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Newspaper
Lime Springs Sun
Location
Lime Springs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
9
The piece describes Lapland as a snowy northern country where families bring babies to church in sleighs and tuck them in snow heaps while parents pray. It also explains a simple hiding game where children must not point to or speak of the hidden object, testing self control.
A simple audience test asks viewers to float a common pin in the air without any aid. The narrator claims the feat is possible with the described method, inviting skepticism and curiosity about the trick.
A simple trick uses an ordinary fresh green pen and a penny clay pipe. Break off half the stem, pass a pin through the pen center, press the pipe bow to the mouth, insert the pin into the stem, and give a steady blow. The pin will spin around in the air as long as wind lasts.
Mayor Baum of Saginaw discusses advances in pure food. He praises recent legislation for reducing adulterations and ensuring quality, noting the market is not overrun with unsafe products as it once was. The address recalls a Sunday school picnic attended by a boy who is now a young marching leader.
The excerpt recalls a boy at a long ago picnic who refuses jam on bread. A young lady offers jam and asks Johnny if he will have some. He quips that he works where they make it. This colorful reminiscence appears in the San Antonio Express.
A suburban fish peddler with a loud tin horn rattles a quiet summer, provoking a literary man to joke about rewarding persistence by buying fish. He purchases one, finds it unfit to eat, and the peddler retorts that he offered two daily chances, blaming the buyer for waiting.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet features a wartime style jest about telling a joke to an Englishman. The quip hinges on timing and misread wit, highlighting a funeral reveal two days after a boisterous remark.
The quoted line asserts Bilkins is highly independent, likening him to a solitary black cook in a village restaurant while eight drummers wait for a call, a metaphor highlighting perceived isolation and independence in a charged social scene.
A quip from the Detroit Tribune features a husband and wife exchanging jabs about curiosity collections and a neighbor who “doesn’t belong to a single society for the prevention of anything.” The cartoon comments on marriage and neighborly eccentricities with wit.
A dialogue cites Green spending over $5,000 in a year to study racing form. Myer questions the effort as vain while Gyer notes he is a student of racing. A Poston Herald item jokes about cooking habits causing a husband’s illness and mentions gastritis in a new wife.
A five year old rider falls when his velocipede rolls back. He rises and muses Who told me to go back and sit down. In a separate note Nell tells Belle she will marry Cousin Jack, though Jack hasn t spoken to her.
Captain Malley recounts Irish traits in combat with stories of Kelly Burke and Shea present in every fight. At Cavite American officers glimpse Spanish POWs, one man asks about joining the army in a bold brogue. A captain reads a muster to find O’Brien Maloney Murphy Sullivan OFlaherty among his new company, noting one Swede who stays quiet.
An old French marshal, recently deceased, reportedly arrested a superior regimental officer as he left the marshal's courtesy visit in uniform. The tale, told by his daughter, will remain unpublished until 1953. The visitor was invited to descend, then detained in the street for appearing out of uniform.
A renowned florist compares rose growing to teaching, noting specialists who produce heavy headed blooms with long stems earn similar pay to college professors. He says true rose growers need rare skill and market demand, and that top growers serving the New York market can fetch $2,000 to $5,000 yearly, with some earning more.
Chyo, famed tattoo master of Japan, creates striking skin pictures that awe rivals. His photographs document major works on travelers from England and America, including a three color dragon over an American doctor and a lifelike fly on an Englishman’s wrist. His art is instantly recognized and highly respected by Japanese peers.
Oil promises to rival wheat in the Canadian north west with discoveries near Alberts. Provisional quiet followed discovery as prospectors secured land believed oil bearing. Settlements and villages arose quickly due to labor demand and capital incentives. Territory lies near the American boundary with unclear oil status across the border.
J McCrae reports observing a lunar rainbow near Pretoria Transvaal after a late night thunderstorm and asks if anyone else has seen such a phenomenon The observer notes a bright quarter moon and a pale colored bow appearing against a dark sky toward the east with the bow low over a gray band
In Dover England work on massive harbor breakwaters uses a diving bell lit by electric light. Sailors saw thousands of tin silvery fish in the water around the bell as it descended. When the bell rested on the sea bed about a thousand sole fish were captured, likely drawn by the light.
Dutch schoolboy Van Erpecum notes that a glass full of water with floating ice resists overflow as the ice melts. Dr. Van Deventer reports the observation to Professors Van der Waals and Zeeman, who present it to the Royal Academy of Amsterdam. The phenomenon is exact only when air weight is neglected.
A British magistrate inspired idea was revived by the Warwickshire chamber of agriculture. A discharged sergeant read a letter offering trained shooting services against motorists, proposing sixpence per head and hinting at explosive or poisoned bullets if desired.
John S. Sargent visits a millionaire's New York gallery where a thousand pictures are shown with poor taste. The artist, pressed for praise, bluntly asks if the collection is tolerable. He then adds a sharp analogy comparing it to a tolerable egg.
The New Orleans States reports a story told by Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister in Washington, claiming two women discussed Japan. One woman says Japanese students cheat by paying tuition for one year and learning enough for two or three, sparking controversy and calls for exclusion.
A clever exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal portrays a college son asking for $200 amid creditor trouble. The father replies that creditors are harassing him as well and that until they are satisfied he must take charge of the son's custom house.
In the House of Commons a bull from Donegal provoked laughter as the member cross questioned the attorney general for Ireland about a pending answer. The scene drew a roaring response from the house.
Washing matting with soap harms fibers. use luke warm water with salt, then dry thoroughly. A waterproof shoe dressing recipe uses Spermaceti rubber, gum rubber, talc, lard, and copal. apply with a brush and let rubber dissolve for several hours. To remove marking ink from linen, soak in cyanide solution. highly effective but deadly and requires extreme care. Wanrep seeks men and women in thin county to represent a solid financial house. salaries weekly, advance expenses, permanent post in Chicago office.
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