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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
10
The average man and wife discuss a looming state tax on cigars and cosmetics. The husband, masking discomfort, suggests sacrifice as a way to cope, while the wife frames the tax as a personal burden. He nods, reading the paper, planning to learn more before replying.
A Christian Science Monitor piece imagines Paul Revere using 18th century telephone tech to warn Concord and Cambridge with eight minute alerts. It speculates lanterns, powder, and gun carriages would be unnecessary, changing history and even the famous poem.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss rose from a Stochester messenger to a world famous aviation pioneer. He built on motorcycle engines to power dirigible balloons and later airplanes, winning the first international air championship at Reims and flying 150 miles from Albany to New York. His influence extends to royalties on many aircraft used in the United States and Europe.
An old deaf groom marries a bent old bride at the parsonage while the muttering bride complains the groom will not pay for a cook and wealth. The old man pays the usual fee and remains unaware of her schemes as the ceremony ends.
A popular mechanics blurb describes a cob made with a steel shaft to replace wood. The steel shaft is hollow toward the tower end and slightly thinner in diameter to reduce air friction, claiming to increase driving power for players.
A fragmented Danish style dialogue centers on music, with Mir Rafferty asking about singing ability and how study might influence taste. The garbled text hints at missed opportunities and reflections on personal artistic direction.
The text lists six standard US geese breeds Toulouse Embden Chinese African Canadian Wild Egyptian and notes Mongrel geese from crosses. Embden is a rapid grower but fair layer. Toulouse matures early with cool market appeal. African is a good layer though has dark pin feathers. Chinese geese come in brown and white varieties. The wild goose is bred for decoys and crosses to produce Mongrel geese.
Toulouse and Embden papular geese lead the nation as economic breeds kept mainly for flesh and feathers. Eggs are rarely used for food on farms, with little demand in markets.
A mongrel goose is described as highly prized as a market goose but is sterile and cannot be bred. The Egyptian goose is noted as a small brightly colored ornamental bird rarely seen locally, resembling the wild goose in shape and weighing two pounds less per class.
Poultry notes warn against overcrowding and stress cleanliness to curb vermin. Two turkey hens lay about teen eggs before brooding, while warm weather demands dry, warm housing for chicks and a lice free brooder. Open south windows for fresh air and prepare for fly season with El Vampiro from Rankin's Drug Store.
The Porres Strait islanders north of Queensland practice unique funerary rites. Bodies are anointed with cheap perfume, coffined in bottles and left in graves. Some graves receive a stone marker, and relatives hold a three day feast with pig yam and turtle offerings while vigorous dancing and singing fill the period.
Observations claim the Todas are the laziest people, with men sharing wives to reduce work. The text muses on living simply, then shifts to Oldfield tires and Hanna-Carter Co. cosmetics with weather based shade ideas. It ends with notes on criticism aiding self-improvement and warning against false statements.
A strange notice from New Zealand reports Maoris and South Sea islanders craving American movie stars not for flesh but for screen presence. The piece notes a raive appetite for cinema celebrities rather than blood.
The fragment mentions a soda fight and a stance against stupidity, suggesting a playful or satirical take on a trivial skirmish. No clear persons or organizations are identified, leaving the core action as a humorous conflict over beverages.
The text explains the term Mofussil as the provincial rural districts opposite the towns. It notes the Ganges delta near its mouth as a fertile, rice producing area formed by river land deposits.
A defining view on enterprise as the enterprising person who learns and applies knowledge, seizes opportunity, and shapes chances into achievement, driven by a sane guiding soul. The piece celebrates a busy mind rightly directed and the constant turning of learning into action.
To clean an umbrella mix a spoonful of sugar in a basin with half a pint of water. Stir until dissolved. Open the umbrella and sponge each gore from the ferrule to the tip. Leave it open to dry.
A concise quotation from Emerson highlighting that true valor lies in the ability to recover oneself after setbacks. The note emphasizes resilience as a core strength.
A collector shows that the phrase sick man of Europe was used for Turkey since the 17th century. A period print depicts a Turk on a sick bed with doctors and European nations surrounding him near Vienna.
A reflective quotation on happiness emphasizing mercy and benevolence as essential to true happiness. It contrasts affection and humanity of heart with a higher ethical code guiding all beings that breathe.
The Ceye ron pearl fisheries are noted as existing since 306 B C with tradition claiming they yielded sims before that era.
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