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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
6
A stream of wry observations references England’s sea power, Germany’s skies, and rising wheat prices. It notes 589 drownings this year and ironies in flour, coal, and business nap habits. Jokes touch P. T. Barnum’s widow marriage, Noah’s diary, and a Chicago placard for a wife. Morocco’s decline is linked to France stewing in the stew pan.
The column notes Wolace Fletcher dodges odors and endorses noodles with spaghetti as a nourishing combo while cautioning not to tell the barber about the quirky recommendation.
A Maine man was knocked by a wire line while hanging laundry, breaking his shoulders, as his wife completed the wash. The event is alleged to be mislabeled as a major natural disaster with no clear facts available.
A casual remark from Oscar Hammerstein expressing satisfaction with his finances is recalled alongside a lived dream of a past hike interrupted by a door rap signaling wake time.
A Russian paper says a clash between Japan and the United States is inevitable but postponed until after the Panama Canal. It argues the delay will allow time to prepare an aerial fleet.
About 749 Columbia University students applied for work with the committee on employment last year earning roughly $250 009. The average pays more than many first year lawyers after starting practice.
A German professor declares modesty a disease. He speaks for three hours at a dinner where seven other speakers will follow, suggesting no hope for a cure for his own outspoken stance.
A long serving Rhode Island factory worker was fired unjustly prompting a 4000 member union response to secure fair treatment. The article highlights women securing a place in the industrial order and the union power behind a single case. It also notes famed opals in imperial Vienna and Josephine’s "Burning of Troy" piece.
A man and a young woman flee a storm in a small cutter near Mailport. As they shelter on the sea, they confess a shared past hurt and a budding romance born of danger. They reach safety, and the pair acknowledge a future together after facing peril.
London Answers surveys shops in Paris and London selling odd relics from live earwigs to hair of famous figures. Auctions feature mummies of Peruvian origin, a Congo medicine man outfit, and a giant sloth hide fetched high prices. Walrus whiskers are sold as toothpicks with a booming Chinese market.
Senator Grabawl says delivering his maiden speech was not hard the real task was getting the audience to listen. The remark captures the lighter side of political debut as he reflects on public speaking pressures.
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