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Newspaper
Saint Johns Review
Location
Saint Johns, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
3
A jumble of quotes and captions from various sources lines a cluttered page. Narrative threads include jokes about laws and independence, snatches from magazines, and comedic dialogue about merchants, shoppers, and a ferry conductor.
A Pittston Gazette quip and a Washington Star joke show children misnaming biblical figures and a teacher punning on geography. The exchange features a boy aiming to become an explorer, seeking broad observations over minute accuracy.
A column surveys long standing myths from weather and medicine to diving gear and drowning tales. It debunks notions about cats suffocating babies, steam, pendulums, and legends of famous heroes, while tracing the evolution of diving apparatus and the Taylor diving dress.
The article discusses time freight where knowing each car’s location on busy lines matters for efficiency. It notes freight cars move between lines and cities and are tracked by telegraph and records, highlighting the modern need to monitor car location every few hours.
The article notes that even with modern improvements to diving armor the exhaust valve remains essentially unchanged since its original design. It references Mr. Taylor's patent and presents an illustration from Scientific American.
Five American railroad planners in Brazil simulate an election at Porto Velho selecting Thomas F. Murphy as mayor with pasteboard ballots. Natives vote, Murphy wins by apparent regular vote, sparking local unrest as the group departs after two years laying out the Madeira Morrow route.
A Detroit Journal clipping lists notable single men across eras with brief lines caricaturing social life and wit. It cites figures from statesmen to artists such as Hobbes, Newton, Smith, Kant, Leibniz, Voltaire, da Vinci, Turner, Handel, Beethoven, and Meyerbeer.
A quip filled item references a town missing man for two years and a returning tale of sitting up with a sick friend. The tale shifts to humor about Weir taxes and April duty as a character named Dinguss riffs on unpaid taxes and family banter.
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