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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
3
Dr Kings new Discovery is urged as a cure for consumption with a testimonial from T R Beall of Beall Mississippi who claims his wife improved after using the product and was completely cured after four bottles. The advertisement guarantees by John E Daly druggist offers trial bottles free and prices at 50 cents and 1.00.
A South American traveler records the pauji, or galented gurassou, a bird in northern jungles that hums a death song interpreted as Si muerto esta aqui. Hunters track it by the sound, wait for it to halt, then approach and kill. If wounded, the pauji flees and may be reassured, while during mating season it is highly combative, often killing both combatants.
A collection of brief items and anecdotes from London Tit-Bits and other papers. Includes a quirky explanation of the game ken in Japan, a cautionary thermometer tale, a seasickness remedy using cloves, and a humorous runaway marriage quip from New York News.
Dialogue snippets reveal misattribution of a woman to a man at a railway station. The exchange indicates a misunderstanding about marriage status and hints at ongoing legal tension between a client and his lawyer.
The speaker declares being an only child with no siblings and asserts there are who will insist marriage is not a failure, presenting a personal stance within a playful, mock conversation. The tone hints at satirical or lighthearted commentary on wedlock.
William Sharp describes a tall thin man rescued from the water in vivid, spare detail. The figure wears a brown velveteen jacket and a straw hat, with limp greenish trousers and a ghostly, sallow face. The scene emphasizes the impression of recent immersion and unusual attire.
Notes and Queries discusses a Thackeray portrait showing a black mustache on the head of silver gray hair, contrasting with most portraits that show a clean shave. It notes a 1840 Titmarsh drawing with a hint of a mustache and suggests the facial hair was a passing fad. A London Chronicle anecdote retells a man of letters evading a policeman by claiming he is not a pedestrian but a Congregationalist.
The text explains the gray uniforms at West Point trace to 1812 1814 when Blue cloth was unavailable for General Winfield Scott's brigade. To honor Scott the cadet corps adopted gray. It also notes the twelve jurymen system tracing to Viking cantons where each chief appointed a juror. twelve men verdicts were given by judges.
A dialogue recalls a burglar nearly captured by a woman with a revolver while her maid fetched police. The burglar supposedly escaped by claiming a mouse alarm as he slid from a chair, a wry Baltimore American observation on quick wit.
A teller at the circus entrance quotes P T Barnum who explains you can pay without entering but you cannot enter without paying. The World notes that many rascals want strict enforcement of the statute of limitations.
The article discusses the white loco weed its distribution from Alberta to Mexico and its effects on stock especially lambs and colts. It details symptoms and proposed prevention like lamb bands and grazing management. It also includes a brief agricultural crop condition report with multiple grain and tobacco yields and conditions for Sept. 1, 1907.
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