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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
3
A Suburban Life correspondent recalls fearless city birds that snatch bread from children's hands and even retrieve a shoe from a yard. Gulls at the beach form a tame, sociable circle, waiting for scraps and bait while guards protect them. The piece notes their fearless behavior and the urban environments that sustain them.
The article chronicles women receiving knighthood in English history from Elizabeth to Victoria. It notes Mary Cholmondeley was knighted for defending the realm and compares to Tortosa’s women knights. It argues that coronation knightings granted women full privileges and duties equal to men.
Victor Hemery, the French racing driver, praised an American car as underrated and well advertised. He remarked the machine is comfortable and reminds him of a mother calling a child to bed, noting its comfortable seat and bright features.
A rural column urges farmers to grow their own seed grain and vegetables through careful field selection, storage, and cultivation to save costs and improve quality. It notes corn, oats, barley, and beans can yield better seed with practiced selection and describes a separate anecdote about Lord Russell of Killowen’s misstep in a Manchester cab encounter and a comical mix up with author Stanley Weyman.
A French inventor designed a clever early spring bee feeder featured by Popular Mechanics. The device uses a metallic box with five compartments, two outer end sections holding syrup, a central entrance, and two inner sections with 250 feeding cells each. Syrup flows from the ends into the cells, moistening only the lower portions so bees feed individually without disturbance, aided by two inclined runways from the entrance to the cell Compartments.
A compilation of farming guidance covering soil and seeding practices, mulch timing, corn and wheat yields, beekeeping stock opinions, pasture grasses, and crop care tips. Notes warn against mulching when ground is wet and recommend top dressing late seeding grain with long manure.
The Westumeter Gazette notes the irony that the Alabama and the Kearsarge are among twelve U S battleships deemed no longer fit for frontline service and to be replaced by 1280. It recalls the famous June Sunday when the Kearsarge sank the Alabama off Cherbourg, a clash that shaped history and underscored arbitration value.
A satirical note about a country town bereavement misread by a telegram ending with Aunt Maggie went to heaven at 3 30 returning by 11 50. A Milan slum urchin quips a social worker about lending his father $20 and repayment, noting lifetime support from his father and mother.
An obituary fragment depicts a husband’s grief over a wife buried after a brief illness. The note laments life’s fragility, recalls the wife’s cheerfulness, and thanks the choir, cantor, and flowers, ending with Ackerman the master locksmith.
Colorado suffragist leader Miss Kate Riverton Dyles questions anti suffrage fears at a Cripple Creek dinner. She parries claims that voting women become monsters and cites a mock legal rule about notice from husbands as a satirical point in the debate.
A fragmentary dialogue presents a cynical status figure reflecting on flattery and influence. The speaker notes reliance on those with power and describes others as unable to gain favor without leverage. The passage emphasizes social optics and perceived merit within a tense exchange.
A seven year old boy, son of a lawyer, is caught in a minor misdeed and learns a lesson from his father who explains the difference between absolute lying and misstatements of fact. The boy confesses lightly and the father resolves to discuss abstracts more carefully at home.
A local fable describes Good Mr. Wallapus watching boys play baseball on a vacant lot Sunday afternoon. He condemns the Sabbath desecration and calls for arresting the youngsters, then orders a mule ride to escape the house, illustrating a rigid, satirical moral.
A humorous bit recalls Senator Nathan B. Scott joking with President Taft about weight. Taft coyly replies that thinning with age would let him meet old acquaintances, sparking a light exchange on appearances and reputation.
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