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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1927
Page
2
Uncle John guides Douglas and Dorothy to the West Side station to watch workers lay a third elevated track. They note trains pass uninterrupted as beams rivet and ties lay, marveling at clockwork timing and steady progress toward more service. The trio plans a ride uptown as the city keeps moving.
A father enlisted his son in the army on his advice with the belief that drill, exercise and training would shape him. He asked for a year end telegram if the army suited his son. The reply came simply “Yes.” The father forgot the question and answered “Yes, what?” The son replied “Yes, sir.” Morr. News.
A playful horse story shows Barry and Howard playing horse one day when Marry scolds Howard after a sharp lash to the legs. Howard cries out in pain as Marry reminds him that horses cannot talk and should not speak pain.
A brief, clipped exchange reveals a stern father recalling youth and a skeptical boy asking when he began. The line hints at family dynamics and memory within a vintage voice.
The article explains how mixing metals forms alloys with lower melting points and enhanced properties. It cites solder, gun metal, belil metal, and coinage alloys, noting brass hardness and turnability, and the role of tin, zinc, copper, antimony, and other metals in improving durability and specialized uses like type metal and Britannia ware.
The first express company in the United States began about 88 years ago with an ad in New York and Boston papers announcing William F. Hamden arranging with Providence Railroad and the New York Boat Company to run a car Boston to New York four times weekly. Hamden escorted the car himself and handled packages, a venture later rivaled by Alvin Adams who founded the Adams Express Company.
President Andrew Jackson backed a Washington news paper by making every federal officeholder earning over $1,000 a year a subscriber. Subscribers were billed for a year and urged to pay promptly, with threats of losing their jobs if they refused. The Kansas City Times notes most paid willingly despite some balking.
Hampstead correspondent recalls a Hyde Park experiment where a steam engine named India hauled about 200 soldiers in eight wagons with fatigue jackets. The wagons rode on four-foot slipper rollers, resembling early caterpillar movement, aiming to improve military transport per the London Post.
In Our Second American Adventure, Conan Doyle relates an encounter in St Louis with a lively crowd of cinema men and a jockey who claimed insider tips from the oats box. He notes the horse races showed dead heats and a questionable short borus, with bettors insisting the outcome was misrepresented.
The Welcome nugget from Ballarat Victoria found June 11 1808 at 180 feet depth weighs 2195 troy ounces and is among the purest largest gold masses. In California the Monumental mine at the Buttes Sierra county yielded about 1696 troy ounces with an approximate value of $25000.
The term Fakir comes from the Far East and originally described a poor Mahomitedan religious mendicant who embraces poverty as spiritual insignificance. In the West the word has shifted to mean an imposter or mountebank, especially in religious matters, though many fakirs are sincere.
The text traces the term Yeoman from a small landowner to a general landowner, notes a Yeomen of the Guards corps founded in Jungland by Henry VII, mentions the Yeomanry as volunteer fighters in the Napoleonic wars, and recalls Yeomanry regiments raised in the South African War.
The Bureau of Fisheries notes halibut head shape differs from other species, adapting to depth. The fish is elongated and thick, lying on its left white side while the right brown side, with small smooth scales, bears the large eyes. Its capacious mouth and ventral fins are symmetrically placed.
From Manila to Argentina and France, children’s coin banks vary widely. Bamboo Arkancia and polished coconut Tabo resist breakage, while Argentine gourds decorated as tea receptacles serve as banks. Tea in Argentina, mate, is sipped through Bombilia. Colorful dolls and animals top the popular designs in children’s savings banks.
A Pennsylvania farmer famed for thrift and industry invited a country minister to marry him. The groom worked barefoot in the field with his team left in the furrow. The minister stretched a long prayer, while the team plowed an uneven line, and the farmer later enjoyed the joke.
A witty Exchange item mocks statistics and proofs with quirky lines about a New York statistician, Easter pricing for felt with a feather, breeches as a mark of slavery, Nero and Uncle Tom, a 5 000 word vocabulary, a three inch putt miss, and large fishes climbing trees.
L. Roberts of Marcus Hill Australia, worker at the gas works, carried a small gas tank home and filled it with fresh water. He used the water in troughs for his pigs and ducks. Next morning six pigs and many ducks died, others were ill from inhaling gas fumes present in the tank.
A London blond actress receives a female admirer in her dressing room. The visitor aims to talk art but the chat stalls as the star talks only of herself. In desperation the guest asks if the actress aspires to Shakespeare. The reply notes Shakespeare has “some nice parts.”
Poker Face to Regain Title Helen Wills travels to Europe to bid for the international women s championship at Wimbledon beginning June 20. The California star, a three time American singles champion, aims to acclimate and confront her leading English rival Kitty McKane Godfree, and pairs with Miss Elizabeth Ryun in doubles.
Uncle Eben praises a drummer in a jazz band in vivid dialect noting his steady performance despite visible shivers and fever like chills, as reported by the Washington Star.
The University of King's College Halifax claims the oldest status outside the British Isles with a foundation date in 1789.
A pious plant or praying plant has been discovered in India that each evening bows toward the hour when temple bells summon people to prayer, exhibiting a ceremonial posture at dusk.
A note from the Philadelphia Inquirer argues that any genuine attempt to alter the alphabet could prompt many to drop the letter I from printed text and everyday usage citing practical linguistic concerns and potential confusion.
In a lively barnyard tale, Billy Goat, hailed as the Poet of the Barnyard, hosts a reunion with Porky Pig Mrs. Duck and a chorus of animals. The gathering features Billy’s verse about weather and clothes, praise for his song, and a festive banquet with animals arriving from geese to pigeons for an entertaining community fête.
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