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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
3
An eastern town paper quotes a peculiar society item about Wirs Coulter confined to bed by illness and not at home next Thursday as usual, as published in Harper's Weekly. The note highlights the quirky nature of 19th century personals and social columns.
After a bout of La Grippe Mrs F J Norton of Freeville New York reports weakness and exhaustion eased by Dr Miles Nervine. The ad claims La Grippe weakens the system and convalescence should use Nervine to restore energy with a money back guarantee on the first bottle if no benefit.
A New Orleans Times Democrat vignette shows a young wife misnaming oatmeal as hot Scotch. Mr Dash and George exchange embarrassed glances as the hostess explains the joke to the overnight visitor. The scene ends with the wife serving the thick hot mixture.
The London Chronicle recalls how Holbein’s Wield of the Cloth of Gold in Hampton Court was found with King Henry VIII’s head cut from the canvas during Cromwell’s funds drive after Charles I’s downfall. A nobleman admitted stealing for art and national pride, later returning the head to its original position, leaving a visible knife circle.
A cold storage attendant describes rats thriving in pristine cold rooms. He notes their thick fur, frosted whiskers, and feeding on meat frozen rock hard, comparing them to historic ships and caravels. The scene blends humor with shock at unexpected vermin in sanitary facilities.
The piece describes Japan’s frequent fires and a national fire service with a specialized vocabulary for incendiary, accidental, domestic arson, fires from neighbors, shared blazes, and terms for extinguishing, flames, and condolence visits after fires. It notes a comprehensive lexicon developed around firefighting and fire events.
A Chinese doctor, punished by paying ten loads of wheat, is told by a man he meets while carrying the grain to treat a sick relative. The man warns him to hurry as his barn may be cleaned out in the meantime. The item appears in Scrap Book.
A light exchange in the Washington Herald celebrates practical daily logic noting nature's foresight and a humorous remark about ears serving as spectacles hooks, reflecting the period's wit.
He asserts a five foot four ideal for women while his Darling retorts she is five foot nine. He quips about divine stature, and an Anacharsis line about laws catching flies and hornets.
The passage warns that pride consumes the proud, describing pride as self-praising glass and trumpet, and asserts that true merit lies in deeds over praise, echoing a Shakespearean tone about self-praise versus action.
A Boston correspondent reports Maine led by a record big game season with over 1,600 deer and about seventy moose shipped via the Bangor and Aroostook railroad. Open moose season closed December 1 and deer December 15, with notable stories of mistaken identity and humorous incidents among hunters.
In Hall Caine's My Story an anecdote recalls a visit after The Woman in White. A guest congratulates Collins with icy cheer and boasts she knows a villain far surpassing Fosco. She claims her husband, Edward Bulwer Lytton, inspires the real evil.
The London Standard notes that only a few regiments may march through London with fixed bayonets. It cites the Royal Fusiliers tracing to Cromwell’s trained bands, the East Kent Buffs, the Royal Marines, and a grenadier battalion once impressed as marines.
The piece quotes a New York business man noting a type of person who only understands remarks when prefixed by a catchword like Listen. He cites a stenographer and a telephone operator who require Now, listen to grasp messages.
A Kansas City Times report recounts a brakeman saying a cow was hit early this morning above Coffeyville after the animal drank from a creek under a bridge. He described the moment with a grin as he left town on the last car.
In a courthouse dialogue Weed claims his wife is on a vacation to the Thousand Isles taking a week per island. Simson questions her absence while Jimson notes the trip and duration. The judge presides.
Fragmentary lines reveal characters debating Ethel's marriage to Mr Gunson. Florence questions the union as unfathomable, while Lawrence suggests wealth as the motive. The dialogue hints at age and propriety concerns in a domestic scene.
Kansas City motorist H. A. Fowler describes a home made car heater using a house register placed over the exhaust pipe and a custom boot that buttons to the front of the vehicle. The system heats air around the driver and front passenger feet without hindering pedal operation.
Elizabeth N. Phillips argues in the December Delineator that a national Santa would spread the spirit of giving across the world on Christmas Eve 1908. The ideal would warm cold hearts, provide shoes and coats for orphans, and replace greed with Christlike charity.
Charles H. Steele of Brookfield Massachusetts, a veteran cobbler and noted weather prophet, claims the winter of 1908 9 will have thirty five snow storms. His rule ties the moon age on the first storm day and the storm day to a weekly date to determine the total storms.
A December Delineator notes a festive trend where quick biscuits are filled after cooling. The hollowed tops become cups for a turkey celery caper salad mixed with mayonnaise prepared a day ahead, producing a ready to serve, novel holiday dish.
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