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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
6
In a playful exchange a mother tries to teach empathy after Louise admits she ate a worm. Louise counters that she also ate the worm’s mama, highlighting a child’s blunt logic about nature and appetite.
A Capper's Weekly gag has a boy teasing his father about his mother's poor parenting. The boy jokes that she makes the kids go to bed when they are wide awake and rise when they are very sleepy.
The Murray Hill hotel on Park Avenue, a historic gathering place since 1884, will undergo modernization after its owner Benjamin L. Bates died. Once frequented by Mark Twain and Grover Cleveland, the hotel features a storied past including old menus, a famous bar, and a red brick exterior cleaned in 1925.
Melbourne Anglican vicar Father F. B. Maynard of St Peter’s church proposes regular theater performances in the church to teach the Christian message. He argues drama can convey religious teaching more effectively than sermons and aims to use plays as a teaching tool if plans succeed.
Harrisburg reports a seed trade involving 90 native tree species between Pennsylvania and Soviet Russia and Korea. The shipments aim to diversify forestry stocks and expand international scientific cooperation.
Ross Burlingame of Ashtabula Ohio recalled a childhood fall when a stick jammed into his mouth and injured his throat. After a coughing spell he coughed up a toothpick sized splinter that had remained lodged for years.
An American doctor warns that kissing spreads germs, claiming billions of germs can transfer between lips. He cites Minnie, Hilden, Dot, and Marie as example dates in a London crowd, implausibly tallying 700 quadrillion germs in a week.
An article notes Goodwill bags’ worn items land with Europe’s Old Clothes King M Thicin who sells about 7,000,000 dollars of discarded goods yearly to Africa and Asia rulers and elites. The piece highlights international markets for U S used clothing.
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute notes 80 years of seed testing at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California stations. Over 50 000 tests yearly ensure viability and germination. Seeds sold locally from five cents a packet with a free Home Garden Catalog available.
A Scotsman buys a single spur claiming that if one side of the horse moves the other will follow, a wry tale of clever bravado and misapplied logic.
A fragment quotes a maxim from Decker praising a man who lives alone and unseen by others. The saying frames the individual as a sacred book unread by others while the person remains alive to himself.
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