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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
6
A 1909 supplement narrates a north pole expedition actor as a polar star and notes a manager's joke about a polar work. It also recounts a Bohemian theater curtain drop after a telegram revealed an $8,000 lottery win.
The passage notes Dr. Samuel Johnson’s paradoxical stance on music. It cites Lowell on a hard heart softened by music, then contrasts with Johnson who reportedly disliked music and lamented difficult pieces though humanly contradictory in temperament.
An advertisement extols acetylene gaslight as a steadier, cleaner alternative to kerosene lamps. It argues a 24 candle power light for 10 hours costs 33 cents per pound of calcium carbide and requires minimal maintenance, contrasting with kerosene lamps that need daily care. It invites readers to write in with their home room counts to estimate costs.
A playful episode during the Darwin centenary in England recounts a schoolboy prank on young Charles Darwin. A companion used a trick about an uncle’s fortune and a hat to persuade shopkeepers to give away cakes, ending with Darwin bewildered as the boy fled with the goods.
Indiana teenwoman Harriett Spangler daughter of Mr and Mrs F P Spangler of Union township Indiana is described as probably the state’s only girl engineer. She works the throttle for her brother’s threshing outfit and has long served as fireman when his sawmill ran.
The reader notes that she won the role to operate the traction engine for her brother’s fleet during the season. She expertly handles the engine, attends to its mechanism, and can drive between stands on the road as well as others.
At the Parked Deer River Baptist Church in Dyersburg Tennessee a new church with a fur nace was dedicated. Mrs Pettus and her son attended. the son, ill with bronchitis fever, requested a warm place for the boy. The sexton redirected him to a register. During services the boy whispered he needed to go home as the fever returned.
Holiday excursion sale announces fare one and one half for round trips. Prices listed as 25 cents. Sales dates December 24 and 25, and January 1st. Travel good for return to Fanua B. G-Pest, Agent.
A clipped quotation from George Horace Lorimer reads The Difference, Opportunity knocks once, incompetency knocks all the time. The line emphasizes timely action and steady effort.
A mother asks her six year old Bobby why he did not come when first called. He replies that she told him last week never to accept an invitation unless it was repeated. He notes many people invite once out of politeness but really want him to come.
Mrs Carrie Doherty King of Cry stal Springs Miss is the only woman mail carrier in her state. She delivers mail on a rural route making a circuit of about 25 miles a day. In girlhood she won many trophies for horsemanship, an achievement now of great service to her.
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