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Newspaper
Middletown Weekly
Location
Middletown, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
2
A Times-Dispatch editorial argues for pockets in women’s clothing to enhance currency handling and public health. It compares absent pockets to tariff injustices and predicts backlash from handbag makers while praising suffragist backing and practical benefits such as carrying fare, coins, and letters.
A state health bulletin urges winter fly swatting as essential. It warns winter flies are hardy settlers that breed pests for summer and notes flies cluster at windows while a separate report from Pennsylvania cites declining liquor license applications and court concerns about saloon profits amid moving picture trends.
The tenant farmer should be a reading and thinking partner with the landlord, using labor as stock in trade and seeking diversified crops, legumes, pastures, fruit, and healthful surroundings. Long term leases and broader landlord support can boost both farmer livelihood and landowner prosperity.
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms on politics society and human nature. Reflections on postmasters belief in authority and fairness and advice about judgment restraint and ambition. A light editorial sampler with humorous observations and social commentary.
A small businesslike dog in Boston sells newspapers near Park Street subway. Money goes into a leather pocket on the collar before the paper is handed over. The dog returns to its master for another paper, drawing crowds of fifty to a hundred people who exchange kind words and greetings.
In Sweden lake bottoms hold six to eight inch layers of ore fragments. The ore is ocher hydrated iron oxide with impurities and can produce good pig iron. Miners cut ice in winter or mine from rafts in summer, scraping ore with long poles. two miners can lift about four tons daily, with steam dredges in limited use.
A 30 foot tall hollow ice column stood between an old stock farm and a mountain reservoir near Schroon New York. A vent plug removal released a water jet that froze upward forming the white monument attracting visitors from miles around.
Sir, Baron Fucash asks for permission to wed Cumrox's daughter. Cumrox counsels secrecy, warning that discovery by the daughter and her mother could bring danger in the household.
A playful exchange has Eve warning Adam not to reveal the date he lost his rib. The quip centers on secrecy and the biblical pairing of Eve and Adam.
A playful exchange about writing styles contrasts vertical and upright formats. The speakers joke that vertical writing is memorable because of its upright appearance, highlighting wordplay over practical concerns.
A terse dialogue questions whether the husband is insured for the wife’s benefit. It asserts he cannot obtain insurance due to his occupation as a Maine woods guide, highlighting risk discussed in the source.
A fragment notes a discussion between Wenaoe and Mery about tonal thinking and the idea of being a star. The brief text hints at performance or music related themes without providing concrete events or dates.
The article recalls General Robert E. Lee’s ancestor “Light Horse Harry” Lee and his burial on Cumberland Island Georgia, noting calls to bring the body to Lexington Virginia. It also mentions John Schrank being declared sane after shooting Col. Roosevelt in Milwaukee.
Wanted men women and children to subscribe for the Middletown Weekly at 1.00 per year. Readership appeal across the community aimed at boosting circulation and support.
No 57 describes fifty acres with twenty cleared and fenced, timber balance, a eight room metal roof building, stable, wagon shed, good well and running stream, near church and school in Fairfax County. No 67 offers fifty two acres one mile south of Woodstock with 25 acres bottom land 20 in pasture seven in timber and blue grass. No 86 features one hundred eight acres including 40 in apple orchard, 75 cultivated, dwelling with metal roof, barn, wagon shed, granary, smoke house and poultry houses near Capon Grade, three quarters mile from school and church. Call or write for particulars.
Two story metal roof frame dwellings with 14 7 and 4 rooms as described near Strasburg Virginia plus five lots 30 by 125 feet cash price of 500 for quick buyers. Brick two story home with ten rooms nine ty feet on Massanuton street city water hydrant and well includes front and back porches and a stable nearby. Contact for No 60 and other listings offering very low prices for fast sales.
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