Did Anty Drudge Wash the World
A playful verse fragment evokes Anty Drudge cleaning the world in a child's rhyme. The speaker notes the nightime scene of washing with Fels-Naptha and a return to a clean white world.
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
6
A playful verse fragment evokes Anty Drudge cleaning the world in a child's rhyme. The speaker notes the nightime scene of washing with Fels-Naptha and a return to a clean white world.
A reader notes Fels-Naptha cleans metal beds and brightens brass while repelling vermin. It cleans pans pots floors and windows and can polish woodwork and linoleum. Use cool or lukewarm water and follow wrapper directions for best results.
New York reports Nat Goodwin has bought a wedding ring and will marry his former leading woman Edna Goodrich on Saturday. Goodwin does not deny the story while friends say his smiles hint at a wedding. Mrs. Albert Smith of Clover is visiting sister Mrs. J W Barnett.
Jamaica race meet closes as Governor Hughes' re election signals death of racing in New York. About 350 turfmen leave after the final race while officials fear no tracks will open next season amid strict anti racing laws. A slim hope for legal changes remains.
The United States president will join Outlook as a special contributing editor the day he hands over the big stick in Washington. His signed articles will reflect his views while Scribner plans to publish his African hunt memoirs and he will write on other topics during his absence.
The second squadron of the American fleet left Amoy for Manila today. Admiral Emery aboard the Louisiana will visit Hong Kong briefly, while seven ships head directly to Manila, expected Sunday. Crews are glad to be homeward as the great cruise nears its Hampton Roads review ending.
The estate of J Nelson Veit the broker who killed his mother at the Ansonia hotel and then died by suicide will revert to his young widow Clara Jane Munroe and the estate of the late Mrs Veit senior. The two estates total about 500000 dollars. The tragedy is linked to the widow's objections to the son's marriage and her refusal to meet his wife, said to have driven him insane.
Washington report states the Department of Justice found no improper delay by United States Attorney John Dunkle in pursuing the Rhinehart case. Investigators Finch and Lawrence cite due diligence in seeking a speedy trial and note unusual difficulties from the bank's record confusion.
In Lisbon Via Badajos on November 5, King Manuel plans a two week tour to win favor in northern Portugal where republican sentiment is growing. Queen Amelia pleaded against the trip but the king heeds cabinet advice insisting his presence could check radicalism.
North Carolina heiress Fayette Morgan and poet P. W. Craig wed in Europe after her father J. L. Morgan failed to prevent the marriage. Morgan returned to New York aboard the Majestic and declined to discuss the outcome of his meddling.
London dispatch reports tentative inquiries from France to the English foreign office about potential British aid in a future clash with Germany over the Casablanca affair. England delays reply as British officials view the question as a distraction by Chancellor von Buelow from the Kaiser’s interview claiming credit for aiding England against the Boers.
Glimpses of a tragic accident reported from Princeton Illinois where balloonist Peter Kramer of St Louis died after being dashed against a church pinnacle and released from his safety belt. The falling balloon caused a brick from the chimney to strike seven year old Glen Hayden, who remains dying from injuries.
A five year old ponders how skin is put on and jokes about seams. His mother explains the skin is one piece. He then points to her forehead and calls it a seam, revealing her first wrinkle and a moment of quiet pathos.
Misses Eva and Florence Carmichael with their brothers Walter and Emerson have moved from Hubbard to Harmony Junction. They spent Thursday with friends in this city.
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming a constitutional treatment that reaches the blood and mucus surfaces. It asserts build up of the constitution and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with testimonials available. Endorses Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio and also mentions Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The account by Rev. J. T. Hand recalls a Confederate spy hanged at Fort Barrancas Florida on April 4 1868. He describes four minutes between earth and heaven, being cut down by a Yankee sergeant, and vivid sensations of pressure heat and pain followed by a burst of light music and a return to life. He refuses to endure such an ordeal again.
At a Murray Bay dinner Dr. Osler praised aging scholars retiring to a peaceful place. Justice Harlan angrily replied that the world would descend into chaos if all men over fifty retired, asserting they must not be removed from public life.
A naturalist notes that shore and water birds nesting in the Bering Sea islands likely achieve the longest continuous flights, spanning about 2,200 miles to Hawaii and Fanning Island. Some species live entirely onshore and must fly non stop, while others travel with precise navigation despite habitat decline of related species.
A Kansas City Star item notes a 12 year old boy named William, son of a local attorney in the Seamritt building, caught gambling dice on the street. The attorney urged a friend to bet on William’s luck, saying he would win, as the family helps him out of difficulties.
A bride of a year filled her bedroom with the motto Let us take hands and help each other today because we are alive together. The piece argues harsh words, mean thoughts, and judgment hurt the speaker, insisting no hard woman is happy and urging mutual aid as the path to contentment.
Vienna purchased the house where Franz Schubert was born to keep it in its present condition. The price paid was £4,400. The one story old fashioned building has a plain front, a back court with wooden galleries and a hillside garden.
Wanted to exchange city property for a 48 acre farm with an eight room modern house, bath and heater. Noted as one of the country’s best fruit farms with a poultry yard and coops, seven miles from New Castle on the Butler Harmony street railway. Inquire 894 J Bell phone 6513.
Official quotations updated weekly at 12 o'clock. Butter eggs feed oats wheat corn rye live stock vegetables fruits poultry hay straw honey and more with per unit prices across categories including lambs beef calves hogs potatoes cucumbers onions cabbage radishes apples and poultry items.
Notice from City of New Castle Water Company forbids nonapproved water closets and mandates licensed plumbers for all service pipe or main work. Violations will be prosecuted. Also notices the death of Mary Showee six weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Showee at 514 1 2 South Jefferson street from cholera infantum with funeral today and burial at St Mary's cemetery.
Stanley Owococ infant son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Owooc of No 5 Elmwood Street died Wednesday and was buried in St Marys cemetery Thursday morning.
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