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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
6
A farmer and a passerby discuss crows near Arlington and Charles County as the birds roost and feed along the Potomac. The farmer vents about crop losses while the other man recalls a rookery of 40 000 crows and their precise daily movements.
A limping man in Lafayette Square finds a single white clover and reflects on boyhood farm memories. A passerby offers help and a momento, underscoring a gentler view of the world despite cynics.
A Washington visitor, amid small town niceties, watches a famed bronzed patron falter over a cutlet. The mighty man, with a walrus mustache, blushes when the waiter notices his missing bite and salt request. He eats drearily as the scene lingers in the dim room.
A flowery speech by Representative Holland extols the Norfolk district’s foods including Lynnhaven oysters canvas-back duck and Smithfield ham. He invokes Atlantic to Pacific imagery praising regional specialties and dismissing tariffs as irrelevant to terrapin and other goods.
The article recalls Cape Cod windmills once common in salt works and cranberry bog drainage. It notes their height around 25 feet, varied shapes, and decline after a cheaper foreign salt process ended local production. Some mills were repurposed for cranberry pumps amid changing fortunes.
A 1914 essay argues friction harms machines and humans alike. It links lubrication to longevity and compares medical practice to preventive engineering, praising Crile on cell exhaustion and neurasthenia. The piece emphasizes mental inertia, habit formation, and the need for intellectual honesty to improve health and performance.
The text explains that matter occupies space and all matter follows universal laws. It notes brains are matter and thus bound by these laws. It lists Newton’s laws: objects remain at rest or move uniform straight unless acted on, and motion is proportional to the force in the direction of the force.
Kingston England reports there are now seven women on the board of guardians in Kingston. No other board in the Kingdom has as many women serving on the guardians.
Treasury chiefs face questions on tariff and currency bills as press queries their impact on business. Secretary McAdoo says reforms are routine and business remains largely indifferent, planning to proceed without disruption. The anecdote about Freddy contrasts cautious parenting with business resolve.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for eczema ringworm pimples and other eruptions promising itching relief and healing. It offers a free liberal trial by writing to Dept. 5 M Resinol Baltimore Md and notes doctors prescribe the products for 19 years.
The wedding guests have left. The Nomad chieftain, gloomily surveying the Syrian landscape, recalls exchanging a horse for his bride's dowry. He lifts his hands in prayer. Allah be praised he hopes the bride’s father has learned of the trade. Humorous and somber tones mix as the scene ends with tears.
Mrs. Nelson O Shaughnessy challenges stereotypes at a wedding at the Colony Club in New York. She dismisses the notion that women are weak or limited in public life and counters a critic who says a wife cannot reform a husband after marriage.
A dialogue notes why the press seems uniformly successful, with a remark that it thrives by constant feeding and maintenance. The exchange suggests media resilience through ongoing input and attention.
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