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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
3
Meredith Nicholson in The Little Brown Jug of Kildare argues the jug embodies cheerful vice. He contrasts it with a bottle, notes jugs in museums, and recalls how a half dollar and brown jug tempt hidden liquor, while praising honest water from a brown jug on hot days.
A mistress confronts Lucinda about male visitors in the kitchen. Lucinda replies that the visitor is her husband, joking that he is not a male friend. The exchange highlights social dynamics and implied relationships within a household.
The News urges democratic newspapers nationwide to raise funds for legitimate campaign purposes. Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan asks support and the paper will forward all contributions received in its care. The list shows individual donors with amounts opposite their names.
London report tells of Mia Carson of Tonbridge who fell into a trance and lay in an overnight coffin as funeral rites began. Her husband kissed her warm cheek, reviving her before she was buried alive. She later recovered. she recalled sensing events around her but being unable to move or speak.
The article surveys Siberian cities like Omsk Tomsk Krasnarsk and Irkutsk noting populations from 25,000 to 85,000, frontier dust contrast, abundant schools led by Tomsk with a tech Institute and university, and Irkutsk with paved streets, electricity, papers, theater, museum and schools.
A country youth recalls passing pig yards where hundreds of hogs stampede, urged by a believed signal from a woodpecker on the fence. His uncle explains the hogs respond to tapping on the fence after a cold spell when his voice was lost.
A New York vacationer recalls a Maine rural store run by a postmaster who kept few goods and refused to stock Blanket. He explains customers kept asking, leading to the decision not to order more after repeated visits.
Gaspard voices discouragement as Peregrine and Sylvester Steer discuss gains from cheering others. The group acknowledges everyone faces a pickle, while tensions rise over accusations and scapegoating within their circle.
A summer resident questions Abel Gorham about young Hobbs. Gorham, famed for restraint, hints Hobbs may prove to be much as he views him. He declines direct judgment, offering a cautious but pointed assessment in a concise exchange.
Pattern offers a bias cut plastron yoke waist for early autumn wear adaptable to plaid silk linen and cotton. Removable lace chemisette, three quarter sleeves, six sizes. Materials listed with yardage. send 10 cents to Pattern Department with size and address.
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