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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
4
A new club for dog enthusiasts forms in London. It will offer a dogs cloakroom with attendants, boarding for members’ dogs, and a catering section for canine meals, signaling broad patronage from well known individuals.
A Holton Signal clip reports a boy entering a North Side store on the way to school to buy candy. He refuses lemon drops and asks for jelly beans saying they are for a treat the teacher cannot hear, a line echoed in a Kansas City Star note.
The article lists hiccough forms including nervous, emotional, irritation induced, and hysterical types. It notes emotional hiccough follows moral shocks or severe fright and that hysterical hiccough is a rough yelping or barking sound lasting minutes or hours.
Jorrocks confronts Dubbleigh over Binks involvement with a car in a ditch. Dubbleigh renounces Binks after recalling his failed attempt to assist, describing Binks as a blistering idiot who offered a corkscrew to pull out the car. The exchange appears in Larper's Weekly.
Judge Lumley Smith at the Old Batley noted that forged checks for eight pounds were commonly altered to eighty. The case involved a check for £8 148 turned into £80 14s.
The passage notes how weather brings out ginger in people. It highlights a man who consistently lifts others with his spirit and energy. He repeatedly provides encouragement and vigor to his peers in all conditions.
Dialogue shows a wife anxious about her husband handling a charged wire at the shop while fearing the risk of a charged account at the store. The exchange highlights domestic tension over workplace danger and household finances.
Describes a method for fencing hog pens using woven wire and barbed wire on frozen ground. Explains spacing and bracing of corner posts, sequence of stretching wire, and how to install intermediate posts before weaving. Ends with a stray note about a young drummer on a road trip.
A magistrate questions a woman about evidence and she replies she has a black eye as proof. The brief exchange highlights a stark, literal form of evidence presented in court.
A family father, upset by his son’s pre grace snacking, interrupts with a sarcastic blessing about what had already been eaten. The piece notes Ada Severson’s Judged by Written Worda and the column by Penderbooks.
A writer describes making a photo case from stenciled linen for a book, noting a foldable design that fits different picture sizes. The edge features a plain border with a central decorative motif, using gray linen or crash fabric for a sturdy, workable result.
In a curt backstage note the manager announces that the star comedian, Mr O-, cannot perform tonight due to severe illness and nervous prostration. The curtain speech prompts incredulous heckling from the gallery as strike questions about advance payment arise.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson notes that a common lack of craving for alcohol in children and women may be due to a strong sweet tooth and consumption of candy cakes fruit ice creams and other sweets. He links indulgence in sugary foods to tempering alcohol desire.
A quiet gun used in England to kill injured horses with a single blow to the brain is being adopted by American anti cruelty groups. The device operates silently and instantly ends suffering in a city street without attracting attention.
A curious guest asks why poor men leave bigger tips than rich men. The waiter-humorist replies that the poor man fears exposure of poverty while the rich man fears exposure of wealth.
The text argues that early training forms obedience in children and that without early formation, only struggle remains. It presents system as a noble universal peace law and notes that orderly childhood conduct is a key focus for later social harmony.
The Professor of Logic muses I laid my hat somewhere in this room no one has entered since. He concludes logically that he is sitting on it, a final punchline that satirizes the irresistible power of logic.
The North German Lloyd Steamship Co decides Manila will be a port of call on its Bremen to Yokohama route. The Cable News American notes the move signals a brighter business future for the Philippines and could boost Manila’s travel and global profile through improved transport links.
Bishop Goodman lectured a Sunday school about ten million square miles in Africa lacking a Sunday school. He asked what could be done, and the children shouted in unison to "Go to Africa" as the humorous punchline.
Cistern water can be sterilized by adding one tenth of a grain of hypochloride of lime per gallon. This treatment does not guarantee safety for laundry or bathing purposes.
A whimsical exchange features Mr Groucher arguing that diamonds are valuable because they are made of carton, equating carton to coal, while noting their shiny appearance. The piece lampoons judgments of value.
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