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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
7
Busy builders often run short of lumber because they fail to select a thoroughly reliable dealer. Winchester Lumber & Mfg Co guarantees efficient service for contracts on all lumber types. They deal in best grades of hard and soft woods lath shingles hardwood flooring and thoroughly seasoned stock.
A brief ad-like caution against using inferior lumber for interior wood work. Emphasizes that carefully selected seasoned hard wood from the supplier will give lasting gratification and customer satisfaction for the long term.
A New York correspondent recounts an impromptu Saltarella in the Thomas Jefferson Park girls playground. Italian children, tam boo ines, and a blue-uniform policeman set the scene as dancers form a circle and the crowd, including a bold neighborhood dog, shares in the lively Italian folk dance.
An insane man on January 30 1835 attempted to kill President Andrew Jackson in Statuary Hall as funeral ceremonies for a deceased South Carolina representative concluded. Lieut Gedney subdued the attacker, Jackson defended himself with a cane, and the crowd restrained the assailant. The incident sparked widespread political blame and fear of further upheaval.
The Gokstad Viking ship, unearthed at Sandefjord in 1880, yielded a royal burial with twelve horses, two dogs, a peacock, sled and multiple grave goods. Its excavation at Christiania marked the era’s greatest northern antiquarian find, inspiring a later 1893 replica voyage to America.
Queensland proposes supplying England with beche-de-mer soup from the black slug found on North Queensland reefs. The slug is smoke dried and shipped mainly to China where beche-de-mer sells for about 1200 dollars a ton. It is described as a rich and nourishing food.
A Pennsylvania man fell from a tree and dislocated his neck. He managed to reset it himself without medical aid. The tale ends with a quip that fate must push him into politics.
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