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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
3
Warnings from W G Bowdoin in Brooklyn Citizen about money worship and its moral costs. The piece contrasts ages from fishes to man and urges enduring virtues beyond wealth.
The article explains veneer making, noting rotary cutting peels logs into thin sheets as the log spins against a knife. It describes cores left after peeling and common uses for waste and byproducts such as pulp wood, fuel, crates, and excelsior.
Lady Dorothy Nevill notes that Jack Robinson was a real person and a noted Harwich MP. She recounts his long political career spanning twenty six years and a famous Sheridan moment in which he was named as a briber.
An elderly owner with a parrot named Polly learns the bird can only say Get the gun. One night burglars enter and, after hearing the line from Polly, flee in panic, leaving the silver unharmed. Home Notes.
A Dundee Advertiser passage surveys common nautical metaphors embedded in English speech. It cites phrases like carrying on, taken aback, a wide berth, sounding, landmark, sailing close to the wind, weather eye open, take the wind out of sails, coast clear, and on the stocks, explaining their shipboard origins and current usage.
A Portland man recounts a tale about a lazy resident named Tobe Carter who shops for groceries and mocks rising flour costs. He drops a body on the floor in the village store and asks if flour is cheaper, noting the store offers thirty five pounds for a dollar. He says he will be glad when it goes up again to avoid lugging heavy sacks home.
A collection of over 200 tongue twisters includes lines like It is simply impossible for any one to repeat these three sentences fast and Flesh of freshly fried flying fish. Other items feature phrases such as Two toads tried to trot to Ted bury and Strict strong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six sickly silky snakes.
Two congressmen met at a matron’s house where her verbally lively daughters attracted attention. They later parted and years passed before reconnecting. The joke ends with one man revealing his now wife Jenny, formerly the skinny, cackling old maid.
In London Tit-Bits an anecdote recalls Dr Sydenham famed for cures. A wealthy patient urged by the physician visits Inverness seeking Dr Robinson who does not exist. The patient returns cured by the journey itself, and Sir George praises the ruse that saved him.
At a Washington public reception with Andrew Carnegie as guest a new Congressman commented on the billionaire's wealth. An Arkansas man retorted that relative view matters, recalling a tale of a man who inherited tiny sums and later possessed nothing.
An exchange between two clergymen notes the difficulty of craft in sermon writing. One recalls flattering the exordium and peroration of Brother Morley’s installation sermon, while the other observes they were terribly far apart in time or emphasis.
A grocer questions the new boy James about long work in the back room. James explains he was picking dead flies from currants. The grocer expresses disgust and jokes that James may be born for the ministry instead.
The article surveys private mail carriers in the United States during the 1840s to 1870s, highlighting the American Letter Mail Company and rivals like Wyman of New York Overton & Co. Hartford mail and Boston dispatch services. It notes stamps, routes, and the spread of private mail networks across Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York and Pennsylvania.
The article traces oyster cultivation back to ancient Rome and 19th century America. It notes Romans harvesting oyster fry on branches and later American oystermen in 1851 pioneered shelling beds by attaching young oysters to shells before spawning. It defines oyster cultivation as submarine agriculture with continual vigilance against weeds waste and pests.
A traveler notes the Queensland upas tree Pisonia brunoniana bears sticky seed vessels on spreading panicles. The seed clings to birds, wings fixed, and the trapped bird sinks and is entombed by leaves and twigs, forming a vegetal mummy-like mass.
In September 1833 at the Temperance hotel in Preston Dicky Turner urged the tee-tee-total pledge. Joseph Livesey exclaimed That shall be the name and the word spread through Lancashire and beyond as the designation for total abstainers worldwide.
A Paris to Marseille express near Dijon shows Mont Blanc rising over the Jura on a clear, rain-washed day. The article lists distances Mont Blanc is visible from Lyon and other cities and notes deep sightlines from elevations toward southern France and distant peaks. It cites heights and distances of Vesuvius Ventoux Canigo Etna and other giants seen at sea, ending with a statement on how inland Andean peaks appear as distant elevations.
A reader describes moistened egg shell on a plate forming a tiny cup that spins around the rim. By tilting the plate and varying its inclination, the shell completes a full circle while also revolving about its own axis, likening the motion to Earth traveling around the sun.
The Argonaut recounts Colonel James Fisk being urged to meet a woman who claimed his father’s peddler days. She accused him of lying about calico prices and a yard of ninepenny cloth. The elder Fisk allegedly refused to fund a cemetery fence, arguing no one out should enter and none inside could exit.
An entomologist notes a common black water beetle weighing 4.2 grains carrying 814 ounces of shot in a small bag. The load equals 858 times the beetle’s weight, implying a 150 pound man could pull a forty five ton locomotive at five miles per hour, then chain a train of cars across the country.
The article argues that many operations on women in hospitals are unnecessary and would be avoided if better medical practices and scrutiny were used. It emphasizes the dread women feel toward surgical procedures.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard female remedy. Letters from readers claim it saved a life and cured severe uterine issues. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Dr J B Kinsinger an osteopathic physician announces his practice with a claim that old methods fail and true osteopathy offers hope. He lists education at American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Mo and provides office in Hamilton Block Greensburg Indiana with hours Tuesday and Saturday 9 to 4 and Paone No 433. Consultation free.
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