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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
A Kansas graduate explains her theme Beyond the Alps Lies Italy with humor. She jokes about not pursuing poetry, valuing education, and aiming to marry a capable, hardworking man who can run a farm, cook well, and not be bossed by female relatives. She humorously mentions grammar and shopping for soap.
A playful verse style summary notes rivalries among flowers in a whimsical Flower circus. The Tiger lilies claim tricks superiority over the dandy lilies while various blooms like Fox Glove and Parrot's feather are mentioned amid light hearted gossip and a moral tone.
A Chicago Record-Herald passage recalls a self made man who rejects the idea of failure while noting he earned wealth as a receiver. The piece contrasts his stance with a quip about discouraging failure as others falter. An old negro falls ill and prefers a black physician before a white doctor arrives. The tale ends with a physician asking about temperature while the patient jokes he has only missed his watch.
A landlady welcomes a new boarder referred by a former guest who praised a fat-reduction remedy. The stout boarder recalls trying many anti fat solutions and agrees to a short stay possibly related to the cure.
A compact selection of humorous exchanges and wry banter from newspapers. Jests touch on domestic life, in laws, medical costs, and seaside summers with brisk, punchy lines. The snippets capture social observations and light theater of everyday remarks.
Ohio Magazine reports a sauerkraut trust formed in Toledo uniting about 40 individuals from 25 plants across Ohio Michigan Illinois Wisconsin and New York with a combined yearly production of about half a million tons. The move is framed as a blow to republican competition and market integrity.
The Reader notes cigarettes were first used in streets by Laur ence Oliphant and traces their English spread to the Crimean War era. British officers in Russia learned the habit from French Italian Turkish allies and from Malta and Gibraltar. It began in London clubs and grew from 1870 to 1880 under fashionable society.
Linoleum strips are treated for 20 hours in a hartshorn salt solution with alum, dried, soap rubbed, and pumice polished. The finished straps are mounted on wooden handles and yield a smooth sharp edge for razors.
Troxell president of the Bible class led by John D Rockefeller Jr at Fifth Avenue Baptist in New York denounces outsiders who mock the members. The class secretary mails postal cards to boarders and some boarders scoff at the cards, provoking his ire.
The narration describes a playful magic routine at the Rialto where a participant mimics a sleight of hand, then is challenged to squeeze a lemon. The dialogue shows the friend attempting the finger bend trick and completing it on the first try.
A Senator recalls an old veteran who tripped on a landing while letting out the cat. The man’s wife asks if he fell downstairs as he grunts, admitting he thought he had lost his pension for about a minute and a half.
Filed for record items dated August 2 to August 21 include quitclaim and warranty deeds, td and qc transfers among individuals such as Martin Romero, Jose Onisto Romero, Salome Romero de Gonzales, Mary L. Chase, and others. Also noted are public trustee actions, affidavits on the Edwin L. and Esther French estate, and a hardware promotion by Murphy Newcomb Hardware Co. for woven wire fencing.
Timber sale advertised for about 590 acres on a Hot Creek watershed in Rio Grande National Forest Colorado. Bids due by August 31 1908 with minimums per species and conditions. send bids to H E Cramer Forest Service Washington DC. Nevada claims exempt. right to reject bids reserved. acting Forester M T Cox signs. first publication July 24 1908 last publication August 15 1908.
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