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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
5
In Muncie a group of benedicts and bachelors held a late night party. A wife set a ruse by locking the bedroom and repeatedly waking the sleeping husband with a wind-up alarm, then unlocked the door at midnight. The husband, exhausted, began staying home since. Indianapolis News reports.
Eminent figures surveyed by W. J. Allen of Cambridge find February common for births. A random check of twelve living notables shows no February birthdays, with many born in June July May September November and April including Thames Wardy Elgar Haldane Balfour Birkenhead Bennett Pinero Dolelie OConner Asquith Orpen Marconi.
The piece notes youths today shun fairy tales and old thrillers like Jack and the Beanstalk and Mother Goose. It highlights grown up themes popular in yellow literature and mentions Jesse James Nick Carter and Sherlock Holmes as examples of changing tastes.
Cal Hiram Hingham of Connecticut and his family, six sons and wife, toured with a Daimler air express from Tousdon to Paris. A second plane was needed to carry half a ton of personal baggage while Colonel Hingham, a former American air force pilot, served in France during the war.
An article notes that painting on floors instead of ceilings is a novel and attractive concept. It cites a Belgian artist who has produced successful floor pictures in notable houses, suggesting carpets could be dispensed with if properly finished.
The text notes this substance is a valuable sweetening agent but not a nutrient. Excess intake may cause harm, while moderate use does no harm.
Willisin Dory reports on the Mescalera Apache Reservation where 845 people face poverty and tuberculosis amid drought. Some perform government lumbering and farming poorly. supervision hinders initiative. Superintendent Stécker helped win permission to cut and sell timber up to $500000 under Indian bureau forestry oversight, with Congress considering funding to support timber plans.
A fragmentary historical exchange shows a terse reply and a quip about mistaken identity. The dialogue hints at casual misunderstanding and self recognition amid casual banter.
The postmaster general Hubert Work spoke about a new postal regulation at a dinner. He criticized objections from people with new ideas, mentioning a group connected to George Augustus Sulu. The tale referenced a party and wines named Asti and Aeli in a floppy, garbled account.
The article describes two grapefruit varieties, Samp con and Wharatons, highlighted by the Scientific American. It notes that both are delicious, while Thorrlutt shows little juiciness when a spoon is inserted into the segment.
A garbled interview fragment shows a movie star claiming openness with the public, discussing a forthcoming biography and past jobs. The passage hints at a press agent’s influence and references a former stove-hand period, suggesting a candid but muddled exchange.
A mangled quote from a Kanna writer, claiming a preference for a quiet village where “all the people will ayumi pai” and a warning of a hunter named Lravhlo. The garbled text suggests a dystopian or eerie editorial fragment with unclear context or attribution.
A fragmentary reminiscence discusses attitudes toward Christianity in the East, noting that Muslims and others view Western Christianity as warlike. It cites Jed B. Smith and others urging interfaith friendship while critics portray Christian preaching as complicit with conflict across Asia.
The article notes that astronomers have mapped the visible moon in great detail, likening their knowledge to geographers mapping Africa. While every lunar feature larger than a parish is charted, this covers only a tenth of the moon’s surface, leaving the rest largely unexplored and unknown.
A reader’s garbled note speaks of great dark Spitees visible soon with the naked eye. Dense shadows from the moon’s hiculaing appear, with peaks measured at vast heights. Some oraters span over 60 miles and walls reach 10,000 feet, amid scattered chattering sounds.
A rock face at 400 feet on the Ple di Midi summit gives way under porphyrous rock. An observatory section crashes into caverns below, endangering the site. Astronomers seek engineers to assess consolidation or abandonment of Pic du Midi facilities.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a Summer Board hotel praising romantic moonlight nights. The item centers on inquiries about rooms and meals, reflecting a traveler’s interest in accommodations and dining during leisure seasons.
Society circles in New York chatter about a guest arrangement as a wife returns from Numpie and consents to stay as a house guest before proceeding to Newport Louisville Couriers Polental mentioned in light social notes.
Mrs Nalittlee seeks legal action against Mr Nalittlee alleging a broken promise to provide an automobile before marriage and his current refusal to fulfill the agreement. The dialogue suggests a dispute over promised property and potential legal remedies.
Unclear fragmentary text describes a mysterious motor workshop scene in a kitchen. The narrator remarks on strange devices, a quiet operator, and a powerful plant in a muffled, dreamlike wartime tone. Names and concrete details are unreadable.
A boy writes a playful, flawed description of a newly seen goat in a classroom assignment. The piece mixes misspellings and comical details such as a horn, whiskers, and a head rack, noting resemblance to a dog and a celebrity.
The Los Angeles Times recounts a father, enraged by constant noise, demanding a quiet room for study while children romped nearby. He insists the racket prevents hearing his work, asking his partner to help enforce order.
A small son forgets to pay for lawn mowing yesterday in May prompting a reminder to a father about a dream soda purchase last week and a memory lapse surrounding payment and promises.
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