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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
7
Professors Dergonie of Bordeaux and Arsonaval of Paris announce that currents of three amperes and from 1 600 to 1 500 volts passed through a man enable him to digest 70 percent of normally undigested food. The claim cites electricity as a digestive aid.
Advises mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria noting its long in use history and safety claim. Promotes Fletcher’s Castoria as a trusted remedy for children, with the slogan Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A charity worker remarks that the destitute teach much about manners. The speaker recalls a hungry schoolboy who held a chicken leg in one hand and a hot potato in the other, quipping that table manners were invented by those who were never very hungry.
New York Mayor Mitchel lauded a persistent commuter for improving district rail service through continual complaints. He urged that many dismiss original thinkers as cranks, yet those who kick drive community progress.
Pauline hurries to the station to greet Belfe, her dearest friend arriving for the weekend. She excitedly reveals Mr. Barpuim, a young millionaire, will teach her to a win. The guest is astonished, noting Pauline has been taught before but not by him.
Lady Cory and Lady Cook share quips in Pittsburgh about evolving dress standards with hoop skirts giving way to modest slashed skirts. A man jokes distance dulls enchantment as a girl is escorted home. The piece ends noting untested virtue is cheap and many men have good intentions.
The Osage tribe, drawn from historic Kansas lands, now holds vast oil and gas wealth in Oklahoma. A December payment of 977253.71 distributed to members, with future earnings expected to exceed 1000 per year, stems from a 3 million dollar tribal trust and 680000 acres of leases.
The Springfeld Republican outlines a system to move passengers from England by rail to the west coast of Ireland for steamer travel. A future Blacksod to Halifax and Boston line would require cross channel ferrying and gauge changing with hydraulic lifting to speed boarding. An Irish coastal railroad between Blacksod and Collogney would be built, seen as self paying and aiding development, with engineering by Henry Long.
A distorted verse fragment riffs on Rudyard Kipling’s Told tale of a lone hero facing magicians ogres and kings. The speaker recalls a solitary figure amid a dubious crew feeding the flame and launching through a world of daunting odds, mocking grand legends with a blunt timeless line Once on a time there was a man.
A Manchester Guardian excerpt shows a habitual offender acknowledging Providence and confessing to a robbery. He speaks with a detective about fate and jokes about a “20 quid” score, noting his wife’s death a month earlier and a timely burial.
The late Frank Simmons, famed American sculptor who died in Rome, championed a frank naturalistic method. He told a correspondent that truth amuses more than ideal. A mother asks if a girl is too old to play, and the girl replies she will age only to like boys more.
A vegetable nightcap may be seen in the agricultural museum in Washington. It is the sheath of a large African flower used by natives as a cap. The piece tapers to a pointed end, has a brown color and a lacelike fine texture, and is noted for sturdiness.
Fragmented OCR text shows a terse exchange about a joy ride and war, with lines suggesting disappointment and everyone exiting the war. The readable bits imply a wartime morale contrast and a refrain of dissatisfaction despite expectations.
A tree on James Hay den Cartiglen’s land at Pands town County Kildare Ireland was felled and the sawn butt bore a blood red hand like imprint. The report notes the mysterious marking as the sole striking feature of the tree before it was cut down.
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