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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
4
In Sierra Nevada high country Lake Tahoe witnesses a dramatic storm as two cyclones collide sending a 100 foot wall of water and five or six waterspouts racing over the lake. Onlookers describe thunder like reports and a brief calm after the spectacle.
The piece traces the orange’s Arab and African routes into Europe and America, debunking myths of origin and vowels while noting Mohammedan and Crusader influences. It also recounts President Zachary Taylor’s youth, military service, and the controversy over his presidential nomination.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote notes a wife urging her husband to attend Mr Simpson’s wedding. The husband resists but recalls Simpson’s presence, remarking he had forgotten the guest, and vows to be there, framing it as revenge.
Chicago News recounts Bill Dodson a veteran steeplejack who learned the trade from his father. He recalls a perilous rooftop moment when a cross and flagpole loomed above. His father after a tense grip tied him to the pole to teach restraint and fear of jumping.
The Theban sphinx, a monster sent by Juno, plagued Thebes with a riddle to be solved by all. Oedipus answered that man crawls as a baby, walks upright in maturity, then uses a staff in old age, causing the creature to dash its head and end the terror.
The London Mail describes white posts along narrow tracks in Yorkshire moors called stoops. They resemble boundary markers but are not county or parish borders. When snow hides paths they guide travelers and prevent getting lost.
The tale claims Napoleon drafted a Theater Francais decree during Moscow’s blaze, but records show he was in Poland and signed it there. He sent it to Paris with a margin note suggesting dating from Moscow, a misread detail rather than fact.
A terse exchange about an opening at the post office or editorial desk ends with a sharp line. The dialogue hints at a strained relationship between caller and editor and leaves the outcome unclear.
The San Francisco Chronicle describes cork manufacture from boiling and sorting bark to cutting sheets into strips and squares. It notes waste, byproducts like linoleum and cork tiling, and mentions machines, including an electric motor and French counting device, with women workers prominent in machine processes.
Henry Ward Beecher reflects on how places from childhood and youth—hearth, door stone, old tree, well, brook, ravine—store our joys and sorrows. These places become intimate witnesses that later reflect back our own selves with human sympathy.
The first lifeboat designed by London coach builder Lionel Lukin in 1785 faced little attention despite royal support from the Prince of Wales. Public interest grew after the 1780 Adventure disaster spurred prizes for lifeboat designs, marking the start of organized sea life saving.
The Rev James Hamilton of Liverpool, on a Scotland vacation with a boy, slipped on a stone while sea trout fishing. He lost balance and, wearing heavy boots, struggled to stay afloat but reached shore exhausted. He noted the boy did not aid him, who replied he was simply thinking.
Hawkesbee asks Jingle about a growing concern over his son who has not telegraphed for money in ten days. The elder notes the boy’s appetite is increasing, signaling a troubling change in his habits and health.
Fragmentary notes mention appendicitis and stomach issues with garbled terms like Gly oie catppendierts and Potats ont the stomrach. It references German appendicitis creme and various nonsensical phrases without coherent facts or identifiable subjects.
The partnership between Joshua Ralison and C R Hobbs known as Aw Rallison Coal and Produce Company dissolves. Hobbs assumes all liabilities and settles outstanding daily dues. dated November 26, 1912.
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