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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
6
Fragmented notes mix advertisements with disjointed historical and social passages. The coherent readable portions reference cooperative plans for threshing equipment and claim savings, then pivot to antiquarian notes on artificial eyes and quinine distribution in Italy, ending with a confused reflection on English political knowledge.
Practical guide snippets cover distinguishing fox from dog tracks in the field and underwater trap notch methods. It outlines mink tracking without visible signs, mink trapping where none exist, evaluating fur firms before business, and trading fox in cattle without harming farmers' hogs.
A Simla official, proud of Turkoman possessions, ordered a telephone system during a business trip. On return, workers installed it, but the laborers cut the rug with the wire, leaving the rug fastened to the table and floor, unable to be removed without damage.
A massive forty acre tract in western Clallam county shows nine million feet of standing timber. The Umberland property is part of a quarter section held by J. D. Lacey Company affiliates. County figures list 541000 feet fir 99000 feet spruce and 181000 feet hemlock on the forty acres.
A Princeton student in the natural philosophy class offered a witty answer to the question define transparent translucent and opaque. He suggested the room windows were once transparent now translucent and if not cleaned soon they will be opaque, illustrating the terms through a practical example.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column shows a woman scolding Aunt Mahaly over stockings that she says are filled with horsehair and worthless. The scene involves an elderly Black woman with a large family and a unnamed lady speaker.
Details list finger and voice insurance for artists like Paderewski Hoffman and Patti. Right hand fingers insured for Ku belik at 2000 dollars with total disablement at 50000 dollars. Hoffman's fingers insured at 500 dollars each. Patti's singing voice insured at 50000 with 125 dollars per appearance.
Electromagnets lift and move glass by placing a sheet iron under the pane and applying magnets to the upper face. The magnets attract the sheet iron, holding the glass suspended during transport and handling.
A fire on High street Walton started unusually when a circular shaving mirror beside a bedroom window focused sunlight onto the bed. The intense heat quickly ignited the clothes, igniting the blaze in the room.
A fragment references the phrase Sweetness and Light from Swift and Matthew Arnold, noting its adoption to describe culture and its relation to love and truth prevailing. The terse note hints at literary critique without full context.
A fragmentary line hints at a character Briggs described as extraordinarily vain or grand. The text shows a dialogue about borrowing and a disrupted quote, suggesting a satirical or satirical-tinged piece with incomplete speech and a humorous or critical note about a figure named Briggs.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a loan or borrowing request tied to Altitude Kalcker and a wife in the mountains. a figure around $500 above sea level appears, suggesting a price or value reference. Readable names are uncertain. context is limited and needs full text for clarity.
The vicar Rev C Harrison of Gelston preached from the church tower on Feast Sunday. Most parishioners sat in the church yard while he delivered The Builders and the Tower with a strong voice, his remarks heard clearly by those gathered.
A young man out sailing with his sister and her friend misquotes to hide a failure at landing against a head wind. He quips that “it is better to have Tuffed and lost than never to have luffed at all,” showing spontaneous malapropism turn into humor.
Uncle John Xanders presided over a new rule at the Lawrenceville sun ny school to charge 25 cents per Sunday for those who nap during study hours. The change aims to keep students awake and deter straggling arrivals as the Sunday lodging fee goes into effect.
In a terse exchange a worker quips about a No 7 furnace outage and exposure of stock from his pocket. The remark sparks questions over responsibility and oversight as managers seek explanations and accountability.
A fragment notes a character recalling a sustained belief, quoting I don’t just remember but I think it was the great god Pan. The line hints at mythic memory and a philosophical reflection on belief and memory.
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