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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
8
A collection of pithy maxims on gender behavior honesty and social conduct. Observations on time effort pride and the limits of virtue appear in a brisk, aphoristic tone suitable for a 19th or early 20th century reader.
A reflective fragment notes that aristocratic feeling survives all, silent people can be conceited, life brings unexpected things, and public and private remarks matter. It hints a career should align with real skills while jealousy hurts, and warns that many end life with only experience to show.
A compact compendium of maxims from Franklin Ruskin Ecclesiasticus and Southey on self reliance, service, vision, and wisdom. The quotes urge action, restraint, and balanced perspective through concise aphorisms.
A compilation of measurements and counts across science and nature. Cop per first metal. Betelgeuse spans 300 million miles. Earth diameter about 8,000 miles. St Lawrence tidal reach 283 miles. human lungs offer about 2,500 square feet of surface. whale hide yields 200 boots and 25 shoes. housefly wings 35 vibrations per second. honey bee 440 vibrations per second. spider species exceed 10,000.
Two Pittsburgh inventors patent a loud speaker with clear transmission up to three miles. A device enabling rapid reloading of a percussion revolver in two seconds has been patented in Kansas City, related to winey.
The Alpha Bible Class elected officers including Sunday President W. P. Slusser Vice President Russell Denbrook Secretary H. D. Stinson Assistant Secretary Chas Nussbaum Teacher T. C. Hunsicker and Treasurer W. B. Singhass.
Duane Wolf thanks all who remembered him during his illness with flowers cards letters and food. He also thanks the Alpha Bible Class the DHS Senior class and faculty and all who expressed sympathy. These kindnesses will never be forgotten.
Judge Ross W. Funk of Wooster files declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for a second full term on the Ninth Ohio Appellate District Court of Appeals. His petition, signed by over 300 district representatives, notes his prior service and a 44 613 vote majority to a full term.
The article traces funeral sermons and rites back to ancient times, noting how eulogies and burials were connected in archaic cultures. It cites ancient Greece and Rome, where the custom of praising the dead was well established and influential.
New York era tale recounts Bob Davis seeking O Henry to write introductions for a series. Davis offers up to sixty dollars. the writer replies with a wit filled reply and shares pears from a bowl of ice. The anecdote highlights O Henry’s charm and quirky customs.
The Kit Kat club linked mutton pie to loyalty to the Hanoverian succession. Thirty-nine noblemen founded the group to promote Protestant succession, choosing mutton as a ceremonial dish. The link to Stuart preferences remains unclear though Charles I was also famed for mutton.
An extravagant sum bought the Pepys mazer, a maplewood bowl with silver gilt bands and a Virgin and Child engraving, once owned by Edward VI almshouses at Saffron Walden Essex. The piece, dating to 1507-8, is linked to Pepys writings and is now headed to America.
Coleridge described writing Kubla Khan after an accidental sleep induced by an anodyne. He woke from a three hour slumber and recorded the lines then, but could not recall the rest upon returning to his duties.
Nutgalis are hard nut like galls from Asiatic oaks produced largely in Asia Minor Syria Persia Cyprus Italy and elsewhere. Chinese and Japanese nutgalls come from Rhus trees and are large and irregular. They are rich in tannin used in leather dye inks medicines and related industries. Several New York firms are listed as importers from China and other countries.
The housemaid recounts a neighbor who has grown deeply unsettled by loud radio noise all night and even complained to the police. The woman jokes about sending her to a home called the Home for Indignant Women, highlighting social snobbery.
Histories note that British frigates in 1812 were manned mainly by English sailors, a mixed class recruited through bounties and county levies to raise manpower for the navy.
The piece details a Portage County wedding of John Lehman and Ruth Speigel in Johnstown Pa with relatives present. It notes summer schooling plans in Harrisonburg and teaching intentions in West Virginia, plus a line of graduations and career moves from local families and clergy, including Miss Henrietta Sommer’s Berkeley PhD and teaching offer.
A brief opinion notes that the white man’s burden in golf can be shifted to the caddy, reflecting a period view on golf culture and labor roles as observed in the Arkansas Gazette.
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