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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
4
A set of pointed remarks about actors chorus girls money doctors predictions telephones and marriage. Witty lines discuss appearance mood behavior and the idea of a mirror that convinces a woman she is as pretty as she thinks. The tone recalls a society column or satirical feature from a newspaper page.
The shrew makes a high pitched squeak heard only by sharp ears. It is a pugnacious insectivorous mammal with sharp teeth, often miscalled a mouse. Despite abundance, many mysteries remain about this small Italian-related mammal and its roadside deaths. The anecdote ends with a London Spectator reference and Napoleon remark about a dinner table mishap.
The London Chronicle recounts an elderly Sussex laborer whose daily routine included four o clock bread and cheese with ale, a harvest field morning, a strong noon beer, dinner with leg of mutton or ham and plum pudding, a late afternoon cheese lunch, and plenty of ale at home, illustrating a hearty, six meal pattern.
A Wallachian peasant multiplies 8 by 9 using hand digits. Fingers 6 to 10 stand for 6 to 10, with the ring finger and middle finger held to show 8 and 9. Counting yields units 2 and tens 7, giving 72, illustrating avoidance of larger multiplication tables.
A story recounts Napoleon I losing his temper during a meal, reacting to an inopportune thought that struck him mid bite, then rising from the table in a sudden frenzy.
Samuel Rowlands describes layabout behavior in the street and taverns. The note credits the term and suggests Mortimer Collins possibly used the word in lyrics with Cupid lazeth among falery lasses and pale complexions.
The tiny fish known as anchovy are plentiful in the Mediterranean Sea and along the coasts of Spain Portugal and France where extensive fishing takes place in May June and July.
A fragment mentions Ella-Miss Antique wishing to call her college days and Bella noting long distance costs. The Florida Times Union and Mozart quote evoke friendship and sympathy as solace, with a reflective, nostalgic tone.
The article surveys estimates of geologic time, noting Schubert’s 1910 figure of about 12 million years since the carboniferous end. It outlines Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian epochs, with Pennsylvanian about 2.16 million years, and stresses fossils as key to recognizing geologic periods. It mentions widespread carboniferous rocks in the United States and variation in fossil shells due to regional and temporal differences.
The article ranks languages by speakers with English and German leading, then Russian French Spanish Italian and Portuguese. It notes 3,424 languages or dialects worldwide with regional counts for America Asia Europe Africa and mentions other important languages including Chinese.
A terse survey notes diverse linguistic traditions spanning Japanese and Scandinavian branches to the many tongues of India Persia Arabia and modern Greece highlighting dialectal variation and cross regional influence.
A wounded soldier tells his nurse a grievance about a fellow soldier who carrying the shared bullet to his lover. He quips that the bullet he received struck Smith and caused a minor flesh wound, and expresses that Smith should not have given his bullet to his girl. He jokes he would never share a bullet with a girl of his own.
New York City maintains eight pension funds including the public school teachers retirement fund the police pension fund the fire department relief fund the department of health fund the College of the City of New York fund the supreme court appellate division fund the street cleaning department fund and the city of New York employees retirement fund.
In a Richmond Times Dispatch item a parent questions Johnny about returning home. The boy replies he didn’t hear the call, and admits he ran away because he feared hearing it. The exchange highlights a witty, empathetic moment.
A light exchange on marriage and fidelity recalls vows and the social norm of sacrifice. The husband humorously admits there is no other woman like his wife, noting it for the sake of other men, while a broader reflection on sacrifice surfaces.
An advert touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as remedy for sluggish liver and bile flow improving mood. It claims the product wakes the liver, increases bile, and makes bowels act more freely to banish moody days. 25ea bottle.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Grove's Tasteless chill tonic to drive out malaria and boost the system with quinine and iron. The label reveals the formula and ingredients, promising tasteless relief for 50 cents.
The Chinese republic is the largest republic and most populous state, covering about 4,278,352 square miles. It includes China proper with twenty-one provinces plus Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan, and Tibet, totaling a population nearly one-fourth of the world.
Land listing offers 320 acres eight miles west of Lubbock in Lubbock County. Price set at 17.50 per acre with one third cash and balance due in one and two years. Contact Dr. J. S. Spikes of Whitewright, Texas for details.
A Lakeport family reports their daughter, once debiliated and ailing with a persistent cough, grew strong after taking Vinol. They credit Vinol’s cod liver elements and tonic iron for boosting appetite and vitality, urging other parents of frail children to try it.
Mrs Grady Gillett traveled to Trenton on Saturday to be with her mother Mrs R M McCollum who is reported real sick in a bedside vigil.
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