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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
7
Local brief lists visits and arrivals including Mrs Milton Siling in Columbus and Mrs J H Laravee in town. Easter services, millinery promotions, and license for Charles Kes sens and Anna Westerfel noted. Various confirmations: church events, lodge banquet, presbytery actions, and a six o’clock dinner for 112. Regular society items plus a brief on a safety vault installation at The Third National Bank.
The Washington Post reports on tiny wooden barrels turned from white birch, from an inch and a half up to ten inches high. Machines produce many barrels quickly, with buyers purchasing millions yearly for candy, perfumery, savings banks, button boxes, toys, and exports worldwide.
Mr. Grady of Indianapolis visited Dr. F M Howard Tuesday. Miss Ely Avery entered State Normal for three months. Miss Edith Dickey hosted a fourteenth birthday party for peers. Max Buell sold his barber shop to James Hill, son‑in‑law of the late John Kanouse. Carl Mitchell and wife from Greensburg traveled in their “mobile” Monday. George Bailey and wife returned from Florida Saturday. Mrs Walter Lawless joined her husband in Indianapolis after his Chattanooga trip over smallpox fears. Lenora Woolsey was ill last week. Claud Garrett was in town Wednesday on business. Mrs Julia Wyatt returned from Greensburg after five weeks with daughter Mrs Ira Doggett. Mrs Manda Watkins’s daughter and son-in-law Ethel Powell of Indianapolis visit this week.
A witty anecdote about Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his son Thomas during a Cornish borough election. The son jokes about placing a “To Let” label on his forehead if elected, prompting Sheridan’s dry reply about not adding the word “Unfurnished.”
An American traveler abroad encountered a tense moment at a petty German state's frontier. A gold braided officer demanded luggage inspection, but the American resisted, declaring he would not be controlled and would circumnavigate the checkpoint if needed. The clash highlighted tensions between a lone traveler and local authorities.
A classroom scene erupts as a new boy refuses to spell his name aloud. He finally reveals Clarence Pupkins stuttering in parts, explaining he only stutters when speaking his name and when bothered by the teacher.
An Englishman and a Scotsman at a Edinburgh dinner argue over whose country is superior. The Highlander demonstrates stronger logic and wins every point, then a last quip from an Irishman claims England is larger in extent because rolled flat its hills would cover more tile area, humorously outdoing Scotland.
A Houston Post excerpt features a dialogue about spending habits with sharp back and forth on whether purchases were for the wife or squandered by the husband. The exchange touches on a dollar for pies and a $100 diamond purchase as pointed anecdotes.
In a Peruvian village along the Mare non river Mr. C. R. Enoch recalls a comic stay renting a thatched adobe. He paid 20 cents weekly, faced competing claimants, secured a temporary receipt, and in the end praised English habits of leaving a house cleaner than one found it.
The Frigate bird, Fregata aquila, roams tropical seas and comes ashore during breeding. It nests in trees in large groups high in mangroves and, like the cormorant and albatross, lays a single egg. It feeds on fish and often robs other fishers. The male shows a bright scarlet throat sac. females are browner with a white breast patch.
An elderly bachelor jests about carrying off a sparking young woman named Amanda. She replies that if he were Hankinson, perhaps such a move would not be necessary. The exchange ends with invitations being extended.
A note on nailmaking contrasts old hand forging with modern steel nails. Previously a craftsman cut strips and forged each nail in about ninety seconds. Now steel nails are produced by steam cut strips and automatic machines, one worker supervising three machines that drop a nail each second.
An explanation of the nautical saying The Devil to Pay derived from shipyard caulking. It traces how sealing deck seams with oakum and pouring pitch over the joints led to the term paying and the expression’s fame.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills to regulate stomach liver and bowels. The copy claims the product keeps people feeling good and invites readers to buy at F.M. Geary & Co.'s drug store.
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