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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
3
The piece reports a lively contest with many named contestants and organizations. It notes vote results among ladies and men, lists prizes including a piano and multiple diamonds, and outlines rules for eligible voters and participating groups. It highlights rumors and shifting fortunes as July 29 approaches.
A metropolitan correspondent explores whether socialism would dictate dress, arguing tyranny of fashion under a communist government could surpass that of current elites in London Paris and New York who fix fashions.
Article argues that chain tires damage carriage roads on Riverside Drive and elsewhere. It claims rubber tires do not skid in curves, while chains tempt higher speeds and unsafe turns, calling costs of road damage a failure of public safety justification.
A stark denunciation of cruel punishments references Pennsylvania and Altoona. The piece discusses the sweating box and brig as methods of coercion, noting their use on condemned or unconvicted prisoners and likening them to old warship devices. It ends with scattershot lines about debt and a local rumor.
A fragmented report laments fashionable weddings in New York as women allegedly discard decorum, stealing bridal garlands and textiles as a sign of civilizational pressure. The piece cites public decency debates and mentions a dated, sensational tone in the era's journalism.
The Milwaukee Sentinel comments on Advivon saving and making automobiles affordable while noting the difficulty some face in accessing cars. A doctor argues for scientific parental selection to curb truancy, while Kusela’s new warships aim to improve flotation versus Japan, with calls to keep children at home as the surest remedy.
The article recalls Chancellorsville’s battlefield features and ruins, noting Hooker’s headquarters in the Chancellor house, its destruction by artillery, and the nearby plank road junction. It describes wartime fortifications, skeletal remains later gathered for the national cemetery, and monuments marking the battle’s high death toll.
The Agricultural Department reports alcohol can be produced from corncobs triggering panic in Southern newspapers. Unlimited demand for alcohol may curb corncob pipe supply as readers react to new discovery.
In California orange groves during harvest season from December to May, Japanese pickers and others clip fruit with care. Boxes hold about 200 oranges and workers move fruit via belts, with careful washing and grading into quality categories like fancy. The industry supports many long-lived seedling trees planted in the 1860s and beyond, including famed groves in Los Angeles and Riverside.
A fragment notes labor MPs in the House of Commons advocating Cartier wittion to force workers to walk home in all weathers if the House sits late, criticizing the affordability of cabs and autow or broughams in London.
The article argues Shakespeare’s religion was Catholic in leanings, private in belief, and reflected in his work without attacking clergy. It notes the Reformation era context, says the plays convey Catholic precepts, and observes his reverence for the church alongside lack of polemical religious critique.
A quotation from a Columbia Dispatch criticizes engineers who know too little or too much about engines. It argues the best engineers understand practical limits, can locate a piston, and avoid overcomplicating setups, praising balanced expertise over theory alone.
A Kansas City Star item reports a bank president and depositor debating the weight of dollar bills versus a twenty dollar gold piece. They test new and used bills and conclude twenty used bills approach the weight of a twenty dollar gold piece due to dirt buildup, highlighting practical change making.
Dialogues between Dick and Jack reveal humorous reproach about proposing to a beauty. Dick laments lack of encouragement while Jack suggests cold feet or cold hands as reasons, with a playful jab about the beauty's reaction.
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