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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
3
A Century Magazine essay contrasts two family ideals: the old patriarchal family rooted in male authority and ecclesiastical sanction, and the democratic family aligning with equal wills. It notes more women pursuing education, shifting expectations, and a clash with husbands who still deem the husband head of the home as society evolves.
An unsigned editorial asks why people kick against trouble and argues that kicking signals poor breeding and harms relationships. It urges self control, cites parental influence, and warns that a kicker in marriage wrecks harmony, with a Newark News commentary on moral conduct followed by a scene of a bees versus sparrows fight over a tree on Main Street Serrill House lawn in Philadelphia reports.
A boy orphan recounts life after his parents' death including his uneasy meeting with Lady Arabella Stormont and Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw. Betty Green raises him in hardship and schemes to keep him from Sir Peter, then he heads to Portsmouth to seek a midshipman’s warrant and encounters Giles Vernon at an inn.
A Washington Herald piece describes the Chinese wheelbarrow design with a center wheel and rope support, allowing a coolie to carry nearly half a ton. It notes long fares from Shanghai to Peking and daily mileage for two passengers, plus the odd use of barrows in crowded foreign quarters.
A mixed collage of short items includes a rain diverted umbrella pun, a newly ordained Philadelphia minister misplacing sermon notes, a Sunday Magazine quip, a Los Angeles mother recounting a child’s prayer difficulty, and stray historical notices and advertisements with notable names and brands.
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