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Newspaper
Journal World Spirit
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
6
A New York tale recalls a church habit of playing marbles seen as a serious pastime. A minister, masked by a bishop, challenged a boy to a game for keeps and won, prompting the boy to seek marbles to replenish his stock.
From the jungle a hunter roams for priceless tusks weighing up to 30 pounds. He faces no rails or beasts of burden, only porters and hostile tribes. The perilous trek spans thousand mile distances with a $100,000 ivory load behind him.
The excerpt cites ancient and medieval views on fat people and gluttony from sources like the New Europeans Times-Democrat. It recalls saying keep slender for success with women, and notes punishments for excess in some cultures, including a historic English law against fattening and overindulgence.
A fragment describes making a spinach omelet with boiled spinach pressed through a sieve, chopped finely, mixed with butter and cream, then folded into beaten yolks and whites with shallot. The mix cooks to a pale brown omelet served hot.
The text traces smallpox to early descriptions by Rhazes around 900 A.D. It notes its spread into southern Europe during the Crusades and its devastating impact across the New World, wiping out whole villages and tribes.
A garbled collage quotes lines about a drafty house and hair blown by drafts. It includes a suavely phrased reply about getting a root wet and cheaper. The text also mentions a woman worrying over calling on another woman who does not care likely about the call.
A brief note records a disagreement between Wally and St erman Proverb, indicating ongoing dissatisfaction and strained relations within the group. No further details are provided.
Contingent mortuary assets or resources show 995000.00 net amount due, with total actual liabilities balance net assets listed as 4490260.96. The text appears garbled with unclear terms and mis-spellings regarding mortuary liabilities and assessments.
The document presents the annual statement of the Dakota Mutual Life Insurance for 2010 detailing disbursements, balances, and book values. It lists policyholder payments, examiner fees, officer taxes, rent, real estate taxes, advertising, losses on threatened assets, cash in banks, and other items. The record notes totals in disbursements and asset values with references to the life insurer's business figures.
Insurance and business notices list policies in force and losses. It mentions a licensed undertaker and embalmer, MH Smith, with offices in Hills Block at the corner of 3rd and Idaho streets and a homeopathic physician and surgeon nearby.
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