Local Newspapers Face Financial Pressure Weighs on East Texas Papers
The Naples Monitor suspends publication and the Livingston Enterprise trims to four pages as paper costs and low ad rates press weeklies nationwide. Communities’ support through fair prices and generous patronage is urged to help papers endure the current financial strain.
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Naples Monitor
East Texas
Livingston Enterprise
Texas
Carthage Register
Troup
Dove Symbol in Folklore and Christian Art
The dove or pigeon holds a prominent role in folklore and history since Noah's olive branch. Early artists used the bird in religious paintings with the Madonna and Child and angels. It symbolizes the divine spirit and appears in depictions of Christ's life and baptism.
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John
How to Rewind a Curtain Spring
Instructions describe rewinding a window shade spring by pulling the shade down fully removing it rolling it up and reattaching to fixtures claiming the spring will return to original tension. The text then asks a playful question about how many wire hairpins were twisted to rewind a curtain spring.
Money to Loan on Improved Farms by German and Roberts
Money to loan on improved farms offered by German and Roberts. Office located in the May building.
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German & Roberts
Elderly Man Good Walker Walked 2000 Miles at Ninety
Garret Brower of Brooklyn walked 2000 miles at age ninety and for the past three years has stopped his regular walks. For about twelve years prior he walked in all weather, chronicling distances with a pedometer. He would cross the Williamsburg Bridge to Manhattan and back, often repeating crossings, averaging six miles daily at ninety. Now near one hundred he stays indoors, joking a friend borrowed his pedometer.
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Garret Brower
Whilloughby Avenue
Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Find New Source of Sugar from Douglas Fir
John Davidson and James Teit report a secret indigenous knowledge about Douglas fir trees yielding extremely sweet sugar valued at 66 dollars per pound. The find, published in American Forestry Magazine, places the sugar source between the 50th and 51st parallels and longitudes 121 to 122 in the Thompson river valley near the Fraser Nicola junction.
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John Davidson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
James Teit
American Forestry Association
Francis Dickie
American Forestry Magazine
Thompson River
Nicola River
Fraser
Farmer weighs car offer with whip in humorous ad riff
A comic scene shows a young auto salesman trying to sell to a farmer who insists he will not ride in a car. The farmer, wary yet curious, studies the equipment and jokes about needing a whip to seal the deal as the salesman points out the car’s parts.
Is Your Home Insured Against Fire Loss
Questioning homeowners about fire coverage prompts them to visit German and Roberts today to secure insurance, emphasizing the need for protection against fire damage and urging action now.
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German & Roberts
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