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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
8
Bret Harte narrates a young, elegant gambler met on a San Francisco staircase and at Long Wharf. The man appears early in the day in black attire and is later found dead from a duel near Mission Dolores, the dawn rendezvous unforgettable.
Amelia reveals to her sweetheart that she will marry someone else. John Henry proclaims lifelong love and dies of shock, while Amelia silently acknowledges she must act to force his consent and move forward with her plan.
A hotel keeper and a visiting Englishman argue over a bill in a Scottish inn lobby. The host, using a local calendar joke, notes London has 365 days while the Highlands have only three months, so sunlit days must be seized.
A witty moral vignette on romance contrasts three Virgins, one demanding pure love, another less naive, and the wisest who asks to be loved despite herself. The speaker notes men make proposals and fear less foolishness than other obstacles.
A French servant recalls sharing a priceless jewel with a great duke. The duke can only look while the servant also looks, highlighting a clever twist on possession and privilege. The tale blends wit with reflections on ownership and consent.
A Youth's Companion article warns of the dangers of gathering wild mushrooms. It explains two main poisons muscarin and phallin, details their symptoms, and advises immediate vomiting and castor oil, heart support, and saline IVs as treatments. It stresses the risk of misidentifying edible varieties and urges learning to distinguish mushrooms, especially avoiding white spored agarics.
A compact history of numeral development from tally marks to Arabic numerals. It notes early pebble and bead counting, Roman I lines, ancient Arabic figures, and the Arabic system's place value enabling large sums with ten symbols.
A weak woman wheeled in an invalid chair asks for a bold male title while a burly man demands a lavender and lace romance a tender love thread. Clerks instantly recognize they want Puck.
A rugged applicant seeking a porter job is told by a wary manager to bathe first. After the man returns for a second look, the manager jokes that if change is left he should bathe again, highlighting a humorous moment about appearance and employment.
A noted humorist patient overhears five doctors debating how to induce perspiration. He turns and whispers with a dry chuckle that sending in their bills would bring it on at once. The remark appears in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Nashville Visitor reports on how forest creatures respond to music. A blue jay enjoyed morning piano, listening intently and eventually singing its own simple tunes. The tale also recalls Isidore Berthaume whose violin drawing a spider led to a child’s illness after the pet spider was killed. Cowboys soothe cattle with song, while squirrels and mice listen to opera melodies Dr Chomet shared.
A mother urges Anne Margaret to donate worn toys to needy children before Christmas. She agrees to part with several items but refuses to give away her cherished baby doll asking if God would replace her if she gave away her own baby. The scene appears in a Delineator piece.
A salesman who spends nine months on the road visits New York and finds a jury duty notice meant for his brother in law. He confesses to authorities that he had never served, and fears the legal time will come for him.
In a late scene a muffled argument rises from the parlor while a gas meter ticks. A stammering hero resolves on heroic action as he asks Phyllis if the morning paper has arrived, only to hear of a crucial decision delaying the paper for the moment.
A long reputable scientist is credited with discovering Root Juice after years of herbal testing. The remedy is said to aid stomach liver and kidney ailments and is increasingly distributed nationwide. Batterton's drug store offers full details on its cures in the local area.
Transactions include Curtis Chance to Greensburg B L Ass for a city lot at $500 and Com Club to D and D Miller for a city lot at $380. Fred R Humpert to Adam Grissick for 120 acres in Fugit township at $2350. Benjamin Wolfinger to Flora Purvis for land in Jackson township at $350. Amy Wolfinger to Flora Purvis for Jackson township land at $200. William Brune to Mary B McCune for land near city at $1. Louisa H Carr et al to Harry C Carr for 200 acres in Jackson township at $7447. Carr guardian to Harry H Carr for land in Jackson township at $1000. Overt C Loyd to Alonzo H Loyd for a city lot at $35. Orpha Ricketts to Maude Starkey for a lot in Alert at $600. Frank Knoll to Katherine Knoll and in Marion.
A Sanders Alabama physician proclaims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the sole lung remedy he relies on. He reports repeated personal and family use and asserts it controls coughs and colds better than any other remedy. For sale by all druggists.
Train schedule notes routes Times and destinations for No 34 36 1 3 4 and 17 trains running north and south with daily main line service and Michigan Division daily except Sunday status and service between Louisville Greensburg and Washington DC to St Louis.
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