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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
3
A piece of string narrates its journey from hemp plant to factory to toy shop, where Tommy saves it. In a wet afternoon, the string helps play cat's cradle with Tommy and Dolly and later aids in packing toys for a sick child. The parcel returns, and the string restates it now lies in a cottage window.
A simple toy telephone uses two tin cans with a hole in each bottom and a cord stretched tight between them. A card passes through the holes and a matchstick ties the ends, rubbed with resin to carry sound so whispers spoken into the far can are heard at the other end.
Four names Ana Mana Mona Mike play a counting game to decide who is it. They repeat a shifting rhyme with altered endings and mixed up words as they whirl through rounds, ending with a playful farewell shout.
A historical note explores a curious property of digit sums when multiplying nine and adding zero sequences. It observes that products like eight times zero yield digits summing to seven and that adding digits of totals reproduces the original starting figure. The text presents a table pattern showing column and row sums aligning with initial digits, prompting questions about the regular sequence and why these digit pairs always total the starting figure.
A moral note urges boys and girls to curb loud talking. It explains that ordinary voice travels 460 feet in open air, while a strong wind can carry a powerful voice to 15,000 feet. The message asks readers to avoid shouting and speak in a gentle tone as a sign of good breeding.
The text argues that wind does not lower a thermometer but changes how we feel cold. It states wind is air in motion and reporting equal temperatures in exposed and sheltered spots, while people feel colder due to heat being carried away from the body by moving air.
Washington Stir reports fears over mongoose as a threat to crops and native species. Officials say the animal, misnamed Philippine cat in some cases, could devastate insects and birds if introduced here. Inspectors monitor ports for invasive species and aim to prevent a costly ecological balance shift.
Mercel Prevost notes France now has about five writers earning over 820,000 francs annually with many more earning half that. A typical successful author clears $2,000 to $4,000 yearly, a sharp rise from seventy years ago when unbound feuilletins cost little and readership was small. Emile de Girardin’s serial stories and cheap newspaper editions expanded incomes, with Balzac, Hugo, Zola, Rostand, and Daudet achieving large sales. Hugo’s illustrated edition and Zola’s total copies show major profits, while Daudet earned 50,000 from Sapho in book form and more from royalties.
An Italian street performer asks a drug store clerk for sick folk and a clerk refuses to reveal where ill neighbors live. The clerk explains the trick is used to lure people to buy silence as a wheel of mischief with a wavering, wheezy tune.
Nenmain Tobias of Kingston unveils a four set alphabet lock claimed to form sentences in many languages. The system uses four sets of 24 letters, with numbers suggesting a complex combination. A hypothetical thief would need 269 days 80 minutes 80 seconds to crack at a non numeric rate, leaving no time for rest, per Chickgu News.
The piece, attributed to Rev. Carl Oertel, is praised as a world famous work of religious art. It details the artist’s life, the stolen copies, and critical acclaim across major cities, noting its influence on American sacred art and its display in churches and universities.
A Danish commission recommends a state aided unemployment insurance fund similar to sickness and old age programs. The plan proposes public aid covering one third of annual premiums with members and employers contributing the rest. The system aims to limit benefits to comparable levels with existing welfare programs.
A vivid account from Phnom Penh describes the state funeral of King Slyowrte in the capital of Cambodia. The urn carried in a wooden casing was paraded with a 6000-strong escort of military guards as French troops received honors. Sisawate district priests lay prostrate for hours before the ceremonial fire as perfumed alcohols surrounded the urn. European and native dignitaries received sandalwood and wine as mourners recited prayers through megaphones, and the pyre burned continuously for a full day and night.
The world renowned Sunday school in Stockport, Macghuud, marks 122 years with its annual walking day. A long-time pupil, now retired, joined this year's event as others gathered at a bazaar where a large table showcased items donated by former students.
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