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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
5
The LaCrosse tractor claims its horizontal twin cylinder engine is a dedicated kerosene burner not an adapted gasoline motor. The design emphasizes the fuel difference and asserts kerosene as its intended fuel for better performance.
The article recounts Mammoth Cave’s early status as a world wonder since 1809, its wartime nitrate role in the 1812 era, and its rise as an American showplace. It notes visits by Jenny Lind and theater performances in Booths Amphitheater with Edwin Booth references. The piece mentions copyright history and cultural significance.
A discussion of the deadly upas tree of Java and its mythic poisonings, contrasted with its surprising practical use. The tree’s inner bark yields ready made cloth, usable after removing soft tissue, with a small branch section capable of supplying fabric for trousers or seafearing items.
A reprinted essay on laughter presents a definition: laughter is not mere facial spasms but a pleasurable chest sensation from sudden inspiration to compare our worth with others and judge ourselves superior. The Port Rose House Publisher notes the essay by Stendaht.
A fragment from the Pennsylvania Grit uses rust as a metaphor for mental decline and indolence. It argues the master key of life is the mind, warns against senility, and urges constant effort to raise one’s usefulness and influence.
A young girl faces a test of politeness at table as she resists contradicting elders. The scene centers on Frances who finally names pepper as the culprit, amid family dynamics and a moral lesson on manners. An insertion notes Beethoven’s life as a contrast to perseverance.
Willow Creek sits in a vast prairie belt far from city measures with surrounding ranges in the distance. The town carries a plain name yet embodies the Western flavor of Bear Creek Roundup and Sioux Pass amidst an expansive landscape.
A satire notes misfired speeches at commencements where speakers bungled lines. A clergyman in a seminary yearned to say weary benches but spoke beery wenches, echoing Spooner. A university lecturer laments a catshell misquote and quips there’s truth in oats.
A New York Evening Post piece recalls a man noted for broad learning and curiosity. It contrasts European knowledge gained through travel with a friend who stayed home yet remained globally aware, valuing time, books, and people while detailing a humorous counterfeit money episode and a street incident.
A fragmentary street exchange in Times Square has Silas from the Cross Roads meeting a young man who identifies as John Dee son of a bakery keeper from the 1880s era. Dee asks about the Boll family and loans amid hard times and rising prices.
A legend claims Captain Kidd and Captain Morgan buried pirate treasure along the Savannah River in South Carolina. A fortune teller charged $26 per person to reveal burial spots and marked multiple sand locations, then disappeared after taking the money.
Nichrome a nickel chromium alloy is widely used for electric heater wires and cast crucibles. It resists high temperatures with a fusion point around 1500 degrees centigrade and enables heating of the toughest chemical glasses as if they were soft soap.
A note describes cornerstone wares at building corners as receptacles for current newspapers and historic documents, a practice common in municipal burgeonas and intended to preserve community records.
An excerpt from Leuleville Courier Journal cites a joking remark about a maid claiming her mistress took a cosmetics course. Experts weigh in, suggesting the idea deserves serious consideration.
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