Ode to the coal stove and winter heat
The speaker praises a coal stove for steady warmth, describing how it fuels comfort during cold months. They acknowledge the cost and effort but value the heat it provides, vowing to keep tending the fire and return for summer rest. The verse expresses loyalty to the furnace as a trusted winter companion.
Tom Sims and the North Wind of Woes
A quirky verse by Tom Sims laments rising coal bills and liquor troubles as roses fade and wallets vanish. The speaker jokes about dress lengths and a crown of long hair, noting uneasy feelings and northern winds delaying a southern winter escape.
Weather insight and wry quotes from Little Joe column
The snippet presents a humorous Little Joe broadcast noting the weather man’s 180 percent accuracy and a cynic’s view of gratitude. It includes quirky lines about holidays, nickel cigars, and a quip on prohibition, reflecting 1920s NSS Service humor.
WRECKER DRAWS LIFE SENTENCE FOR FERY ATTEMPT
Floyd Black, 32, convicted of attempting to wreck the Chicago and Eastern Milnola Dixie flyer near Terre Haute, Ind, last December, is given a life term under the habitual criminal act after prior felony convictions. In New York, the Benjamin F Packard, once a clipper ship, will be converted into a floating museum by maritime shipping exchange members to save her from the sunk pile.
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Radium Mystery Triggers Drainpipe Search In St Paul
A radium capsule valued at about 8600, once used on four patients at St Joseph hospital, rolled into a drainpipe in the operating room. Staff traced the system with an electroscope, becoming sewer engineers, finally reaching the Mississippi river as they recovered the radium.
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