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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
3
A family feud in Iuka between Steven and Samuel Lewellyn escalated to gunfire. Steven shot Samuel fatally, wounded Mrs Lewellyn, then killed himself. Steven was 36 and Samuel 32. Mrs Lewellyn's injuries were not life threatening.
A simple inexpensive bedroom set for girls can be made from plain heavy muslin at ten cents a yard. Create a bed spread with a wide sheet shape, red or blue band, and a six inch vine motif stitched in fadeless cotton. Matches for curtains and cushions follow the same design.
The article laments Chinese practices in measurement and distance, noting varying pounds and pints by merchant, and inconsistent Euclidean distance reports. It illustrates with a claim that A to B is four miles while B to A is eight, explained by uphill versus downhill starts.
A child who laughs at school brightens the day, described as the boy who laughs from morning till night. He faces lessons as play and avoids tears, valued as a dozen sulky peers. A mother offers pudding to entice good behavior, sparking a cautious question from Tommy about the pudding’s kind.
The passage compares walking a longer distance on even ground to a humorous argument about aging as practiced by the Chinese. It notes the playful notion of counting a person's age in tens and quotes a mother joking about aging as she shifts from 30 to 40.
A lightweight flyer suitable for indoor or outdoor use rises to about 25 feet and sails for a while. The maker costs only one cent and uses a raffia piece 28 inches long cut into 10 11 and two 3 inch segments. A knitting needle forms a central hole and raffia is bent back to meet ends, secured with wire. Two 3 inch pieces attach near the front with thread and glue as shown.
A cryptic note shows a method to form eight word sentences from two dot placement. It lists six examples with names and lines as demonstration.
Jane demonstrates crafting an eight word sentence using two dots while Jessie asks how it is done and awaits guidance.
Jessie asks if the line is eight words while Jane confirms the famous date name. The exchange centers on the phrase The eleventh of November nineteen hundred and eleven.
A humorous exchange in a Sunday school setting where a child claims Paul is the wisest because he never married, while the teacher corrects him that Solomon holds that title. The joke hinges on a misinterpretation of wisdom and marriage.
A visitor asks a girl why the baby cries and Edith replies that the infant might need tuning, a humorous remark highlighting a playful misunderstanding.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy funded a $1000 gold prize for the best 100 pounds of wheat on the American continent at the New York Land Show. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan won with Marquis wheat, boosting Canadian farm esteem and signaling Alberta and British Columbia strengths in crops and equipment.
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