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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
3
Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a tale of Smith visiting his rich aunt Lavinia. A supposed burglary scare escalates as he frantically activates a burglar alarm, only to open the door to a messenger asking why he rang for assistance, leaving the heir pondering a possible will boost.
The Rev Dr Leighton Parks recalls Bishop Potter resolving a parishioner’s intemperance with a pledge about wine. Potter replied that if the man would swear off intoxicants forever, Potter would stop drinking wine, a vow kept by both in their lives, despite later comic newspaper jests.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes a prisoner remarking the seasonable scene and expressing a preference to be moved to the icebox as investigators confirm his suspicions. The dialogue reflects a tense mood and cautious humor amid confinement.
A humorous exchange features lines about an upcoming comic opera with no merry villagers no jolly tars and no bandits. A character worries about a ta r and jokes that whatever is put in will be commas reflecting playful wordplay.
A nature student reports that convolvulus tendrils moved toward his shoe and later toward a pole placed away from light. He insists the plant shows sight by curling toward objects in darkness, citing observations of leaf and stem movement over several minutes.
George Burden found a 42 inch rattlesnake near a water jug and killed it, preserving skin and rattles. Two Copeland boys killed 12 rattlers at a den by Little Hickory creek. Henry Amburger reported missing eggs and found a dead eight foot black snake with a ching eye in its stomach, explaining the theft.
In a feature by Tit Bits, Thackeray is cited at six feet three inches, with Conan Doyle at six feet two though appearing shorter. Cutcliffe Hyne stands six feet three, Hesketh Prichard taller still, Keble Howard six feet one and a fraction, and his brother R.8 Warren Bell ends the list near six feet five.
The company controlling almost all Brooklyn waterfront docks introduces electric trucks replacing three wheeled horse drawn carts. The electric vehicles carry triple the load, speed operations, and reduce dock repair costs. The shift ends the era of horse labor on piers and replaces slow transport with efficient electric service.
A Philadelphia fire chief praises a German born recruit after a perilous blaze. The chief exclaims well done Hans my boy while the recruit jokes about being alive and not dead, reflecting a brief exchange from a dramatic incident.
A New York mission worker recalls observing two tenement urchins playing a game with homemade rackets and a rubber ball. The children boast their own rules, joking about swatting the ball three times and using humor to define their play.
The article credits James Finley of Pennsylvania as the inventor of the modern suspension bridge. His first bridge appeared in 1801 02, and by 1810 eight had been built. He later produced many more. His Mcensee John Tempelman built a Merrimac crossing in Massachusetts in 1810 still in use by trolley cars. A Lehigh river bridge at Lehigh Gap, completed in 1824, follows his original plans and remains in use.
A former U S secret service head, still active in crime detection, recounts how threats from convicts he helped imprison haunt them after release. He describes prison discipline's iron rule, the criminals' fear, and a chilling encounter in Philadelphia when a released counterfeiter fled upon recognizing him.
A group of amateur shooters ordered 30 pigeons for a match. The dealer reported all 30 returned alive, plus a stray pigeon. He offered to supply more on future occasions and cut the price for the next order.
In a New York Globe anecdote a portly gentleman orders a Metropolitan Life barnyard a joke drink described as plain soda with egg and a straw served in a tall glass. The professor mixer explains the bizarre term to onlookers during a chat with a Wall Street crowd.
Reader skims an incoherent OCR fragment about social inclusion in London, with garbled phrases and stray punctuation. The readable bits reference whether people must sue to join society and a stray exclamation about polite behavior, leaving the core event unclear.
A French journal argues tears are not magical but can be studied scientifically. It notes that romantic tearful scenes are explained by chemical effects on brain and body, with alarms about dulling nerve centers and undermining sentiment.
A youth writes to his uncle asking for money, confessing shame and seeking help. He fears the messenger will lose the note. The uncle replies with a comforting, humorous letter, telling him not to blush and to have faith Providence heard the plea.
A Philadelphia Record report describes a sleepy passenger named Simkins who woke to a crab in his basket. The crab crawled along the rack and fell onto his shoulder, prompting stunned passengers to wait for what would happen next as Simkins muttered about work.
A distillate of Ruskin on how virtuous living changes appearance and aura. The passage argues that godliness and charity daily soften features and refine the body, with grace shaping both moral and intellectual faculties through every gesture and action.
The French author Francois Coppee cherished many animals in his Paris house and rose garden. When reports arose that cats in the deserted home faced starvation, authorities learned Coppee had already left all his pets with friends.
In a wora a discussion pits two men arguing about Indian bellicosity. They claim Hindus are a bellicose set and describe their own ideas as spare, reflecting a dated caricature from Harper's Weekly.
Miss Gertrude Coghlan, daughter of the late Charles Coghlan, recalls a childhood dialogue about acting beyond her years. She asked what to do with her hands and her father replied to forget them, reflecting on early training and performances.
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