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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1916
Page
7
A vivid World War I scene describes French soldiers on the Somme front leaping from trenches at their officer's command. They rush the enemy amid deadly machine gun fire and bursting shells as leaders urge courage and resolve.
The excerpt recalls Lucy recounting Browning's response to offers from an American weekly and English magazines. He declines all payments, insisting he writes for readers who choose his books, not for periodical serialization, and laments turning pages of magazines as uninvited guest.
Fred Bailey a barber reports an accidental relief from hay fever after entering the Hartford City Ice Company's rooter. He continued the treatment for days and now believes the remedy nearly cures him. The news spreads as plant workers seek similar relief from hay fever at the cooling area.
Cattle and hog quotes show good to choice cattle with steer and heifer values, grass fed and pulp fed, plus prices for feed and grain components. Hay and grain prices list Colorado and Nebraska upland, Timothy and alfalfa per ton, with regional variations. Chicago live stock quotes outline hog and cattle ranges, with native steers at 4.40 to 11.25 and western steers from 6.15 to 9.40, plus sheep figures and grain prices for context.
Chicago market notes show Wheat No 1 hard at 1.56 and No 2 red around 1.56, Corn No 2 yellow near 89 cents, No 4 yellow 84 cents, No 4 white 14 cents, Oats No 3 white about 46 cents, Timothy $3.50 to $5.00, Clover $11.00 to $24.09, Pork $28.50, Lard $14.52, Rice $14.52.
In Washington facing the Mall the Pan American Union building houses ambassadors and ministers from the Western republics. Founded partly by Andrew Carnegie and James G Blaine, it embodies unity, peace and mutual knowledge through a tropical courtyard, native crafts, and a library.
The Very Sort jokes about selecting a pet bird when asked by a minister why he suggested a vulture. The quip hinges on the irony of calling a bird of prey an appropriate pet and plays on wordplay.
A readable fragment notes a son selected for a calling at a theater site with mention of a good job. The text is unclear but indicates a family mention and employment context in a theater related setting.
A wide collection of brief items covers inventions, salaries, laws, and oddities. Topics include Japanese claims about a wet light, a rear admiral’s low pay, anti boycott laws in several states, tensile strength of manganese steel, oil use on railroads, and population dog ratios in Nemaha Kansas. Also noted are beet breeding gains, hairpin, cigar holder, reinforced collar inventions, Parson Bell in Oak Bay, a dual aeroplane car patent, Italian perfume use of flowers, Sweden eating rule, cloves from Zanzibar, Philadelphia mayor’s salary, Natal sugar plantotons, hydrogen use in Europe, a loom mimicking handwoven rugs, adverts via mirror tech, and a Mount Vernon pondry with two stems.
A Louisville Courier Journal passage notes a daughter taking an interest in domestic science and occasionally challenging her mother’s traditional methods as outdated. The dialogue hints at generational shifts in household work and training in homemaking skills.
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