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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
5
Christmas greetings and visits are listed from Spencer and area. Residents like Billy Ellig, the Flannerys, Claypools, Marker, Marcker, Lanter, Lachner, Anderson, and Rasmussen share holiday travels and family gatherings. New births, a few returns home, and small town errands fill a long roster of names and locales reflecting a festive season in local life.
A compendium of female views from across the country on bachelors and marriage. Women lament self centered men, bachelor apartments, and independence, urging better preparation, early courtship, and closeness to home life for future wives.
Revelations at Knossos in Crete suggest a written record on Greek soil eight centuries before earlier monuments and five centuries before the Phoenician Moabite inscriptions. Cretan hieroglyphs closely match signs thought to be the pictorial origins of Phoenician letters such as Aleph and Daleth, challenging the view that Phoenician script derived from Egyptian forms.
In a prewar context Marion Nurland relates how mis-spellings seed future punishment ideas. The anecdote shows a teacher guiding children through moral terms Heaven Hell and concepts of eternal fate amid a lively classroom, illustrating early attitudes toward religious instruction and discipline.
A satirical piece depicts a political shell game where a public figure manipulates walnut shells to reveal how politicians run public affairs for profit. The allegory critiques waste, tax hikes, and legislative corruption, asking why the public tolerates a system that profits insiders while deceiving citizens.
A dinner anecdote at Garatoga during the races recalls King Edward and Sandringham. James R. Keene quips about royal pork, telling of a West End butcher who buys the King’s fat swine yearly at high prices. He explains with a wink that the king’s pigs have a lot of leg.
A New England university faculty member asks a freshman if he has proved a vertical proposition in Euclid. The student replies that “proved” is strong, but adds, to pay that, Raye rendered it highly reliable. The Harpers Magazine fragment preserves the humor about mathematical rigor and credibility.
A verbose New York column profiles Edward Howland Rollins Green, son of Hetty Green, detailing his move to clip coupons, his weight, and a career arc from Texas to banking and politics. It notes his role as Hetty Green's aide and a potential mahogany desk job while hinting at family wealth and influence.
Stephenelat Alexander, a longtime Georgia senator, represented the state in the upper chamber for 14 years. He chaired key committees on appropriations and post roads, focused on economic policy, and was a staunch partisan who valued merit in administration. He died after a year of illness, survived by his wife and seven children.
A customer asks about the works of Lord Tw een. paleaman replies one copy only. It is rare and costly at hook, price to 265 dollars. The buyer notes limits, and a comparison to another market. The text includes garbled foreign phrases that do not alter the core exchange.
A compact critique on pride in knowledge citing Jefferson Voltaire Kepler and Leibniz. The text mocks human credulity noting sea rocks atop mountains once seabed, referencing historical tales and disputes about science and belief. It threads playful digressions about eruptions and misattributions to natural history.
A quirky anecdote recalls a well known writer named Lant summa staying months with a family in Wace and returning to New York after Mosquitons drove him in October. A tax official offered a $10,000 loan, the protest led to offices being eaten, and an official questioned the writer amid a strange exchange about a 60 cent loss.
Readers are urged to mirror courtesy in society. The piece contrasts American youth with Japanese behavior, noting elders in Japan also treat youths with gentleness and respect. It argues mutual courtesy across generations, implying reciprocal duty to set examples for younger people.
Harriet explains the six year old Marcie intends to give up German lessons saying she dislikes the language and resents the hugs and kisses she receives during lessons. The statement reflects a child’s resistance to continuing the program.
The excerpt shows Falher speaking in broken, misread phrases about language and age, with a child interjecting remarks. The text resembles a distorted diary or dialogue fragment lacking coherent context or clear events.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss shorthand origins and later methods. It cites Ennius Seneca and Roman literati, then references 17th century writers and the Hesnan era. The text mentions developments leading to modern shorthand techniques and a late 1600s approximate timeline.
A quirky recipe style notice urges hosting a bridge party with a Muoral assortment of women and an add number. It suggests a heater, a high cap for guests, chocolate cake, olives and tea, and a light white wine. Spice with recent fancy flavors and some peppery tempers. Cards may be used or omitted.
A fragment outlines a celery jelly recipe using celery pieces, onion, parsley, and lemon juice simmered in hot water, strained, then gelled with gelatin. The method mentions soaking gelatine in cold water, straining, and pouring into an aquaria mold, though text is garbled.
Trustees of Mealow Township Chey County Towa invite sealed bids for road work on Feb 15. Bids must be delivered to Langdon Town Hall by 10:15. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Clerk delivers notice in December.
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