A witty New York contemporary quips that forty cocktails cannot defeat a good man, while noting a strong man can endure such a feat. The playful line hints at resilience and humor in the face of excess and challenge.
A new rag-pickers union pledges public benefaction by guarding rag supplies and preventing unauthorized persons from chewing the rag. The plan aims to protect workers and ensure clean, orderly collection activities.
A witty collection of quips on targets and treasure, golf mileage, British favors, shade fires, and polar curiosities. It riffs on royal funds, trade pacts, and explorations, nodding to Peary and Walter Wellman as it jests about monuments and the Nile.
An Indiana widow accepted the undertaker at her husband's funeral and married him the next day. The remark notes a modern push to lead the strenuous life as a social reflection.
The text questions reliance on dwindling coal by suggesting Earth's water resources can provide heat light and power for inhabitants, implying a shift to hydro or allied energy sources to meet societal needs. It reflects concerns about fuel scarcity and alternative energy potential.
A British court ruled that Scotch whisky must be produced in Scotland to bear the name, noting the ruling has no bearing on products in the United States after a patron ordered whiskey labeled as Scotch at an American bar.
The last stage coach in New York has passed away with the sale of the Fifth Avenue Coach company horses omnibuses stages and harnesses. Fifth avenue was the last stronghold of the old fashioned stage coach and its passing will doubtless bring nostalgia to many New Yorkers who feel a conservatism toward change.
Princess Henry of Battenberg breaks the garlanded bottle to christen the largest British battleship gifting from the Australian commonwealth. She declares name as Bellerophon and wishes success to her and to all who sail in her.
Naturalized citizens living overseas strongly opposed the new rule that took effect July 1 requiring Americans in foreign countries to register at their nearest consulate or risk losing citizenship. The law targets those who seek U.S. protection while retaining foreign ties.
The text notes plate glass insurers classify black lettered windows as extra hazardous. They claim black surfaces absorb sun rays causing uneven expansion, and sudden temperature changes can create stress that may fracture the glass.
Admirers of Jacob Abbott and his Rolio Lucy and Franconia tales plan to buy his old Farmington Missouri residence and place a memory tablet on the house. Abbott wrote 160 juvenile books, once hugely popular though modern critics call them priggish.
Enlistment numbers stay down as three year terms lapse and men count days to regain direct control over their movements. Officers cite prosperity and plentiful work as disincentives, with few seeking the monotony of army life or service abroad. New barracks due by October 1 will house multiple companies with individual messrooms, reducing the need for a central mess hall.
Irwin Pennsylvania report of a wedding brawl east of town where Michael Portezy or Portery refused to let his bride dance for coin. A fight erupted after John Maszy tried to lead the bride to the floor, resulting in injuries, property damage, and seven men jailed on rioting counts.
Fort Sheridan Chicago faces a manpower crisis as recruiting for the regular army dwindles. The new mounted battery being formed there lacks 125 men, leaving the Third battalion of the Twenty seventh Infantry 150 men short and delaying equipment for the unit. After Cuba deployments thinned the regiment, Maj. Chatfield sought reinforcements but enlistments remained few. As a start, 25 men per company were transferred from another post.
William Pearson, who escaped from the Alabama penitentiary 30 years ago after stealing a pig and fled to Texas, has been pardoned by Gov. Comer. Pearson, now a prominent Palestine citizen, had petitions from Gov. Campbell and Rep. Gregg of Texas citing his social standing and refusal of political office due to legal limits. Convicted in 1876 at age 18 in Clay County, he served two months of a two year sentence before escaping by knocking down a guard.
A spoonbill duck caused a hours long suspension of east Watertown Iowa? No, South Dakota long distance service when it grabbed a wire near Altamont on the Northwestern line. The bird twisted the two wires into a cable and died, leaving the line short circuited until a lineman arrived.
A compact look at how popular catch-words trace back to Shakespeare. The list includes phrases like Dead as a door nail, long and short of it, killing with kindness, Greek to me, ill wind that blows no good, give and take, and the man in the moon.
Captain Collins, known for fishing, bought a large codfish from a pedlar and deemed it inedible. Later he whispered to the fish its relatives in the ocean were well when last seen, then trailed off noting they were in good health but he had not seen them since.
The fragment notes a two week period in which the subject did not know if others were alive or dead at the present time, as reported by the Boston Herald. The incomplete text lacks names, places, or events to establish a specific incident or outcome.
Hawker says he will take a ration for two weeks. Walker notes it's odd the employer lets him go now during the busy season. Hawker explains another man is in his place and he has been told not to return.
The Earl of Surrey later Duke of Norfolk, famed for excess and beef steak club leadership, faced frequent drunken fits and a reputed fear of clean linen. Servants reportedly washed him while he was unwell, stripping him like a corpse. Dudley North quipped that a clean shirt might help him.
A discussion on Dr. Augustus Bernays, famed surgeon of St. Louis, who died recently. He achieved pioneering operations but was expelled from the American Medical Association for defying its Code of Ethics, accused of forming a medical priesthood and wielding control over medicines and regulations. The piece protests the AMA and touts Peruna endorsements from readers Mary O’Brien, Henneman, and Julia Butler, claiming catarrh cures and health gains.
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