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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1910
Page
7
In northern New Hampshire a man despised by women buys a suit cut by a village tailoress. She added seam allowances, making it too large. He refuses to try it on, and upon its first post office visit boasts of seven yards wrapped around him, quipping God a new coat.
A young lord visiting an American family is praised by the mistress for servants calling him Your Grace. In the hallway he tells a pretty servant she is attractive and might kiss her. She answers with a beatific expression, O Lord, for this blessing we are about to receive, we thank thee.
Charles Sumner, in London, answered a crude remark about ashes and dust with a literary quip. He cited Gray to note that ashes can hold living fires. The guest was not criticized again that evening.
A humorous dialogue considers whether a pickpocket is stopped in action. The speaker notes a single exception to arresting a thief, asking if the exception applies when the thief is his wife. The banter plays on trust and irony.
A farmer narrator vows to stop visiting Paula's city kin, mocking urban life and railroads while praising rural wealth and self sufficiency. He boasts of a monorail, des acroplane, and irrigation farm plans, urging a return to the land despite city ties and family judgment. The piece satirically contrasts urban gadgets with farm routines.
The article notes a pattern of global seed and seedling trade. German nurserymen demand Montana larch seeds for Germany while pine seedlings move from Germany to Ontario. White pine has flourished in Europe, enabling cheaper seedings from Europe than American nurserymen offer. The exchange extends to Douglas fir, black walnut, eucalyptus, Norway spruce and Alpine pines among continents.
A woman explains she cannot leave on short notice because her servant Mary is reliable and meticulous. The speaker notes Mary’s back-fastening clothes require her stay to manage and tighten.
The account outlines laryngeal warts appearing as small pinhead growths to larger masses. Some are rough, pale, or yellow with a core and tiny blood vessels, while others are soft and swing with breath or speech. Horny warts are noted as a bad sign, though Professor Moore of Hordeaux cites harmless cases.
The tale follows Nebuchanezzer an unhappy cat confined like a caged canary by a deaf grandma and a cluttered household He endures overturned pans a cold from a dripping fridge and a punitive castor oil dose as he longs for peace and even wishes for death before realizing life would still be grim with companions.
The piece recalls Virginia hospitality as elastic and communal, with guests staying seasons and weekends unheard of in its past. It highlights generous hosts like Major Drewry and Sir Thomas Abney’s guest Isaac Watts, who stayed forty years, illustrating the culture of open homes and long stays.
The London Chronicle notes Sussex lists quirky names such as Replenished Pryor and Stand-fast-on-high Stringer while naming unusual surnames like Pitchfork and Whisky. Dorset features village and river names including Ryme in trinseca and Wriggle river with odd greens and hills.
European tourists extend strawberry season from April in Italy to May in Venice and South German woods, drawing red into shops. Wild and cultivated berries blend, famed for delicate scent. California markets offer berries year round.
Pann reports a large blaze that gutted several structures just outside the ball grounds while others at the game claimed they missed the incident. The exchange captures the confusion as witnesses discuss the fire’s scope and timing.
Fragmentary remarks mention a suitor and objections to marrying a daughter. The text hints at social pressure and family commentary about union and propriety without clear context or names.
John H. Gilmor recounts the 1906 Santiago quake from August 16. His Araucan cook Antonia saved whisky and aided in gathering clothes while others fled. The couple and servant spent two nights in a carriage after locating Gilmor’s wife near Alameda as aftershocks and darkness overwhelmed the city.
A tortoise in Ohio Township, Uartholo mew county, has moved only about an eighth of a mile in 20 years. O A Sprague carved his initials on its back 20 years ago, then released it. Everett Sprague, a local teacher and relative, found the reptile again and noted the clear initials, with the tortoise’ s minimal movement since.
The article explains that Tommy Atkins did not originate with Rudyard Kipling. It states the name came from British Army pocket manuals where fictional enlistment details used the name Thomas Atkins, likened to how Civil War soldiers were called Johnnie Reb by opponents. Kipling popularized the nickname but did not create it.
The late Professor Sophocles at Harvard was a short finely built man with white hair and beard, olive complexion, and sharp eyes. A shy but genial man, he lived alone in a college building, made his own meals, and kept a neglected room with an unwashed floor from October to June.
The piece surveys how royal mourning has varied across eras and nations. It notes elaborate regulations in pre revolution France and Scotland, sumptuary laws in England, and bans on excessive attire for ranks. Anecdotes from George Buchanan and Addison illustrate economic and social impacts of royal sorrow.
The Detroit Free Press reports Judge Ben Lindsey of the Penger juvenile court using a charity speech to warn against cynicism. A preacher told a cowboy-styled parable of the prodigal son, prompting the cowboy to quip he would have shot the son and raised the calf.
A promotional piece urges people to use Coca-Cola at fountains to cool down and refresh. It also advertises a free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola and a 1910 baseball record book with Casey at the Bat. The Deacon's Parable tells of a clergyman mocked by a plain spoken deacon about following wrong tracks.
A teacher advocates diet and daily sugar and greens to improve carriage. He notes Japanese and Russian women display erect bearing, while sweets and heavy meals dull appetite. He prescribes two lumps of sugar at five o clock, lettuce and watercress for dinner, and insists patrons carry themselves well to suit fine gowns.
An Oregon inventor devised a trap for orchard pests using a barrel with rotten fruit, a water-filled pan with poison, and a hanging lantern above a tripod. Insects are drawn by the odor, alight on the water, and are killed by the deadly liquid.
A studious person may craft long objections to almost any claim. An examination anecdote shows a reader arguing a pin cannot stand on its point because a point has no parts or magnitude, plus it cannot stand on its head, and finally that sufficient pressure would not help.
A fragment describes a former governor walking through rain on Pennsylvania Avenue. A narrator in the shadows invites him for a drink and the governor, speaking in a southern patois, responds with vague curiosity and politeness.
The piece notes a second great cod bank off Cape Agulhas in southern Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope. It compares the Agulhas plateau in size and richness to Newfoundland’s banks, but suggests limited promise in meeting global demand for cod.
Seventeen years the standard pill advertised for women's ailments. A scientifically prepared remedy claimed to provide quick and permanent results. Sold at all drug stores.
A humorous exchange features Farmer Corntessel explaining his son Josh is a dreamer who won t get up until a late hour. The literary lady asks if he writes poetry or romances, and the farmer clarifies he does nothing but naturally sleeps late.
Important notice instructs mothers to carefully inspect every bottle of Castorea for the Matil Flea signature. It claims the remedy is safe for infants and children and has been in use for over 50 years.
A collage of humorous misprints and advert lines. jokes about inherited humor and college degrees. Allen’s Foot-Enase antiseptic powder claims. Marine Eye Remedy ads promise relief for eye troubles. a moral aphorism on happiness and misery. Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething troubles. a note on thoughts by a proverb about thick leads and thin ideas.
Advertises Tar Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a digestives aid for stomach liver and bowels. Describes sugar coated tiny granules sold as candy and easy to take.
Baltimore reader describes years of misery from irregularities and nervousness, finding relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy is the most successful female treatment and urges others to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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