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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
7
Science and his wife observe foggy river conditions as they fish with a long pole. The narrator reports anchoring after sounding four feet of water, then landing a bass within minutes. Nearby Mr Oconomowoc anchors and lands their first bass as the fog thickens.
In a lakeside tale, Jud Bates recalls faking a big catch with a boyhood trick. He narrates competing with a self styled scientific fisherman, the Oconomowoc couple, Ducky Jones’s tips, and a misty morning that ends with Clara’s warm approval of Bates’s simple success.
Advice explains a blow-pipe test to distinguish genuine White Lead from adulterated paint. Pure White Lead should melt back to metallic lead under intense heat, while adulterated versions will not. The National Lead Company offers free blowpipes and materials, plus a booklet, to perform the test.
Thomas Ingraham of Park Mills New York reports a henhouse theft where a thief left a scrawled note promising to stop and return “blooded” chickens. The writer asserts remorse and offers to prove honesty with future deliveries, while Ingraham notes the returned birds are worth twice the value of the stolen chicks.
A Missouri man sues a railway company for damages after his hound was killed on the tracks. The company counters that the dog chased a rabbit on the rail line, the rabbit being property of the railroad, and that the dog was a trespasser on the company’s rights of way. The defendant asserts the dog was not much of a dog and could have avoided the trains. The defense asks to be discharged.
In playful chat Mrs. Knicker notes the Jones boy's refined table manners. Mrs. Becker adds that his mother feeds him at home before he is ever invited out, reflecting a domestic routine.
A Michigan music student reports severe nerves hindered daily practice until switching from coffee to Postum. After a careful trial starting September, nerves eased by November, with renewed study and performance. The father, a physician, endorses Postum for patients. the company invites readers to hear The Road to Wellville in packages.
Punny exchange where a Parson quizzes Tommy during a lecture about injurious effects of smoking. Tommy resists spelling and mocks the lesson, prompting the Parson to question his school attendance.
A promotional notice from John x Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a seed catalog for 12 cents with mail order seeds including carrots cabbage cucumber onions lettuce radish and a flower mix. The offer claims a prior reader in Illinois paid 12 cents and earned 37.76 dollars equating to 314 percent.
A writer argues about whether a widower is married or single, noting the paradox in games of sport and daily life. He maintains the widower is married by status but single in current life, depending on perspective and personal skill.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure fully cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts constitutional treatment and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure, inviting testimonials and noting availability from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Exhausted from hauling furniture from the burning building a man asks a firefighter for a match. The fireman retorts sharply telling him to light the cigar with his own house. The anecdote highlights the ironies of a home aflame.
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative with the claim cure for a cold in one day and calls attention to a signature by RE. W. Grove. The ad notes the product price at 25c and mentions grapes used in champagne production, squeezing the juice six times to vary wine quality.
In a humorous exchange Mr Stubb reads the men’s fashion page and jokes about bulldog shoes being in fashion again. Mrs Stubb asks where a bulldog carries his shoes and he answers in a playful punchline that he keeps them in his grip.
Subbubs and Popley play cribbage and joke about a "tootsums girl" in a playful exchange. Subbubs states "Fifteen-two and a pair makes four" while Popley, distracted, describes the girl in affectionate terms.
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