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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
6
A family Memorial Day story tells how Johnny Spy, a Confederate disguise, and Eudie, a Union girl, undertake risky espionage. The tale follows Johnny's undercover mission, Eudie's masquerade, near-capture, and a surprising reunion after the war ends with marriage and life back home.
An old advertisement proclaims Humphreys Fomoe Medicine against fevers congestion infant colic diarrhea and numerous ailments. It lists symptoms and treats fever rheumatism cough asthma kidney issues nervous debility and other conditions, urging purchase from Humphreys Medicine Co. in New York.
The excerpt cites Dr. Mansell Mauilin arguing vinegar as a cause of gastric ulcers, especially in women, noting heavy intakes and meals on empty stomachs. It also mentions Parisian mineral water preferences, social observations, a Paris correspondent’s remark, a Detroit Free Press quip, and a fragmented short story with chapter snippets.
A New York Sun excerpt discusses strict economy in railroad purchasing. It notes that a shopper’s duty is to secure necessary clothing for injured employees, with the railroad paying hospital expenses and providing full outfits. The piece emphasizes avoiding extravagance and knowing exact materials and prices.
A Houston Post excerpt discusses alleged arithmalice and premeditated intent in a car incident. It recalls a morning statement by the defendant about taking out his pen auto to injure people known to him, indicating planned harm.
A giddy girl is described as practical in theory but now seeks to fake cooking lessons to appear refined. The exchange notes her shift toward frivolity and interest in disguising play at bridge.
Quote about a film described as dishonest, noting the subject’s face as the only honest element. The remark appears in Life magazine style commentary.
The fragmentary note reflects confusion over names and a missing recall of a list. It references a person or entity named Neredi Puek and a presumed reliability for a list. Context and details are unclear due to garbled text.
Thomas R. Shaw explains in Cassier's Magazine that toothless saws cut armor plate by rapid heat fusion. The disk’s speed causes tiny surface melts at the contact point, which are rubbed away to reveal fresh surfaces, continuing as the disk rotates. The disk heats less than the work due to its large area.
A tale from an Irish visit with Aubrey de Vere shows Tennyson railing against dancing until the Indy hushes him and directs him to ask Sophia to dance. The scene captures a social clash and the hostess’s intervention amid a tense mood. In Baltimore a husband frets over a tailor’s bill, the wife dismissing delay as normal.
A young girl complains about men lacking self control. The mother replies that without such flaws many girls would remain old maids, a witty exchange reflecting gender norms in their era.
A satirical musing from Life contrasts travel desires with domestic discomforts. The narrator imagines making steak, reading by a poor lamp, watching a caliginous dusk, and enduring a string of petty pains while yearning for home.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note mocks lavish wedding customs, quoting a man nearing his paper wedding about reversing the order of celebrations after seventy five years of marriage. He argues diamond weddings should come first, with garden festivities following, while noting social expectations push for smaller tokens.
A patched-together newspaper fragment quotes a foreman John-Buffalo Express asking for time and an alarm clock, then shifts to a Civil War council remark about Major being wounded. It mixes social banter with cryptic witticisms about death, affection, and late-night marriages in short, clipped dialogue.
A New York Tribune item uses a witty proverb about scraps and drams to remark that taking more drams reduces scrupies, offering a light, humorous aside on moderation and perception.
A muddled excerpt blends slang about teamsters and a whip with remarks on Phillips Brooks and cold storage. It includes stray lines about steering carcasses, odd boasts, and a Boston preacher’s jibe, then shifts to Macaulay on snow stored fowl and Siberian preservation.
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