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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
5
An OCR fragment discusses tan leather care and boot blacking. It mentions blackening agents for polishing boots, with references to varnish like coatings and acids. The text cites London Lancet as noting ingredients for boot blacking such as mineral acids and other substances.
A fragmented Minnesotan note describes a wealthy family entangled in deer season lore and prowling huntsmen. The text shifts to a crash scene where a wife laments another porcelain piece breaking as the cook’s song ends.
The readable text shows a garbled, colloquial exchange mentioning uncle, eager food items like caviar and frog legs, and an abrupt line about standing by. No clear event, person, or place is established from the fragments.
A Houston Post caption notes a photograph of a group of children, pondering whether the girls among them will become leaders of men. The remark questions gender expectations and future influence.
United Kingdom shifts from exporting labor to exporting horse meat for sausages as motor cars reduce horse employment. Consul D W Williams notes exports climbing from 27,612 in 1901 to 60,414 in 1906, with Belgium as a major buyer. Average horse price around 27.35 dollars, fat horses higher. Netherlands trade rising. Continental demand driven by meat shortages and high prices. Sausage described as redder, blended with fat, staple for many.
Frank Seymour and Emma Hill present The Mix and the Mixer on Monday August 12 at the Orpheum. John World and Mindel Dreyfus Kingston return after a long absence. World excels in tramp roles and Kingston is a noted soubrette. The Five Musical Byrons perform with broad instrumental range. Jans Neill and Edythe Chapman Neill offer The Actress and the Devil one act. Mrs Neill acts and Mr Neill plays The Devil of Wall Street in a striking study. Billy Gaston and Ethel Green remain in San Francisco for a third week, while Roberts Hayes Roberts and Les Jardy continue.
A fragmented local piece mocks originality of humor with a caricature editor. It references a supposed set of seven original jokes and an egotistical humorist. Mentions a female health pamphlet titled Heartsease and a doctor with twenty five years experience, plus a contact phone note.
A Chesterton inspired reflection argues that systems rely on human minds and that attacking a system means confronting individual upholders. It cautions against blanket moral judgments of groups while noting the need to challenge bad structures rather than people alone.
The piece argues that true patriotism blends religious motivation with service to others in the state. It asserts love of country grows from sacrifice and duty, not mere sentiment, and that living for the common good honors those who died for ideals. Patriotism, born from noble aims, requires daily acts of civic duty.
Text reflects on inherited wealth and its dangers. It warns against judging prosperity by fortunes and suggests moral character matters more than material gain. It contrasts possible outcomes if wealth had shaped life, urging self-control and virtue.
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation captures a bemused trout and its companion debating a fisherman. The sulky trout complains his slow hook barely touched him while mocking false accusations from the other fish about his character.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote questions Mrs Blimber's aging and notes her husband gives her $1,000 on every birthday as part of a social or satirical item. The remark highlights a curious financial gesture tied to a husband's gift to his wife.
The passage condemns wealth without virtue and luxury, arguing that real prosperity lies in the heart and worship of God. It contrasts corrupted rich society with the true blessing found in spiritual freedom and righteousness, citing Obed edom as a model of godly prosperity.
A sermon by Rev. M. M. Davis contrasts earthly duties with heavenly citizenship. It tells of a devout woman visiting a bedridden saint, who endures pain with quiet faith and looks toward a better farer path. The piece emphasizes fidelity to both heavenly and earthly duties.
A collection of brief, aphoristic lines on hunger, love, roots, living fully, self-harm, steadfastness, and saints. The text blends moral reflection with religious imagery, offering compact statements rather than narrative.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a visitor’s shock at a planned marriage and Henpeck’s whispered warning to avoid the word what around Marla. An Oyster Bay man left $500 to a clergyman for kindness during an attack of hiccoughs.
In a vivid anecdote by W. E. Webb from Buffalo Land, a chicken hawk snatches a doctor's kitten from a lawn at about fifty feet. The cat fights back with a twisting, clawed defense and lands safely on its feet, escaping the airborne predator.
A collage of quips and cartoons from vintage humor pages spans feuds and bargains. It features a brassy singing contestant, a patient reply about rocking in the cradle, and banter about divorce and bargains. The tone mirrors early humor panels with clipped dialogue and pithy jests.
An exchange highlights a playful misinterpretation of a word mandrake as May apple and a jest among boarders. The text then promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for children during the teething period.
Brown I tells Smith that Jones is a blockhead while Brown praises you as intelligent. Jones tries to backtrack noting the remark applies only to politics where he calls him obstinate.
The piece features the line about art being long and time fleeting as a bill collector pesters a portrait painter. In the anecdote, the painter resists until the collector threatens an attachment writ while the poet Longfellow is referenced. The text also mentions a purported nerve restorer advertisement with Dr J and a 1 Arch 81 Philadelphia note.
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