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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
7
The Omaha Bee argues high veal prices stem from demand for growing stock rather than finished meat. It cites broken western ranges and farm consolidations as factors and places responsibility on marketers to supply growing cattle, not just butchers.
The passage surveys diverse writer routines and quirks from Shaw aboard a bus to Thackeray in a room, Balzac in bed, Carlyle high in a house, and Maeterlinck on a motorcycle. It also recalls a San Francisco sailor with a tattooed bald head, misfortune in finances, prison release, and a now mottled dome.
Ambassador Page told the Shelley association in Rome that a Venice to Lord Byron letter directed to the banker and then to 66 Piazza de Spagna shows the exact address. The 18th century house still stands opposite Keats's former home and now houses the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard told the American Society of Graduates of German Universities that all nationalities arriving in America should relinquish as much of their individual characteristics as needed to become truly American. He added that assimilating the best talents makes the United States the foremost nation.
A Chicago News correspondent mocks Vin cent Astor for eating corn beef hash, claiming it shows democracy among the rich. The wag remarks that fried diamonds would cause indigestion, and questions why many intensely vital plays fail to last beyond a single season.
A fragmentary line contrasts gender expectations with a nonconforming youth. The brief text hints at identity without forming a full narrative or clear event.
A quirky note claims the hole in the doughnut never caused indigestion suggesting a lighthearted take on a snack. The line playfully contrasts a missing bite with stomach discomfort, framing a humorous food observation.
The text lists where U S presidents were born, noting Pennsylvania has one (Buchanan), North Carolina three (Jackson Polk Johnson), New York three (Van Buren Fillmore Roosevelt), Virginia eight and Ohio six, with no president born west of the Mississippi. It also mentions Adams and Jefferson dying on July 4 and Lincoln's election on an anti slavery platform.
A collection of maxims on modesty, ambition, self restraint, and prudent living. The piece notes that to attract favorable outcomes one must pursue opportunities, while warning against overreaching and debt. It reflects a newspaper feature voice with varied aphorisms.
The passage offers pithy maxims on drift with the stream and long walks, wealth and poverty, life observation, self-made misfortune, and the weight of a name. It comments on resilience, character, and social standing through compact aphorisms.
A humorous line contrasts ancient wealth with a modern 40-a-month apartment featuring steam heat hot water a gas range and a janitor highlighting daily comforts unknown to Croesus.
Dialog snippets reveal children speaking bluntly about discipline and mishaps. The exchange includes a child bragging of not being spanked after warning neighbors, and stories of cuff buttons and improvised utensils for medicine highlighting domestic humor and tension.
Death Valley California surpasses all meteorological stations in heat and aridity. Summer's daily minimum rarely falls below 70F and often exceeds 90F, with peaks up to 120F. Six months show humidity around 30.6 in the morning and 15.6 in the evening, occasionally dropping to 5. Yet fertile hills respond to irrigation and the wet season brings perennial and annual herbs.
California plans a 5000 dollar beetle extermination program this spring in Madera county to save timber. Nearly 3000 pines worth 12000 dollars have been killed by insects in the affected areas. Beetles tunnel under bark cutting off food, girdling trees and weakening vitality. Control uses cutting infested trees peeling bark and burning it before beetles emerge.
The navy will repair decayed vessels at Philadelphia yard at low cost and send them up inland rivers as recruiting stations and lessons for enlistment. The armored cruiser Brooklyn gains a new armament while the Columbus and Minneapolis receive thorough overhauls and will serve as transports. The Minneapolis may train crews in Albemarle Sound North Carolina.
In a speech on education dualism Mr Balfour used the word dichotomize and reporters, unsure if it was a verb or noun, asked him for clarification. He replied with a witty correction proposing the term bisect.
The passage traces canal dreams from Nero to modern times. It notes Nero began work on a canal at the Isthmus of Corinth but died before completion, and the project was revisited after two millennia of debate. The Corinth canal was finished in 1893, with origins dating to 600 B C when Periander had Egyptian engineers survey the site.
Thomas C. Logan of Philadelphia mocks the menu in a Chicago restaurant asking for calf’s heart to prove a tender heart exists in this world. He pressures the waiter to bring the dish, reflecting his skeptical humor in a brief anecdote from Popular Magazine.
A geography lesson turns humorous as a young student answers that Rhode Island is celebrated for being the smallest state in the United States. The moment captures a child’s quick wit and adds a light touch to classroom learning.
One male candidate in Chicago adopts the afternoon tea tactic. His headquarters include a kitchen where women friends pour tea on chosen days and other women join in the reception rooms to sip tea and eat sandwiches. He plans to continue this until after the election.
The new Albanian flag appears in Vienna for the first time. It features diagonal stripes of red and black with a central five pointed star and omits the eagle from the Albanian arms. The banner differs from the prince's banner in its horizontal design.
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