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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
4
A reviewer criticizes missionary influence in the South Seas praising some gains yet condemning imported clothing and resulting pneumonia among natives. The piece mocks fashionable attire as unsafe and immodest, while noting conversion to Western religion and the rapid spread of new garments.
A description of fake pearls made from a chemical essence orient with ammonia-treated fish scales, plus waxy gum dressing and river fish sediment. It notes emeralds being highly imitated with Peru as source for real stones and France for imitations, and that real pearls become electric by friction.
A London Field note describes large trout preying on live animals. A pond with two islands hosts farmyard rats. a full grown rat was captured mid‑crossing. Fishermen report trout also seize young mice and rats, large frogs, and young water hens or other small birds dropped on the water.
The Moon is said to drive tides and slight magnetism changes but science finds no weather influence from the Moon. Public belief persists though many consider it superstition, linked to old ignorance. A NY congressman recalls a Washington newsboy quip about visiting the White House and staying briefly.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip contrasts influence with affluence. The ear of the man prompts a choice, the practical politician answers preferring influence first, claiming affluence will follow. The brief exchange reflects political calculus and social mobility.
A brief exchange notes money flows as a joke about ease and hardship. The speakers contrast perception of money’s ease with its rapid departure, reflecting on attitude toward wealth in a concise witticism.
A Col lier s fragment notes a humorous quip about learning and the Siggers bogger, reflecting a playful digression in a vintage publication.
The essay argues for artificiality as a social grace, praising manners taught at home and the female role in shaping taste. It contrasts gentleness with vice, cites Ruskin and Edgeworth, and critiques pure sincerity as impractical. It calls for deprecating conventionality while upholding kindness as tact.
The article argues that Philippine education, though conjectural in duration, must continue long under American auspices to ensure its continuity. It warns that without American guidance the educational system built by the U S government would likely collapse if control passed to Filipinos.
Maxwell argues the tenement house must be eradicated to restore urban life. He urges city credit to fund model workingmen homes on unoccupied land with moderate rents, defending paternalism when private initiative fails to root out the home life decay harming the nation.
A 19th century advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for various ailments including dyspepsia and constipation. The copy mocks youth for disrespect and claims the pills work irrespective of age, priced 25 cents at Smock’s Drug Store on Joe KX.
FOR SALE A farm of 240 acres one mile west of Paxton fine stock and a grain farm Apply to John T. and Will Hays 14 tf FOR SALE A 4x5 Alta B plate camera almost new Can be bought cheap Inquire at Muehlers Drug Store 6 tf STRAYED Young hound dog black and white with white ring around neck Finder return to Aen Waddell & R No 1 Shivin Ind Joe K Smock ads and testimonial about Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea 38 cents
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