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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
11
A failing butcher, rivaled by a new shop across the street, heeded a clergyman's push to try prayer. A week later he reported success after praying last night, noting the rival over the road broke his neck the next morning.
Former New York mayor George B. McClellan recalls a Thanksgiving afternoon at Atlantic City. He witnessed an overdressed couple quarreling on the boardwalk, an man pushing the woman who fell to the ground, and the woman shouting that pawned fly screens funded his holiday.
Walter Mahony of Troop H U S Cavalry at Camp McCoy Wisconsin explains years of scaly dermatitis on arms and legs. He says Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured him after trying other treatments. three months to complete the cure with samples and Skin Book offered by Cuticura for Boston Dept. L.
A cautionary note urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the proper signature and to trust Fletcher's Castoria, a remedy claimed safe for over 30 years as infants and children seek relief.
A short feature profiles young Charles as he learns to manage a violent temper with family support and self control. He pleads for mercy when faced with punishment, saying punishment makes him angry while he tries to restrain himself.
Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops claim to effectively drive out colds and stop throat irritations at drug stores.
The Times notes readers missed a vessel in distress with no illustration. The schooner Marjorie Brown sprang a leak and nearly sank, leaving the public deprived of seeing a dramatic scene in print.
A motivational poem warns against postponing effort promising progress tomorrow. It challenges the reader to act now, noting how delay yields missed chances and temptations that hinder growth. The piece urges decisive action and self discipline to seize present opportunity.
A foreigner taunts the new country about lacking tradition while a native boasts of a long and winding presidential lineage. The retort notes many presidents and those who imagined they ran for president, reflecting on national history.
A candidate declares at a rally that upon his death he wishes three words on his tomb: He was honest. A heckler replies that the nerve would go with him to the grave, prompting laughter in the hall.
A boy mocks a bearded lady while a Circassian beauty from Philadelphia Ohio defends her. The exchange hints the lady’s first name is Queenie, prompting doubt about the boy’s reaction.
The narrator reflects on time and money, noting money’s flighty nature and its limited speech. He suggests money talks only through a simple farewell as it passes away. The piece blends wit with a skeptical view of wealth’s value and urgency.
Bunsby is described as a world man. the dialogue notes he has traveled little yet mentions a three month living stint in New York. The exchange centers on his worldly experience and residency in New York.
A woman soliciting subscriptions appeals to sympathy, while a blunt captain of industry retorts that the country has no tariff on sympathy. The exchange hints at broader tensions between philanthropy and commerce in a business oriented era.
A witty exchange has a woman claim the surest way to reach a man is through his stomach while the man responds that the easiest route to a woman is via the jewelry store. Their banter playfully skewers courtship tactics with humor.
A sharp exchange features the line Your scheme is foolish followed by Foolish? Yes, sir, absolutely foolish. The speaker likens the folly to the lobretto of a grand opera, mounting a playful critique of impractical plans in a theatrical moment.
A playful exchange centers on Bingle as the answer to satisfaction. The dialogue jokes that only Bingle itself can satisfy the question, poking fun at obsession with a name.
Washington reports a plan to span the Kashmir valley with a 75 mile aerial cableway over the Himalayas. A London company would build it using U S electrical gear powered by a Rampore water plant, with total costs near 1.5 million dollars.
Dean Curtiss of Ames Agricultural College cites Canadian progress in vocational and technical farming education across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. He notes experimental farms funded by Dominion government and strong university agricultural colleges plus demonstration farms, co op creameries and elevators supported by government financing to boost farming, breeding and marketing.
Mrs. Carter Harrison wife of Chicago’s mayor declined an appointment to the commission on industrial relations citing duties as mayor’s wife in a large city that cannot be neglected.
In Bayonne New Jersey Recorder Boylan fined two disorderly sailors after they were ordered over the telephone to permit the steamship Oriflamme to sail with the tide.
Burglars robbed the home of Thomas Degan, a keeper at the Essex County Penitentiary, located about 100 yards from the prison in Caldwell New Jersey. Degan reported the break in and details of the incident remain under investigation.
An advertisement notes dairy Shorthorn and other dairy breeds sold at cost with long payment terms. It adds that Western Canada grain yield in 1913 was excellent though below normal with wheat 30 to 45 bushels per acre and other small grains showing good averages.
An elderly colonel, famed for generosity, helps a poverty struck veteran with a half dollar. The man reveals his service was in jail where he served 15 years for jewelry theft. An aside notes a patent remedy, Mrs Winstow’s Soothing Syrup for teething.
A tense exchange unfolds as a woman accuses a man of weakness and love. He admits defensively that he is easily led, and she declares hate for a man without a mind of his own. After a moment she concedes her feelings but asserts his need for strength. The parry ends with his quiet surrender to the question of what else he can do.
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