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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
2
John Ames reshapes Wilks park with a loan backed by Peter G Houston and plans a bold new venture after rescuing Maizie Houston from a mob at the fairground. The city buzzes as the park opens with free rides and a fierce security drive to curb crime at the gates.
Two weeks later Peter G Houston reports progress saying he has cleaned up his share of the work while addressing John to begin tasks.
In a scene at the amusement park project Ames greets Maizie Mouston and her father Peter G. Houston. They tour the grounds as a canal bridge, lake, and new fronts rise, while Ames jokes about Maizie running the merry-go-round and recounts winning over the police chief.
Mazie Houston misses a day, leaving John Ames lonely as he works on whimsical park sculptures. Joe Wilks notes Mazie's charm while painting griffins unicorns and devils. Mazie appears again, revealing she is eighteen and rekindling Ames's hope in love.
On Saturday the renamed Pleasure Avenue hosted Children Day at Playground Park formerly Joe Wilks with Lemper's band marching at 10 o'clock followed by an elephant two camels a police cordon and a parade of orphans home city schools and newsboys amid large crowds of children.
In a tense exchange, Johnt discusses plans to hand over an interest after a stroke of genius. Ames dismisses urgency, while Joe Wilks charms with a frock coat. Houston boasts options on two hundred thousand dollars of property near Playground Park expected to double in two years.
In Houston on the veranda Maizie and John Ames play with a golden haired doll. John realizes a man may mistake the father for a lover then buys a doll and returns to brighten Maizie’s eyes. Peter G. Houston jokes about the scene and John muses about leaving the business.
The bicentenary of umbrellas in England recalls its ancient roots. Aristophanes in The Birds credits Prometheus as the true inventor of the umbrella to hide from Jupiter, describing it as a sun shade and a disguise in a Sicilian siege tale reported by the New York Tribune.
The article lists principal disinfectants including formaldehyde formalin carbolic acid and derivatives permanganate of potash chlorinated lime with sulfuric acid perchloride of mercury in water dilutions from 1 000 to 10 000 part water hydrochloric and sulfuric acids heat and the disinfecting effects of sunshine and fresh air.
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