22 May 1913
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
1
The piece notes heavy travel spending with more than 250 million dollars yearly on automobiles and near doubling rail passengers from 1890 to 1910. It highlights long distance trips abroad, vacation drives, and the value of variety and change for productivity, citing examples from doctors employers and churches. It also references local Memorial Day plans and a political tariff debate in Congress.
The McLean bill signed by President Taft designates migratory game and insectivorous birds under federal protection. Ornithologists note many species are near extinction, citing the lone wild pigeon in Cincinnati as a stark example. activists wish earlier protection had existed.
Druggist C Lower of Marion Ohio testifies Dr King’s New Discovery is the best throat and lung medicine he sells. He says it cured his wife of a severe bronchial cold after other remedies failed. A home doctor for colds bronchial throat or lung cough. Price 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by Wm Kipp’s Sons. Try the Journal clubbing offers.
Minnie Henderson, a known belle, is courted for three years by Joel Davis on the Henderson farm. Aunt Judith pushes the match with family pressure, leading to a last scene where Minnie and Joel marry with the wedding planned at the preacher's, ending a long courtship.
A fragmentary exchange features the caption Castoria The Kind You Have Always Bought and a fortune teller remarking on lovers. A patron retorts that a brunette after marriage poses no danger, while a woman comments on betrothal. The text blends product branding with a casual anecdote.
A scientist estimates Lake Como covers 15 square kilometers with an average depth of about 600 feet, twice that in some places. In midsummer the lake stores heat daily equivalent to burning 4,000 tons of coal, absorbing heat from February to August, then releasing it to stones as autumn returns.
A distressed pupil, Katie Barnes, arrives at school with tears about an incomplete excuse form. Miss Green consoles her as the girl explains she forgot the required details including names, address, date and place of birth. The scene reflects administrative pressures on children to have proper documentation.
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