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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
5
Linen stock replenishment offer for Thanksgiving. 72 inch Superior Latin Damask with Fleur de Lis and Pansy patterns priced at 68 cents per napkin. 125 value 68¢ napkins to match. 72 inch extra heavy Damask 1.50 value now 1.23 per yard. napkins to match 275 to 5 dollars.
Excellent stock for you to select from early for Christmas sales. Handsome centerpieces and tapestries plus bags and baskets from 25 cents to 1.79 dollars. Beautiful rugs carpets and draperies offered with room size Brussels carpets 9 by 12 feet priced from 9 9s to 17 0 and Axminster rugs at 1.87.
A man with a bleeding nose stood in the Dwight building alley as bystanders offered improvised cures. Suggestions included raising a hand, driving a key into the back, tucking paper under the lip, and even standing on the head, leaving the man to push through the crowd and leave.
Ernestine Gregory becomes the first woman to pass a Berlin Seminary of Oriental Languages exam. She earns two full diplomas and the honor for mastery of Oriental languages. Her Russian language and literature exam is especially noted as one of the swiftest ever by a pupil of the institution.
The passage presents travel as a purpose in itself not for destination but for movement and awareness. It contrasts youthful liberty with adult obligations and suggests holidays become burdensome tasks rather than escapes from routine. The narrator emphasizes tactile experiences of the world over comfort.
A visiting British commenter notes how immigrants to the United States adapt to prevailing English ideas. He recalls an Italian boaster teasingly telling a bootblack he is English, mocking English respect for Italians and Garibaldi’s hospitality, with a playful jab about English pronunciation.
A parrot of Henry VIII fell from a Westminster palace window into the Thames. The bird cried for a boat for twenty pounds, a boatman rescued it, and the king offered Polly the reward. Asked for her earned share the parrot ungratefully demanded a groat for the knave.
A bucolic youth provocatively invites Cynthis to view the biggest calf on the fair grounds. Cynthis retorts that she has already seen it, while playful exchange underscores a rural fair atmosphere.
Granul ured. yvor twenty years I suffered from a bad vase or granulare sore eyes. Says Martin Boyd of Henrietta viIn Meorcary 1903 a vent emiassed me tote Chamberlain Salve. This salve is for sale by GW Kemp.
A poet laments a failed romance prompted by impulsive purchase. The speaker recalls sending a beloved at home a week ago and returning to find the shirt faded and worn after a hasty, costly choice. The laundries treated linen poorly, underscoring regret.
An advertisement promoting Chanileclatr Stomach and Liver Tablets claims the remedy is beneficial and easy to take with pleasant effects. It notes a 25 cent price and offers free samples at Kemp's Drug Store while citing other quotes about personal responsibility from Fra tio Dresser.
A small exhibit at Mrs Wodys Photograph Gallery features ping pong post cards used as novelty pictures. Visitors explore quirky images hung beside classic portraits, blending sport and photography in a playful gallery display.
A compact reflection arguing reason can be forceful and blunt while appealing to the heart. Chesterton contrasts persuasive appeal with coercive force, noting that touch to the heart is humane whereas compelling the head can feel violent.
Mrs Parvie New-Oh expresses admiration for Paris praising its people and culture. She notes the intelligence of residents and even school children speaking French.
Fragmentary OCR reads a small classified item for a laundry service agency. The readable fragment mentions an agency code and a brief contact cue, with no full sentence clarity or complete facts.
John Kendrick Bangs vented about an omnipotent manager altering his fantasy Tonight in rehearsal the manager turned a musical satire into a tune full show Bangs joked he fights to save punctuation hoping for a comma and a couple of semicolons even if the rest is discarded per Harper's Weekly.
A composite 19th century vignette touches on class hunger and marriage. Lucinda clarifies a male visitor is her husband while a beggar prompts Glimby to give charity. The passages shift to a conscientious architect and a Rhode Island climber with a mountain peak claim, all in brisk anecdotal style.
The exchange in the Chicago Daily News notes a humorous debate about gender equality with a quip that woman has been his sequel from the start. The cartoonish dialogue contrasts expectations and progress in a light caption.
A Bee Culture correspondent explains two winter arrangements to keep hive entrances clear. One uses a 3gx3 inch inner entrance, another uses a full width 39 by 53 millimeter outer cut with a 3 inch gap to create an enclosed vestibule. The goal is to allow air flow to reach the cluster, reduce damp corners, and limit dead bees and filth buildup while shielding direct sunlight.
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