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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
1
The piece warns that saying I told you so harms morale by rekindling ego wounds and portrays the habit as both petty and unprofessional. It argues the phrase signals belittlement and reveals poor judgment, often prompting resentment among colleagues and superiors.
A clipped exchange shows a tense payroll or clerical confrontation as an employer dismisses a worker after a brief interjection. The dialogue hints at fault and abrupt termination amid a disputed moment.
A playful vilification of women and craft skill in a brief verse from the Chicago Daily News. The text humorously notes that a woman cannot nail or tack things down and ponders who can pin things right.
An Irish striker kneeling to pray in a Chicago beef company building was interrupted when a shoe landed on his bed. He seized the shoe and shouted for help in a humorous plea asking the Lord to send him a mate to this one.
The great magnate expresses awe at the responsibility of distributing $106,000,000 as he signs his will. He states that all but $19,000 should go to his family, calling the duty the most awful thing that can come to any man. The Chicago Record Herald reports the solemn signature and its terms.
In the afternoon fashions of autumn many women choose black and browncloth ensembles with black chiffon. Elaborate embroidery and braiding accent midi length skirts. Popular hats in black plum, wistarta, catawba, and taupe velvet trim accompany the outfits with winged accents.
An elderly lady comments on a suspicious scene in town and a passerby notes a man with a shotgun. The Women's Home Missionary Society of the First M E church meets Friday. A poul try keeper devises a scheme to make hens lay by heating the hen house. D G C Buell and son Donovan were in town and John Jackson sold his grocery stock Thursday evening.
Indiana courts confront county jails described as disgraceful with overcrowding and poor conditions. Calls arise to abolish county detention for most prisoners, create state run workhouses under reformer methods, and fund new facilities to replace aging jails.
A jumble of old kitchen recipes for macaroni timbales and dressings blends with social note on a divorce party in Philadelphia. The piece lists ingredients for a timbale, chicken butter sauce and a bread cream mix, followed by gossip about Miss Anna Sowney’s divorce party and remarks on matrimony.
Thursday's Star presents two recipes by Mias Jess Perry of the city. One is Grandma's Cookles and the other is Stimbals of Chicken.
Mrs Ward Bates of Rashville shares tips in the Star noting butter can lift stains when rubbed in and washed out promptly with soap and hot water. The column offers practical domestic advice from a former areeusbuary girl.
A Rusbyills young woman in Indianapolis recovers five thousand dollars from an automobile company after being thrown to the ground when a car lurched. The legal battle lasted three years but the verdict was deemed worthwhile.
The Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy oppose placing an equestrian portrait of General Sherman on public school walls. They call the depiction offensive to taxpayers and supporters, contrasting with praise of General Robert E. Lee. An exchange notes a hypothetical scene of Lee and mocks objections. The disputed statue mirrors Saint Gaudens’ Equestrian Sherman in Central Park New York.
The Albert Tischler home on Firet street hosted a Neighborhood Club meeting Thursday evening. The gathering featured its trademark lively energy as attendees enjoyed the club’s real genuine fan atmosphere.
A spoof about a female star’s messy divorce quest and vanity. The piece jokes she aged, endorsed nostrums, cursed rivals, bathed constantly, fell during riding, bought silk gowns, refused bills, lost jewelry, and faced mounting demands. It ends with a pun about a man unable to wed.
A brief poem notes a woman’s letter missing a postscript and the quirk becomes the focal point. The verse finds humor in the idea that without a final line she remains “like her,” with the postscript implying she is, in a sense, completed.
A fragmented lecture-like piece questions life struggles and honesty citing themes of greed love and social virtue. It references a court case involving Frank Zobel over bridge work and subscription payments with mixed public reactions.
A Christian Scientist, Ea Pamphrey of Burney, visited on Thursday with friends while handling by stress, noting a remark about reaching and taking a bath by saying she simply becomes plunged in the heights.
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