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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
4
A garbled reminiscence contrasts a new hotel maid Edmonia educated in a seminary with a domestic staff tale. A London crowd gawks at Chinese minister’s coach as Browning jokes with the envoy’s poet status, calling him a true brother in verse and welcoming the guest.
Dr Fridjof Nansen predicts a far future in which the sun cools and oceans freeze. Simple life may persist longest before vanishing as surface water turns to ice and carbonic snow falls. Eventually temperatures drop to about thirty degrees below zero F as oceans reform from the atmosphere and hydrogen winds prevail.
The wagons of the greatest show on earth passed the street at daybreak awakening a ten year old and his five year old brother. Their mother feigned sleep as the two white robed figures crept from their room toward the hall to investigate. Robert urged Billie to let their mother help him dress while she listened and then paused at the request as the boys sought guidance from their mother.
A much married woman survives three husbands in succession due to fatal mine accidents. While grateful in sorrow, she tells sympathetic callers she has insured her husbands and notes none lived long after the policy. This curious remark reflects a grim coincidence noted by the London Graphile.
In the ladies' cabin aboard the Atlantic Miner all were ill except one lady and a wandering cat. The lady patted the cat and said supportive words, but a nearby passenger cried out in a choking tone that the cat was private. The exchange underscores strict cabin decorum aboard the ship.
In a Baltimore American excerpt a mother consoles Little Mary who fears a closet skeleton her sister Mary says is in the house. The dialogue centers on ghosts and darkness, with a note of superstition versus reassurance as the child fears the skeleton.
A fragment from the Washington Star mocks deceit and showcases Uncle Hben noting his limit when a bruised thumb evokes deceit. It contrasts with Rochefoucauld’s line that perseverance, not means, determines success. The excerpt blends humorous dialect with a reflective maxim.
A fragment of humor and theater notes. A Bohemian Magazine remark by Henry Warner about absurd Broadway productions contrasts with a New Yorker recounting a mother in law stealing a baby’s spotlight on public transit. The piece cites a New York Globe quote and hints at theater and domestic life.
A Louisville Courier-Journal piece reflects on pedestrians calculating their fitness by chasing moving cars. It contrasts sprinters, wobbly businessmen, and overweight individuals, noting how some try to “over haul a moving car” and swing on without aid, illustrating varied street behaviors and training indicators.
The piece warns against walking barefoot to avoid jiggers and painful swelling. It advises inspecting boots for hazards like scorpions and snakes, and storing clothes properly to prevent biting creatures. The text reflects a cautionary tone with practical tips.
In Boston two young girls from a family attend a symphony and return in a state of mind. Eleanor notes the concert was fine but Mary disgraced herself by sneezing during the middle of the symphony. The Philadelphia Ledger recounts the incident as a lighthearted tale of conduct at a concert.
Needles are produced entirely by machinery. A mechanism cuts tough steel wire to proper lengths, files the point, flattens the head, pierces the eye, sharpens the instrument, and polishes it. A second machine counts needles and places them in papers, which are then folded by the same contrivance.
A practical joker carried an onion to the depot and, during farewells to four young Indy friends, took bites at intervals until he ate the whole onion. The young lady remarked that he had swallowed his grief, to which the scene was tied as a humorous moment in Harper's Weekly.
A fragment reflecting on aging and social views from Lomdow Throne and Country. The passage notes men in earlier eras were labeled as much by age as by character, contrasting youth and maturity with harsh judgments across generations.
A brief item notes an irregularity or boastful claim involving Bancroft and a team designation. The report hints at greed affecting sports or group representation, with a terse line suggesting controversy over the declared team identity. No further names or specifics are provided in the fragment.
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