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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1906
Page
5
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls a six foot two man’s midnight fright in a lonely home during a three week absence. He armed himself, fled upon a noise, and with a police officer, chased a shadowy threat only to discover a snapped banjo string where a burglar should be.
A vivid scene depicts a young man in a parlor jeering at a four year old boy who frightens himself in a mirror. The boy clambers over lines, adjusts a necktie, ruffles a shirt, pulls his hair, kicks his shins, and searches pockets for coins while the boy smiles, hinting a sister nearby and suggesting the young man’s presence is not innocent entertainment.
A Chicago Post caption quotes a singer and a listener debating a line about pathos in song. The man remarks it recalls a plaintive appeal of a suida beneath the bars, a remark the singer finds lovely though the reference truly points to a pig under a gate.
A Detroit Tribune comic line features a girl sent to borrow flour eggs sugar and milk. Mrs. Neighbors tells the girl to return home and have her mother come over in about an hour to take the cake.
A reader letter cites changes in mobility as suspension of the belief that cars will disappear. The author recalls walking home after outings and now asserts automobiles have come to stay.
A dialogue from the Ohio State Journal notes rugged western men who can hold up a railroad train. A stage driver affirms their strength and toughness in response to a flirtatious line about manhood.
A breezy social note captures a witty exchange at a party where a hostess chides guests with playful irony. The dialogue hints at etiquette pressures and party dynamics in a refined circle.
Fragmentary item from the Pttaborg Chronicle Telegraph notes a dreamlike scene with a beautiful woman and a coincidence. Readable text is limited and dates or specific details are not provided.
A lyrical verse describes a baby drifting to sleep as shadows settle on gravel. Mother steadies him in a cozy station, guiding dreams toward Sleepytown. The traveling baby needs no grip or rations and is heedless of money, since tips are unnecessary.
A fragmentary witty exchange shows a dramatist noting the value of one act plays. He jokes that by the time the audience begins to hoot and whistle the act is over, implying brevity as a theatrical advantage.
A cheerful fool quips about a grand lady and her grandfather who laid out the city. He imagines hands down stakes as he bites into a porterhouse, sawing away while the good lady confirms the legendary surveyor lineage and stake driving.
The vice president states the cashier seeks about three weeks off this summer. The president responds that this should ease concerns about the cashier’s account handling, noting relief that he can now allow a vacation without fearing account trouble.
Miss Strong mind asserts consistency that women should have their rights while Mr. Knox argues equality in public settings like crowded street cars. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as a brief comment on suffrage and social conduct.
A brief Tit-Bits line recalls a child asking if parents thought of her while away. Grace reports they heard a man causing a disturbance over his hotel breakfast, and mamma said it reminded her of papa.
A hostess sends the maid to fetch her guest who was late for breakfast. Bridget reports the guest heard the bell and is nearly ready, noting she heard him sharpening his teeth.
A Catholic Standard and Times remark ridicules a man named Pecksniff and his fiancée, calling her blinded by him and claiming she is worthy only of a place in the next world. The exchange satirizes social pretensions and moral judgment.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer recounts a playful exchange where Calfer teases Willie about dining plans. The sister allegedly suggested Willie stay for breakfast if he drinks as much as last night, capturing a light household scene.
An old man urges workers to head home and prepare a funeral after a farm mule kicked a laborer into the air, a line quoted as a vivid Civil War era warning. The anecdote appears in the Atlanta Constitution reflecting frontier humor and danger on rural farms.
A dated chatter of flirtation and advertising gibes unfolds in mock banter. References to summer hotel guests, advertisements for fine heiresses, and witty quips illustrate a light hearted social scene. Authors and periodical quotes weave playful exchanges about heat, desire, and work.
In dialogue a couple recalls a romance linked to their courtship. She asks to recall if a tale surfaced about his vast wealth and the shared secret that followed. The exchange hints at intrigue surrounding money within a relationship.
Sackville G. Leyson of Syracuse asserts a Mars visit via spirit while his body remained home at 181 South avenue. He described firelike Mars with red and green clouds, two tribes of hair covered beings, and houses built of rock. He spoke of moss skiting, web feet, and crosswise breathing.
Bronx zoo scientists led by W Reed Blair plan experiments to give monkeys a gutta percha nose to enable speech. They will test August the orangutan and later Dohong Soko and Polly the chimps. Keeper Reilly will teach ABCs as the new nose arrives. The idea, inspired by a man who spoke after his nose was shot off, rests on monkey vocal cords and head shape being similar to humans.
A London Lancet cable warns of a disgustingly common practice of blowing icing on bridal cakes with tubes to lips of pastry cooks. The note cites a pastry cook with mouth disease as an example of the risk to daily life. The item also reports Montenegro’s Parliament election setup and eligibility rules.
A special dispatch portrays Sara toga as pristine and orderly with Miller enjoying a summer cottage life with his wife and daughter. He recalls pre quake San Francisco nights, writes of earthquakes, fires, and distant flames, and contrasts a calmer present with past chaos while aiming to rewrite his burned publications.
Mayor John Coutcher of Kellys Island, lacking police aid, took a rifle to the quarries after hundreds of foreign workers demanded higher wages. He fired warning shots, wounding one and sending the crowd fleeing. The strike leaders fled the island while others returned to work later that day. Coutcher is noted as a skilled marksman from Sandusky.
M. Pierre Samos tested a new life saving device at the Louvre swimming baths. The gear uses two small circular metal buoys linked by a belt and worn to remain practically unsinkable. Expert swimmers could not stay under water while wearing the apparatus.
Senator elect Bob Taylor of Tennessee has agreed to serve as umpire at the old time fiddlers contest and reunion in Yazoo City in October and will deliver an address The event draws participation from Congressman Willisses Governor Vardaman all candidates Miss Mississippi state and Senate contests will attend and sing their campaign songs to the fiddlers music
Washington dispatch says Interior Secretary Hitchcock thwarted a Warren amendment in the Oklahoma statehood bill that would have let mineral locations on school lands pass to the new state. The agency warns a band of speculators hoped to seize oil and gas fields near Cleveland Pawnee County and other counties and lease these lands after statehood.
At Highland Lake near Winchester Connecticut a floating religious service is held every Sunday evening. Preachers and worshippers attend by launches rowboats and canoes with none ashore during the hour long ceremony. Dr. Strong officiated the first service as cottagers gather aboard craft for devotion.
A young woman travels widely collecting waters from famous lakes rivers and oceans. She labels bottles with Jordan Killarney Como Bosporus and other places and brings two bottles of each to ensure at least one arrives safely home.
The bulletin advises storing honey dry and warm, not in a cool damp cellar, noting honey attracts moisture and may sour. It suggests a kitchen cupboard or hot loft as safe, even 100 degrees, and warns freezing can crack combs. For apples, use a low wagon, pick by day for fancy fruit and by barrel for ordinary, avoid bruising, and promptly store in a shed after picking. Sort and grade carefully, mark packages honestly.
A New York farmer argues that milk costs fall when cows are fed on silage. He notes silage, especially from corn, is cheaper than grass and maintains dairy cows' appetite and condition through long winters after harvest and storage costs.
The August to September window is ideal for seeding land to grass with guidance on direct reseeding over wet soil and top dressing. A French notice reports Uruguay bred Solanum commersonii violet potatoes offering frost and disease resistance and suitable for damp soils, with strong nutritive value.
Dry beet pulp tested on two cow groups for two 15 day periods showed less palatability than corn silage. Milk cost per 100 pounds was 2$ cents lower with silage, butter cost 0.61 cents lower. Pulp increased yield about 30 percent but higher overall cost. results don’t prove pulp economical where no corn silage exists.
The article notes opinion on feeding horses with whole oats versus crushed oats, finding whole oats generally preferable. It also mentions Timothy grass, cultivated in Maryland by Tim oy Hanson, with common names herd's grass and cat's tail grass in England.
Instructions describe making nonintoxicating beer using fifteen quarts of water six ounces of hops and about 3.5 pints of molasses boiled then strained. After cooling a thin yeast cake is dissolved in beer and allowed to rise for 24 hours. The mixture is bottled through cheesecloth and kept in airtight bottles with care when opening.
Frequent bathing plus cooling salves gives relief when bunions distort feet. Surgical appliances are of little use as they cannot be worn constantly. Remove shoe pressure by padding the protruding joint with absorbent cotton, held by adhesive strips. Apply soft linen with salve over the sore and ensure shoes are large enough for the padding.
A home remedy mixes milk brandy lemon juice to tan skin then suggests washing sunburn with hot water and elder flower cream. An article describes a metal dishwashing frame with a spray nozzle and hot water drainage for drying dishes. Enamel finish for shelves advises two coats white paint and a final enamel coat for hardening and bare wood.
A note persuades preserving lemon rind to infuse rectified spirit for a home made essence. It claims the resulting extract rivals shop bought essence and adds that orange essence can be made similarly.
A quirky substitute article presents home remedies and odd tips, including maple flavoring, wood alcohol for tender feet, odor masking for cooking, covering jelly glasses with egg white coated paper, and a playful note on a horseshoe magnet aid for the invalid. The piece reads like a light, satirical or instructional catalog of odd household tips.
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