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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1923
Page
3
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. It claims directions fit any woman and guarantees no spotting fading or running. It urges telling the pharmacist the fabric type for best results.
Dr. Allen of the Indiana state board of health held a clinic in Scipio examining school children. A six year old was underweight. When asked if he drank milk the child replied he did not, saying they barely had enough milk for the hogs.
A reader requests to place a newspaper ad for a permanent cook. The vendor advertises a special yearly rate and a cheaper contract rate for five years or more.
Railroads push a multi million effort to remove grade crossings after fatalities rose from 1086 in 1915 to 1791 in 1920 and 1702 in 1921. The Interstate Commerce Commission reports over 11 000 deaths and about 80 000 injuries in seven years.
A pigeon with a band on its leg settled at a London area house last June after arriving in exhausted condition. It taps on a bedroom window with its beak to signal for bread and milk at the same hour each day, as if it were a hotel guest.
An absent minded man arrives home after a heavy rainstorm soaked and bedraggled. He recalls forgetting his umbrella and is asked when he remembered it. He replies with a wry smile that he remembered it when it stopped raining and he went to shut it.
In Florence on September 7 the lantern festival survives with local flavors and handmade paper lanterns. The Christian Science Monitor notes residents craft colorful lanterns from tissue paper, cord, and bamboo, shaping baskets globes boats bells and more with fringe trim and varied colors.
A German inventor Hein rich Schleferstein of Berlin showcases a noiseless timepiece that ticks not at all. Government officials scientists and press attend as he presents oscillation based inventions intended to power ships aircraft and gliders.
A Boston Transcript cartoon shows Time as a golfer carrying a golf stick and scooping divers from the tops of heads. Time, though a dub golfer, still puts everyone into a hole in the end.
A collage of humorous vignettes and odd anecdotes. A turkey theft case features Moses and a judge's quips about stealing and two spirits. A disillusioned manicurist vents about romance, foreign workers, and marry or not. An optophone inventor and a jokey tale about a forgetful safe keeper wrap the piece with light social satire.
A fragment shows a dialogue between Elaine and Maud with terse exchanges about love and loneliness. The lines hint at social or romantic pressures in a domestic or theatrical context.
In a sharp exchange, Pirates complains about repeated theft of his original stories by would-be authors. Scribe counters that the alleged plagiarized works predate him and questions the value of the dispute versus finding meaning in life.
A defeated colleague greets Sen Sorghum who misses Washington and vows to return soon. He says he prefers facing old enemies in the capital to staying away already.
A reader recalls a concert attended last night and notes it was a tremendous success. The exchange mentions surprise at how much enjoyment was felt in the moment.
The remarks suggest Brown faced debt related to his car and imply there were additional complications. The fragment hints at multiple issues surrounding Brown’s circumstances beyond the debt.
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