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Newspaper
The Fairbury News
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
10
A quoted excerpt from Bailey's Magazine discusses the divine gift of hands in riding. It recounts John Darby balancing a chair with twine to teach control, then contrasts calm hands with horses that misbehave due to lacking skill. The piece then hints at broader lessons on riding discipline and balance.
The piece explains a three lance sting with a central hollow blade and two grooves guiding raised beadings. Each lance slides over the others, forming a sword like triple blade. The barbed points dive deeper with each thrust, likened to a deadly war device surpassing explosive bullets.
A quaint weather forecasting device, the old fashioned weather house, is described as largely Swiss made. Two figures move via twisting catgut and a wire supported platform, with moisture expanding or contracting the catgut to reveal the man or the woman at their doors. The construction is simple and easy.
Advertisement notes a Danish hotel with a charming setting a garden good cuisine kind landlord with spoken English very good and moderate charges easy access to salmon and trout fishing and mountain scenery praised by travelers in the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette.
A Moro matron walked past the quarters in a striking outfit. Her helio trope jacket, purple trousers with heart embroidery, red and black sarong, yellow plush slippers, and a yellow silk mantilla created a vivid, coordinated ensemble. A plain lady’s maid followed with a magenta parasol.
A London Scraps quip shows a landlady and lodger quarreling over breakfast options. The lodger asks for preference when only an egg or nothing is offered, prompting a sharp reply about choice and consequence.
A tense exchange shows Editor returning paragraphs and accusing the writer of producing them for fun. The writer protests, saying payment is expected. The brief captures friction between creative and editorial voices.
A quirky piece recalls a pigeon racing wager between a colonel and a major, with a colored boy named Joe helping clip wings for a shipment to St Louis, as two birds arrive with damaged feet. The tale sits amid notes on naval gear and a college president quoted on blunt language in wartime life.
A shore line train passenger notices a dress suit case protruding from an overhead rack. He identifies it as a friend’s and briefly explains to a reluctant conductor. The case is left at the next station for return on the opposite train, a good deed that leads to an unexpected reunion and a clear moral: be sure you’re right and then mind your own business.
A Washington woman hires a hgress and finds the servant on the kitchen floor with hair frizzing. The girl explains she is pulling her curls to ease a sore throat, trying to pull a lock to relieve a tickle, alarming the mistress. The incident unfolds in New York.
A New York Press snippet describes a shopper who fluctuates in choices, baffling the clerk as she negotiates coffee prices from 25 to 40 cents. She finally asks for a pound of forty cent ground coffee, provoking the clerk to affirm its quality.
A Kansas City Journal quote contrasts wealthier buyers with the average shopper. The weary salesman notes a millionaire can walk in and order freely, yet rarely acts, highlighting price sensitivity and social tension in consumer behavior.
A morning exchange shows four year old Paul asked the name of the first meal. He quickly answers oatmeal, prompting his papa.
A short exchange where Tommy asks his papa for a clue from childhood and the papa hints at his own father as a source, evoking a Chicago News frame. The fragment hints at family lineage and a forgotten past within a city context.
A man in a Kansas City Times piece recounts a night with an old cuckoo clock that woke him at 2 am with repeated coo coos. He eventually offers to let his son wind it daily in exchange for the clock. The next morning the father, tired, questions the night’s events as the son jokes about sleep.
A narrator recalls stepping on a young girl’s neck by accident during a conflict on a Solomon Island beach. Villagers demanded the child be taken for punishment as her mother faced execution. The speaker refuses to abandon her, asserting he saved her life and protecting the child from the ovens.
The century plant blooms only once after long growth, then dies. In southern California it matures in 15 to 20 years, colder climates 40 to 50. Native to northern Mexico, called maguey, it yields pulque. At bloom the plant sends a 12 to 20 foot stalk with tassel flowers, draining the plant.
A London Pick-Me-Up item records Captain Jones delivering a short lecture to his company on public behavior. He instructs soldiers to ignore civilians provoking a quarrel in a public house and to drink up their beer and depart quietly, testing recruits with a Q and A.
A brief Chicago News exchange shows Bones asking a riddle about pastry cooks and bill stickers. Tam answers vaguely while Bones notes one paste puffs up and another puffs up, illustrating the joke tone.
A terse quarrel over character between a boastful man and a calm woman as generations of gentility are debated and unmade in sharp dialogue.
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