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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
2
The piece quotes Senator Bob Taylor praising generosity over greed. He argues wealth should serve loved ones, not shape a cold legacy. He condemns usury that destroys youth’s joy and the family’s happiness.
An ardent young millionaire pleads to marry immediately after securing a license. The chorus girl worries about press attention and grand opera stars occupying space, suggesting a quiet ceremony and a vital statistics notice instead.
A narrator recounts a staged engagement that becomes a real romance. In Russia she meets Count Alexis Ivan Alex androvitch at the Winter palace, later escapes a highway robbery in America, and learns the chauffeur is the nobleman who once danced with her. She reveals his true identity to her father and ends with the tale's unexpected denouement.
The Philadelphia Ledger presents a list of brain teasers with supplied solutions. It asks about products, place values, fractions, and division of fifty yards, then states the provided answers: seven and one. five, five fifths, and five tenths. eight and a quarter. fifty. thirty five and fifteen. forty nine days.
A classroom activity invites guests to guess quantities and measurements for varied objects. Items include a glass of beans a dictionary a ball of twine paper sheets a pole height an orange seeds in an orange water in a pail a pincushion and a baby's age from a photo.
Description explains badminton as a mixed game playable in courts or halls indoors or outdoors. It uses a shorter net and shuttlecocks instead of balls, follows tennis scoring with slight shuttlecock adjustments, and requires hits on the fly with no net contact or hand contact with the shuttlecock after service.
A playful cork figure named Carmencita is carved with a funny head and bristles for legs. A lace cap and silk ruffle decorate the body. When tapped, the toy dances gracefully on a table for a baby sister.
The article notes Tibetan greeting etiquette where meeting individuals remove their hats, stick out their tongue, and scratch their right ear simultaneously. It compares this complex gesture to the common Western nod and greeting.
A scientist records a spider’s daily intake and estimates scaled up to a man would consume a small alligator at daybreak, a lamb by 7 a.m., a calf by 9 a.m., a sheep by 1 p.m., and end with a large meat pie.
A collection of light verse questions and pun answers about violence, age of marriage, and animal wordplay. Exaggerated quips pair simple questions with playful, punny responses like conundrums about a beheaded animal and a parsonage marriage age.
Mary Mag Polly and Prue tidy their playhouse preparing for visitors at tea time. Raisin cakes and china are set out as the four girls dress in their best frocks ready for two o clock serving.
Salvidere, 1907 Brighton Cup winner, wings schooling jumps in Aiken South Carolina wintering as a new cross country hopeful. He would fill the vacancy left by Good and Plenty and previously impressed at Brighton Beach 1906. Purchased by John E. Madden and Thomas Hitchcock for 3500 dollars after a close finish with Fountainblue. Under Madden’s training he won all races that season earning 50000 dollars.
The article notes growing power boat racing interest with long courses. It lists as examples the New York to Marblehead race, the Bermuda race, and the Hudson river race, and mentions upcoming events to Shelburne, Block Island, and a 290 mile Lake Ontario cup race begun on Thursday August 12.
Arthur Lancaster, famed for swinging a hammer for twelve hours at Crystal Palace, continues record attempts by punching a nearly two pound ball for fifteen hours. He struck the ball about 100000 times, with occasional piano music to break monotony while spectators grew weary after short viewing spans.
Canada seeks a permanent canoe regatta course. Captain Charles Barr to sail Edwin Palmer's schooner Crusader Ir in the Bermuda race on June 5. Dominion Trap Shooters meet to be held in Ottawa August 3–6 at Rockcliffe. Readville track hosts Bay State Automobile association race June 17. Alaska Yukon Pacific expo offers 15000 for Gotch versus Hackenschmidt wrestling finish. Ketchel and McGann agree May 18 for six round bout before National club of Pittsburgh, largest in region with 10000 seats.
A newly married couple in a new home receives a bread delivery request from a baker who asks about daily needs. The wife answers with a cautious trial trade and estimates five loaves per day for two people might suffice. The joke cites neighbor Jones as a traveling man away from home.
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