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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
8
In a Paris setting, Pauline and Dora entwine with Colonel Bob and Inspector figures as a perilous chase unfolds around the El Dorado mine. Dick and companions press a police chief for clues while spies and veiled visitors hint at hidden loyalties and a looming revelation.
A Nashua tale features Col John G Linehan joking about names and origins. A friend jokes about a surname Meac Weber mispronounced as Machinery. Linehan confirms the family comes from the northern part of Ireland.
A fragmentary tirade notes misdirected romantic lines and social impropriety. The mock dialogue alludes to nobility disinterest in a woman and a wealthy man pursuing animals and hunting, reflecting satirical gossip from the Catholic Standary and Times.
Edith Arnold, a simple Easter singer, performs for Timmy Daggett in a East Side tenement. Sarah Ann and Patsy escort the pale boy to a church, and Edith’s heartfelt hymn moves Timmy and his mother Mrs Daggett as the city stirs to an Easter joy. Edith’s unpretentious act transforms her own perspective on praise and giving.
A pretty Easter game from Ireland named Touch uses six colored eggs in sand. A blindfolded player uses a wand to touch an egg while reciting a rhymed line, aims for the gold egg to win a fur from each rival, while touching the white egg incurs a penalty. egg positions change each trial to prevent memory.
A string of quirky anecdotes from a legal and theatrical world. Mr Dailey pleads for a client while a judge nods with a grim smile. A Taexad senator loses his case as a New York music teacher discusses a pupil’s progress. Henry Miller contemplates a French loan demand from a self proclaimed acquaintance. A vest pocket House directory amuses a lawmaker who questions its value. A theater company ghosted by an eerie winged being prompts a wary Mansfield to reclaim a manuscript and payroll two weeks’ salary.
In Springfield Missouri Justice Pickering officiated the marriage and demanded his standard two dollars fee. The groom offered only a quarter more than a dollar, prompting the bride to declare that if she was not worth two dollars they would call the wedding off and go home to her mother. The groom finally paid the remaining seventy five cents to settle the fee.
A gentleman enters a Denver stationery shop and asks to view writing paper. When asked if it is for a lady, he replies it is for his mother in law, a reply that startles the attendant.
A luminous witch-tree in Nevada is visible a mile away on the darkest night. Nearby observers can read the smallest print by its light. An honest man sees beauty as noble work, and a child may dread yet not doubt.
Publicity is praised as the best guarantee of merit for Dr. Pierce’s medicines. The text touts non alcoholic formulas, clear ingredient labeling, and endorsements by medical authorities. It highlights Golden Medical Discovery and other tonics, Pleasant Pellets for constipation, and asserts physicians and educated patients prefer these over patent preparations.
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