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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Eskimo burial practices with a man dying, stripped of fur, and laid on tundra near a cairn. The text mentions stones, cooking vessels, weapons, and the gear used, but details are unclear and partially garbled.
A fragmented prose piece extols trust in people and personal service. It proclaims optimistic teamwork, suggests repeated connections or signals, and contrasts cynics and pessimists with a vision of winning through supportive, pleasant service in business.
Doubt surrounds whether human gentility ever surpassed Lord Holland in his equine welfare. He kept a weekly concert for his horse stud, erected a gallery for the purpose, and claimed music cheered the animals and improved their temper. London Titbits.
One authority states the flute is among the oldest musical instruments. Primitive cave dwellers made flutes from leg bones of birds and other animals, a record of such origin preserved in the Latin name tibia.
Christmas cards displayed in the Review voice with various designs. Correct English A Monthly Magazine notes its 24 years of authority edited by Josephine Turck Baker and offers sample copies for 10 cents from Correct English Publishing Co. at 11-25 Evanston, Illinois. Agents are sought nationwide.
Shipworms, brown mollusks that burrow, destroyed the Golden Hind, Drake's famed ship, as timbers suffered extensive damage from their burrowing activity during the voyage and voyage preparations.
John Sargent of Pulnter, despondent at times, surveyed a self painted panel of roses and told himself that one thing in his life was worthwhile. The fragment evokes a personal moment of reflection on purpose and achievement.
A vintage promotion highlights Youths Companion 1927 as its centennial year with plans for 52 issues, serials, short stories, 100+ articles, boys and girls sections, and a current events survey. Subscriptions offer 52 issues in 1927 plus remaining 1926 issues for $2.00, with McCall's Magazine as an optional add on.
A Boston Transcript humor piece quotes a bride-to-be about her fiancé Bob’s conditioning as a joke. She says his routine includes cold baths, arguing such discipline helps him wake early and tend to chores, prompting humorous banter about daily discipline.
Driver answers a gallon while the garage man questions the plan and mutters about life in a terse oral exchange reflecting a rough, fragmentary street scene from a historical page.
A garbled note from The Progressive Grocer reveals a hurried shopper instructing George to fetch two bars of soap for washing lettuce. The fragment hints at a domestic scene in a grocer’s context with exchanged phrases.
Instructions advise applying copal varnish to shoe soles after the sole is thoroughly dry. If not yet dry, roughen the surface before varnishing to ensure proper adhesion.
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