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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
3
A note announces the solution of the previous week’s puzzle will appear in the next issue. The page lists a complex letter and word quiz with many clues across numbers and letters, including references to names, archaic terms, and geographies. The fragment hints at a crossword style etymology and a long solution grid.
In a reflective mood an elderly gentleman laments the decline of common courtesy. He cites rude behavior in crowds and public spaces, the rush for personal comfort, and neglect of the Golden Rule. He ponders whether postwar changes or a regression to brute behavior explain the shift.
The surname Burke traces to de Burgh meaning stronghold and city. Anglo-Norman Burkes settled in Ireland with Strongbow. Thomas Burke, born 1747 in Ireland, was colonial governor of North Carolina and studied medicine by age seventeen.
The passage traces William Penn from his Virginia schooling and law practice with Thomas Jefferson to his marriage in 1770, then notes his move to North Carolina, his patriot leadership against the Stamp Act, and his role as a colonial governor. It discusses Penn’s religious rights advocacy, his arrests and jury conflicts, and his 1681 land grant and 1682 voyage to establish a colony in Delaware and Pennsylvania, shaping what became the Keystone State.
A lyric ode styled as a bridal sea poem celebrates union of land and ocean. The speaker calls the land a bride to the sea and imagines the couple sailing beyond harbor, united by destiny and the shaping hand.
A short poem by Edgar A Guest reflects on the labor of gardening. The speaker notes that the memory of toil fades when pink rosebuds first bloom, and only the beauty remains to cheer the observer. The verse centers on devotion to the garden and the scent of roses.
Recipes for Spanish sauce to accompany beef or lamb chops a mint sauce for lamb and mashed potatoes with peanut butter. Includes directions for browning onions peppers and tomatoes then baking bananas with butter and seasoning. Also covers making a mint infusion with sugar and lemon juice and a brown stock based sauce.
The text describes William Penn as a generous Quaker founder of Pennsylvania. It notes his birth in London on October 18, 1644, his emphasis on thrift, and his commitment to alleviating others' suffering despite prison for preaching.
A humorous vignette notes the young lady across the way may lack spelling skill but loves birds she does know. It mentions a new system for sending secret Wireless operations developed in Germany.
A light note from the Kansas City Star records a suggestion to name a baby boy born on the first of the month. The reader asks for a name and the column playfully proposes Bill or Fuller Gloom as possible options.
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