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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
3
The New York Tribune discusses Cuba’s debt limits under the Platt amendment and warns against lottery revenue as a source. It urges Cuban leaders to curb indebtedness and align expenditures with income, while noting U S authority to restrain fiscal missteps. The Journal hints at suffrage views, favoring patient, gradual progress.
The piece discusses practical advice for women from Mrs Ellen M Henrotin at the Iiola Congress of Mothers. It condemns waste by spendthrift housewives and urges better food knowledge and cooking. It highlights tenement cooking classes as social progress and warns of dangers for country girls seeking city work.
A Brooklyn Life inquiry questions the value of revival waves, noting reports of mass conversions and community cleansing while asking whether such fervor yields lasting change. It seeks reliable statistics on long term religious effects as Brooklyn anticipates a large revival.
The New York Press reports a dire warning about possible catastrophic failure at Gatun locks in the Panama canal project. A collapse would unleash immense water and masonry forces, destroying the canal and erasing the isthmus from maps.
A Baltimore American quips a woman wed for wealth but proves the husband is penniless yet she gains everything, delivering a witty twist.
It encourages mothers to have a reliable remedy on hand for sudden accidents or mishaps to children and promotes Hamline Wizard Oil as suitable for such emergencies.
When William Doffs Gold Lace and Appears a Private Gentleman. The German Emperor leaves Potsdam and Berlin in simple democratic clothes and moves about as any private gentleman. Military uniforms and eagle-topped helmets belong to empire maneuvers but when the Emperor is released it changes the scene.
An elderly Bayonne recorder recalls a domestic dispute where a woman seeks punishment for a husband who beat her. He warns that jail would drive her to tears, and she insists on punitive confinement. The exchange highlights a harsh view of domestic violence and public justice.
A woman and her husband cried with relief after a court hearing and left rejoicing. Lazarus offered a lenient compromise stating, If you come back I will give you six months each.
At Corfu the Empress and family visit the island where mutual calm begins to fade. A high court scene features a recorder ordering a woman to pronounce sentence as royal attendees look on. The atmosphere remains tense with murmured authority.
A fragmentary poem reminisces about girls from the past and asks where they are now while a separate anecdote recalls Sir Melvill Beachcroft noting kitchen-table chatter about a husband’s Sunday shirt and Saturday shirt care as a window into daily life.
A corny brag from Uncle Zeke about riding long distances for a nickel and a joke about riding to the top of the tallest building in town for nothing. The Chicago Tribune quotes a streetwise flavor of cheap rides and urban feats.
In a Wall Street office an agency posted Please do not whistle we do all that ourselves. Messengers asked When do you whistle When does the concert begin How much for a ticket and more. Sign removed after two days replaced with Dont whistle. A church woman’s idea of broad mindedness is to keep quiet when others boast.
A terse remark denounces a rival with sarcasm about foolishness. The line implies social tension and carries a dismissive jab without explicit threats or violence. The speaker aims to undercut an opponent through pointed humor and blunt critique.
Mrs Lapsling discusses keeping a cow and using a neighbor’s vacant lot for pasture. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
A brief exchange shows a child named Tommy claiming to know where liars go, joking that most end up at ball games, reflecting a moral tone in a small town scene.
An advertising notice promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease for sweating and swollen feet. It claims relief for troublesome feet and urges asking druggists for the trial package free and priced at a listed cost. Le Roy.
A light verse from the New York Evening Mail notes a lovely woman wearing a bonnet woven from shredded hay. She carries a pile of fruit and strolls along a bright street described as the Gay White Way.
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