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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
13
Reports from Missouri indicate no passenger fare rise will occur until state railroad officials finalize talks or concede to a conference outcome. The delay follows a meeting of traffic officials held yesterday in Missouri.
A transporting tale contrasts harsh shipboard conduct with a workman’s dignity. An American aboard the Baltic recounts a conflict with four drinkers, a captain’s rebuke, and a deadly incident at sea. Other items recount threats to Taft and Cannon, and a Troy physician proposed for Mrs. Farmer’s execution in New York. Mary Ann Sullivan, born at Waterloo, dies at ninety three in Detroit after a battlefield tale of her mother.
West the Optician announces free examinations and affordable eyewear as satisfied customers in the West area wear glasses. The message emphasizes affordable pricing and asks readers to remember West for their eyeglass needs.
A simple cure for la grippa coughs is Foley's Honey and Tar which calms the cough and strengthens the lungs to prevent pneumonia. The genuine product comes in a yellow package with no harmful drugs. Sold by Smith & Winton.
Lisbon Ohio March 25 county board of school examiners met last night and revoked the teaching certificate of T R Orr superintendent of Columbus public schools. He was charged with using to excess a patent medicine.
A simple plea endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe proven cough remedy. It urges consumers to avoid experiments and to insist on the genuine product sold by Smith & Wilson.
A Pinto Indian in eastern Tabasco uses a harpoon, club, tarred lariats and baited pig to lure and trap an alligator. He sets a nose line, ambushes near a sand dam, and after a tense pursuit finishes with multiple blows to subdue the reptile, claiming debt for past losses.
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls Abraham Lincoln's belief in warning dreams that recurred before major events such as Antietam Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Lincoln spoke of a swift vessel moving toward a dark shore and warned his cabinet before the April 14 1865 assassination news shocked the nation.
The article recalls a long standing habit at the Royal Academy where models who deliver election news to a new member are rewarded with two guineas. It notes the practice encourages honesty among artists models and cites no observed case of fraud by an amateur or model.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip captures a lecturer insisting marriage age should be twenty two while a woman aged thirty retorts to address the men. The brief exchange highlights social expectations around marriage.
Fragmentary note discusses politeness as a true source of consideration, claiming it never loses sight of need and moral values. References vague phrases on behavior and social conduct without concrete events or individuals.
A Young’s Companion tale recalls General Grant’s courtesy and humor after Fort Donelson. Miss C. asks for protection for her estate. Grant, smoking briefly, signs and quips that with such courage he cannot wonder. He ends with the dramatic pledge Till the day of judgment, Ulysses S. Grant.
The article explains how autumn leaf colors arise from substances such as xanthophyl erythrophyl and brown coloration. It notes debate over whether colors protect the leaf or are incidental results of ripening and dying, and observes frost and sun exposure influence color intensity. Professor W F Ganong discusses these ideas from St Nicholas.
A reminiscence recalls a young Abraham Lincoln hiring a livery horse to attend a political convention. The horse proved useless for nomination duties but drew hearses at funerals. Lincoln condemned sending that horse to a funeral, fearing judgment day would arrive before the body reached the grave.
The Washington Herald notes editors vary on where most geese are found, with suggestions ranging from California and Georgia to Tennessee Massachusetts New York and even the District of Columbia, highlighting the uncertainty in regional patterns.
In a terse courtroom moment a prisoner retorts conviction with scorn while a defense lawyer defends his behavior and a judge responds with a measured remark about the representation. The exchange highlights tensions in the trial and raises questions about prior legal strategy.
A detailed account from the Revue of Paris alleging that the empress dowager manipulated events to remove Emperor Kwong Su. Faced with her nephew and the throne, she allegedly ordered his death via opium or suffocation resources, arranging his final hours and declaring infant Pu Yi emperor as Tsze An died content with the outcome.
The New York Tribune notes the term auto poisoning for dyspepsia among fashionable women. Doctors say food poisons digestion and the patient diets fearing her life. Puns abound as the wealthy discuss dieting and avoidance of injections, while the condition remains the same old dyspepsia worsened by rich meals.
Charles M. Schwab, at a New York dinner, rejects the claim that American men are discounted in marriage markets. He notes some wheipesses wed foreigners for titles, recounting a Monte Carlo remark about heiress Salve Bangs and Prince Cham pignon, and a joke about reading only titles.
Miss Tollemache of London married Captain C Stone on February 4 at Hampstead church. The bride’s full name filled three and a half newspaper lines, likely a record holder with sixteen given names: Lyona Decima Veronica Egypth Undine Cyssa Hylda Rowena Adela Thyra Ursula Yesabel Blanche Lilias Dysart Plantagenet.
Judge Kersten sentenced three highwaymen to life imprisonment in the penitentiary after a raid for holding up a citizen with revolvers and taking 46 cents. The penalty follows a two year old act that imposes life terms for highway robbery when deadly weapons are used to compel surrender.
A third form boy challenges published truths on radium saying it is an imaginary line beyond which London cobmen charge a shil. Pins esto er2os Nema.
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