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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
6
In a quiet garden scene Fay and Captain Severn enjoy a swing while gossip and hints swirl around a mysterious suitor Pasco. Wylding reveals a confession about Cora Strange, claiming she was Lord Ilton’s mistress and beneficiary, shocking Severn and prompting a tense confrontation.
Wylding and Pasco Severn exchange clever talk while Wylding admires the distant widow. Pasco hints at a deeper attachment and notes the widow’s status, provoking Wylding's surprised reaction as he peers at the crowd with his eyeglass.
A New York Sun note mocks contemporary dress by showing how a Merry Widow hat would have kept a pursuer at bay. The tale centers on Othello and the smothering of Desde mona as an example of fashion’s protective status.
A dialogue quoted from the Washington Star features Dustin Stax posing the question of government ownership of railways and suggesting the government would realize the critical role of the American public in such a scenario.
A Chicago News piece recalls Good Saint Peter halting a pretty maiden at the gate in a 1908 vignette. The verse references a blockade and a moment of gatekeeping with a witty moral for the era.
A note recalls old penalties for short weight on bakers. To bluff fines, bakers allegedly sold thirteen loaves per dozen, creating a surplus “bakers' dozen” as a way to avoid penalties.
The Philadelphia Press notes that false rumors annoy but hardest to ignore are those about nonpayment by hotel keepers. Rumors spread quickly, striking trust and provoking responses from industry.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald quip a comic Opera mocks modern audiences by imagining a chorus of baseball fans carrying soda-pop bottles to replace the merry Villagers. The playful line showcases late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor.
Mexican statutes require a man seeking a second wife to obtain a signified certificate from his first wife confirming her consent and the explicit approval of the second wife and her parents. This legal framework shapes how Mormon marriages may proceed in Mexico.
The excerpt blends Eden Phillpotts poetry about spring along the Teign with a practical Ontario Bulletin tip on tree care. It includes lines from The Children of the Mist and then advises watching for borers, digging them out, and protecting trees from insects by spraying or hand-removal as trees grow too large for such methods.
A pioneers farming note describes D C Kenyon’s twelve acre poultry and crop setup near Philadelphia. The system yields about thousand dollars net yearly from six hundred hens plus cows and crops. It details feed, coop care, waste, manure, and straw bedding to maximize egg and milk production.
A historical guide outlines site selection for apples, root care during transplanting, spacing, head height, and pruning. It stresses regular spring pruning, keeping trees free from encroaching crops, and using cover crops such as rape clover and hairy vetch to protect roots and enrich soil. It also suggests light soil fertility management with unleached wood ashes and earth banking against trunk girdling in fall.
A Clay county correspondent reports many farmers building hollow cement block barns that stay dry and warm for livestock. The blocks are easy to erect with ratios of five to one and two to one in parts. Cement is spreading to residences, silos, troughs, hog houses, and other farm buildings as lumber scarcity grows.
Dr Smead explains pink eye in horses as an influenza like fever with eye and eyelid inflammation causing red pink eyes. Treatment includes semi darkened airy stables bran mashes boiled oats ample water eye baths with warm brackish water and witch hazel extract. Recovery in about nine days to two weeks with no preventive measure noted.
The article recommends planting early corn and Evergreen sweet corn to start feeding season after pastures are eaten down. It advises also growing flint corn for extra feed and notes millet as a good after pasture crop to sustain stock until fall.
The key to successful transplanting is soil contact with the roots so plants can draw moisture and nutrients. Firm soil pressure around small plants does not harm the roots, according to National Stockman.
A hog should receive equal parts licorice and ginger in its feed two or three times daily to ease coughing. A lump of coal tar placed deeply down the throat while the pig stands is also advised as a remedy.
Article notes that increasing sunlight in stables reduces disease risk by limiting germ growth and improving animal health.
Horse Notes advise feeding wheat bran with warm water to keep horses healthy and warn that slow driving protects heavy draft teams. Handle only trusty drivers and treat horses kindly to prevent stress. If straw causes constipation, stop feeding and occasionally skip a grain ration.
The American Analyst describes a detection method for sewer gas in an apartment. Soak unglazed paper in a solution of one ounce of lead acetate in eight ounces of rainwater, allow partial drying, and expose in the room. Gas presence will quickly blacken the paper.
A man travels half a distance at 4 mph and half at 6 mph. The return trip at 5 mph takes longer than the forward trip. The varying speeds average to a harmonic mean, yielding a longer total time for the return leg compared with a uniform speed.
James Carroll of Sangamon street bet he would kiss the bride first at the wedding of Edward Carey and Jennie Bolan at St. Jarlath's Church. He leaped up and kissed Miss Bolan before the ring, causing chaos before the ceremony paused. Carey argued the kiss happened before she was a bride. priest resumed and the couple married.
Eddie Foy honors pajamas at a New York theatrical supper with a humorous tale about Fritz Sausage the Chicago waiter. The anecdote runs through a nightshirt raid and a misfired gift of money tied in a wife’s nightgown, ending with comic misunderstanding.
A Bladensburg storekeeper, dozing in his shop, was approached by a girl with a pitcher asking for a quart of molasses. He replied in an injured tone that no one else in Bladensburg sells molasses.
The London Tribune notes that rice paper used for cigarettes is not made from rice. It is produced from membranes of the bread fruit tree or from fine flax and hemp trimmings. France supplies cigarette papers worldwide, while Austria and Italy produce little.
A short humor exchange from Japan Current about a Sayama figure allegedly defaming a person’s character. The host threatens to throttle if the truth is spoken, while the guest questions the threat and the situation.
A humorous exchange is cited from the Detroit Free Press where a boy answers a teacher or speaker about reciting the Golden Rule. The boy quips that in summer it is about shutting the door and wiping feet to keep out flies.
A Philadelphia Press note repeats a rumor of a prudish Michigan resident who allegedly speaks of a supposedly brave Leander who swam the Hellespont, framing the tale as gossip about propriety.
A brief quip notes the desire for a photograph of the President, then jokes about getting one showing him not being photographed. The exchange reflects a playful take on publicity and image.
An exchange cites an orator's eloquence as not a gift but priced at least 50 cents as admission, reflecting a Washington Star remark on value and rhetoric.
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