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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
9
Richard Lightnut accepts a peculiar gift from a friend in China a pajama set with a note of surprises. Jenkins discovers a strange clue on a broken spider and hints at a warning about the drink habit, prompting a wary plan to take a pledge and drink a stiff highball.
In a dim bachelor apartment a man and his loyal servant Jenkins clash over sleep and a misread crisis. A pistol, a broken chair, and a frightened lunatic become the night’s volatile mix as friendship and fear collide.
Jenkins recounts a noon encounter with a mysterious man by a window described as savage looking. He recalls a blackish appearance and a smoking opium pipe or similar device though he did not notice exact clothing. The scene ends with a hint of continuation.
In a North Carolina battle ship target practice, Hiram Percy Maxim notes that a rifle with a silencer produces distinct echoes for each reflecting object such as telegraph poles or trees. He explains the normal report masks bullet flight noise, which only becomes audible as reflections when silencing reduces primary noise.
New York City Fire Commissioner Johnson reports 1910 fires totaling 3245 and 1911 fires 3332 caused by smokers in industrial settings. He plans to apply a statute prohibiting acts endangering many people to smoking in factories, issuing 40000 notices in English Yiddish and Italian and promising strict inspections.
Uncle Ed Skinner recalls how the town has changed since a visitor left thirty years ago. He notes new storefronts at Peevy's, the bay window in the drug store, a red deepo, steam powered town hall, new iron hitch posts, a stone watering trough, Hi Greene's taller house with a summer kitchen, a front piazza at the hotel, new boss sheds behind the church, and the broom shop now employing five regular workers with seven more in rush season.
Deliberating Rev. James Hamilton of Liverpool narrowly escaped drowning while sea trout fishing in Scotland. Accompanied by a boy, he slipped on a stone and, weighed by heavy wading boats, struggled to keep afloat before reaching the shore exhausted. The boy replied he had been thinking of him.
Aunt Sarah, a cook in a Richmond family, took home macaroni for her own children to eat. The next morning two of her offspring were seen digging in the yard, muttering that they were hunting for the macaroni norms.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote about a woman who pursued dirt and dust all her life and asks St Peter how often he cleans, hinting at a ruling passion. The saint concedes and invites her in with a broom and dustpan instead of a harp.
Seedy Applicant vows to move the crowd while the Theatrical Manager stresses the need for someone who can draw tears and audience reaction. Puck comments on the exchange with skeptical humor.
A Washen family recounts relief from stomach trouble and bad skin after switching from tea and coffee to Postum. They say digestion improved, complexions cleared, and nerves stabilized within six weeks. The letter, from Battle Creek, Mich., promotes The Road to Wellville and claims many similar cases.
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