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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
4
A fragmented ad lists items including toilet supplies, carpet tacks, and various fabrics. It mentions pony votes on lace collars, hosiery, lace stand covers, and shirt waists with yardage prices and quantities, all in a period newspaper style.
Thirteen Their Sacred Number notes thirteen as a sacred Mexic and Yucatan belief with an eighteen day week and thirteen snake gods. Also references to fate and mortality, a Baltimore 19th century dialogue about fortune tellers, and a sailor’s washing bill superstition tied to weather.
A fragmentary speech shows Mandy telling her boss she observed mocking comments toward other women during an outing. The text notes emotional distress and financial strain implied by “couldn't pay my pensrens,” suggesting personal or workplace tension.
In Berlin firemen wear double skin water jackets fillable from a base. If overfilled, water escapes through a top valve and cascades over the firefighter, offering double protection.
A garbled OCR excerpt features quotes from Balzac and Franklin, plus quips about love nature and morality. It includes stray names and phrases such as Alec Bonham Mrs Bonham Weill wages and a joke about ducks diving. The text mixes opinions on laws, explosives, and cheerful temper with scattered dialogue and references.
A compact reflection on character as a constant virtue, citing Emerson’s view that talent fluctuates yet true character remains a stellar, undiminishable greatness across moments of acclaim and obscurity.
In the Washington Herald a misstress asks the doctor about Hras health. The doctor replies he has a large libbab and is in bad shape.
The text notes the widest height spread among races is one foot eight and one-eighth inches and cites an average global height of five feet five and one-half inches. It presents a statistical snapshot of human stature.
A reflective piece contrasts judging by relatives and companions with the value of presence of mind. It cites Emerson on quick insight versus slow illumination and notes a dramatist’s wife quipping about eight frocks in a season, illustrating social expectations and wit.
A conversation shows a candidate confirming readiness for a demanding office. An eminent official cautions that constant attention is required, while the applicant asserts they will not need to hustle harder than their prior efforts to obtain the post.
Manufacturers of artificial ikes must find substitutes for Bogfish willow long used for its lightness and strength. Port Oxford cedar from the Pacific coast offers many of the necessary qualities for these applications.
A professor listens as his daughter recalls a teacher’s playful claim that King John harmed people with taxis. The exchange reveals a humorous misunderstanding about history and metaphor. A separate note offers stain removal advice for coffee on delicate fabrics using glycerine and careful blotting.
Old English land bidding method revived at Butterwich near Bownton involves lighting a candle and placing a pin on its side. The candle burns down and when the flame reaches the pin the land is set to the bidder who tugged the pin. Several locals recall past auctions using this ritual.
Se read fragments report an unclear incident with limited readable names and locations. The text lacks a clear event, date, or outcome to identify a definitive news item.
A collage of antiquated quotes and anecdotes touches on mortality belief and moral insight. It weaves Schopenhauer’s fatalism with Tolstoyan kindness and a child’s Sunday school mishearing, suggesting a theme of perception, memory, and human frailty.
A fragile white vase is repaired with green raffia enhancing its look and suggesting a method for restoring chipped pottery. The piece ends with a child asking about ashes related to a Sunday school lesson mentioning the king of Nineveh covering himself with sackcloth and ashes.
The article describes a Chinese funeral custom where after burial the body is exhumed after three years. The bones are placed in a vase and then reburied for all future time, preserving the ashes in a permanent vessel.
The phrase once in a blue moon signals rarity and echoes the idea of the Greek Kalends meaning never, though its exact origin is unknown. It was in use by the sixteenth century.
European carpet makers who once sent samples to southern countries to test fading now use mercury-vapor quartz lamps. The ultraviolet radiation from these lamps has greater dye fading power than sunlight, according to Popular Mechanics.
An ancient method of catching trout is described where a hand enters the water softly as the fish rests with its head upstream. A light finger touch may coax the fish to allow itself to be tickled, after which the band is struck beneath the fish and it is flipped over the tickler’s shoulder.
A tuning fork once used for tuning instruments is now valued for medical diagnosis. It is described as so useful that it may soon sit beside the stethoscope and thermometer as essential physician equipment.
The article notes peculiar jewelry habits of Dickens with Sach gems and two watches in his waistcoat pocket. It mentions a large chain and a Sunday Magazine reference, alongside a separate note on using small fish to control mosquitoes in undrainable pools.
The author discusses frequent scratching and feeding practices using cheap, long lasting feed. They mention buckwheat as a possible scratch material, shredded or cut corn fodder, and dislike meadow grass or swale due to matting when cut and insufficient feeding value.
A farmer writes that calf rearing hinges on vitality and proper feeding. If calves are not inherently strong from birth, no amount of care will yield profitable cows.
A Pennsylvania experiment shows rye meal as part of balanced dairy cow rations yields milk and butter production comparable to corn meal.
Dean Mumford of the Missox Experiment Station explains rape as pasture for hogs. A good crop can support 10 to 20 hogs per acre with careful grazing from 10 to 14 weeks, best when planted with oats and clover. Seeding should begin in spring after hard freezes, with rape tolerating light frosts but not freezing.
The note suggests drought and pests threaten corn but a dependable checks system arrives monthly year round, implying steady supply or routine despite calamitous conditions.
In a Western town Mr. Cobb married Miss Webb, and it is said he fell in love with her at first sight. The brief notice hints at a spontaneous courtship leading to matrimony.
A historic quotation warns that borrowing is the canker of every man’s estate attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The line reflects early modern views on debt and personal finance.
A compact, digitized snippet shows fragmentary dialogue about duty and prejudice. It references Phil Brooks, Beatrice Harm, and a judge’s view on bias, with stray phrases like Touch of Human Nature and a casual remark about another chance.
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