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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1904
Page
6
Jerome K Jerome recalls river misadventures with Harris and George. Tales flow of fishy legends at Reading to Henley, river washing woes, and a colossal trout at Wallingford inn, with humor about fishing tall tales and exaggeration.
The narrator travels from Reading to Streatley along the Thames, commenting on the river’s beauty and the crowded boats. They recall Reading’s historic role, pause at Pangbourne and Mapledurham, and linger at Streatley while dining at the Bull before continuing toward Wallingford.
Captain G. B. Mauk near eighteen miles northwest reports part of a mammoth prehistoric lizard skeleton unearthed in a creek bed. The 135 foot long, 25 foot high fossil was well preserved, found by accident as workers cleared sand. An Eastern historical society weighed conjectures of a 1,000,000 year old origin and a sixty ton life mass needing 40,000 years to reach size.
A young Hungarian groom in circus service won $100,000 after buying a winning lottery ticket from a street beggar. He borrowed the money from his mistress to pay for it, gave the prize to his mother, and plans to invest in a theater, aiming to be a stage manager rather than chief.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, visiting Boston, calmly labels a disruptive boy a bad boy. The boy’s mother confesses the child is bad, but Stanton adds she prefers bad children because they are usually sent out of the room.
Dick recalls a fragile birthday gift tenpins that toppled easily. He sets each pin upright after a memory of a Sunday school song surfaces. He sings Stand up for Jesus as he arranges the pins, learning through care.
A boy living with his aunt and grandmother discovers the pepper shaker is filled with red pepper. He cautions Aunt Harriet that grandma warns red pepper kills ants, a remark shared at table.
Conversation notes discuss the futility of discussing a lost umbrella and how mentioning it invites others to share their own missing items. No concrete events or individuals beyond generic names Brown and Jones are specified.
A narrator describes No 9 and No 10 dirigibles, including The Omnibus with two passenger keels. He recounts lessons, a solo ascent from Neuilly to Bagatelle, and a Mediterranean voyage near Monaco with guide ropes, demonstrating practical aerial navigation for future air buses.
The narrator describes airship travel as a wind riding experience with the airship moving forward and the wind striking the face. He contrasts this with spherical ballooning where riders feel less wind in horizontal flight and likens aerial navigation to river steering or a steamboat, noting surprising sensations and the flutter of clothing in the wind.
Texas congressman L. Sheppard mocked Republican claims that prosperity stems from high tariffs. He joked a future GOP member might amend the Old Testament to read that the party created the heavens and the earth, evoking Genesis in a Kansas City Star item.
A brief cartoon caption features a worker questioned about absence from labor. He cites Christian Science teaching that thinking one is working makes the act real, while a colleague suggests the needed absent treatment.
A physician questions a patient about smoking and warns against excess. The patient quips that he never smokes more than one cigar at a time, delivering a humorous exchange reported by the Cincinnati Times-Star.
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