Two Cheerful Liars
In India a tiger approached a water gathering of women and a brave woman splashed water to frighten it away. A man in an armchair testifies he met the tiger and stroked its whiskers, noting they were wet from the incident.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
8
In India a tiger approached a water gathering of women and a brave woman splashed water to frighten it away. A man in an armchair testifies he met the tiger and stroked its whiskers, noting they were wet from the incident.
A brief gag featuring a quick quip exchange. The woman asks if he was ever pinched for speeding. he replies he has not been pinched but has been slapped, illustrating a light humorous moment in the Times of Cuba.
Mrs. Barton French recalls a story Lord Dunraven told about Jay Gould visiting Paris. Signs reading Lover appeared everywhere as apartments to let. Gould failed to notice landmarks until spotting the sign and remarking, Who's this here Lover, seems a pretty prominent feller.
Mrs Nettle Barnes of Palm Beach County Florida recalls using Teethina for her 9 month old with dysentery and says the baby slept easily after. She also claims prior use prevented illness. The ad urges mothers to consult Moffett's Baby Book and order Teethina by sending 80 cents to Moffett Laboratories Columbus Georgia.
In a Philadelphia court a lawyer tells a woman he will prove her husband has money. She retorts that she has never seen a clever man like him, signaling sharp exchange during the proceedings.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and skin purity. It claims no mug residue, no slime, no germs, no irritation even with twice daily shaving, and that one soap covers shaving bathing and shampooing.
A brief political aphorism notes that hiring workers works while wages continue but falters once payment stops, highlighting reliance on continued financial support for labor and discipline.
A fleeting moment of romance is described as love slips away through a window while poverty quietly encroaches, illustrating contrasts between affection and hardship.
President Harding plans a West Virginia speech on June 10 or so as part of a nationwide tour ending in Alaska. He will discuss labor remedies, transportation regulation, tariffs, immigration, and agriculture, with stops in Cincinnati Louisville St Louis Kansas City and Texas Arizona New Mexico Oregon Washington Seattle and Minneapolis. The trip aims to influence labor issues, world court talks, and railway labor board reforms while exploring conventions in Washington and the Shrines gathering in June. The piece notes Washington aims to host national conventions and prepare for a Shriner event attracting up to 400 000 visitors.
A New York Sun joke recalls a husband insisting his wife drive alone until she is fully trained after she took the children with her during her first lesson, claiming she must avoid risk while learning.
The men who merely think they think are in evidence as a world congress of brain workers is held in Paris. The movement is described as easily unionized with an alleged total membership of about 150,000, per Brooklyn Eagle.
A maritime rule states sea breezes generally do not penetrate more than nine miles inland, limiting inland reach of coastal wind effects.
A United States Department of Agriculture report describes breeding and selecting daughters from proven layers to boost flock egg output. It shows that, using only observation to identify late moulters and vigorous hens, farms can raise daughters that exceed feed costs by about 1.65 dollars per bird in a year, with fall and spring breeding emphasizing top hens and winter layers.
The article explains using und ersized and injured potatoes by feeding them to pigs. Cook potatoes, drain water, mix with grain at about three parts potatoes to one part grain. Roast in a feed cooker, then blend in a barrel for feeding hogs brood sows and small pigs.
Iowa State College scientists tested bordeaux mixture as a spray on potato plants to combat tip burn, a major threat to the industry. Over seven years the average yield increased about 25 percent, making the treatment the most effective control found.
May visits grandmother and admires a mantel statuette. Her aunt reprimands her to replace it. May retorts the dust marks show where it stood and notes the room would not be left fit for living in during cleaning.
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