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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
6
A young reader learns a playful science trick with a glass of water and a card, causing the card to arch with vapor. The second episode recounts a quick theft attempt in a department store thwarted by a watchful woman who recovers her purse and returns the lad’s handkerchief.
A French duke, famed huntsman and singer, woke nations with his horn every dawn. A nearby count built a horn with a giant bellows to outblast him. The Duke fainted from the imagined defeat and died, as reported by Philadelphia North American.
An electrical current kills only if it passes through a living body to another conductor. Birds sitting on a live wire stay unharmed because their bodies touch only the wire and not the earth or a pole.
The reader is asked to identify six flowers from a list. The lines pair descriptive phrases with the flower names, challenging recognition of each item. The puzzle emphasizes memory of plant names and color cues linked to the verses.
A quirky fragment recalls Marjorie guzzling raisins from cake while her sister scolds with plum preference. The piece shifts to a light domestic scene about packing winter clothes with camphor and tobacco dust, and a cat named Kitty hidden in a trunk to deter moths, with comedic mishaps during the cleaning.
A 4 manager recalls maltreatment by touring companies. He cites a Paint Rock one night of The Broken Vow where eggs cabbages and potatoes rained on stage. An auditor hurled a boot but the manager urged the actor to keep performing until the other boot arrived.
The article explains how a tree uses earth and air to grow. Roots absorb soil moisture forming sap that travels to leaves where carbonic acid is absorbed, then sap travels downward and new material deposits beneath the bark forming a new annular ring as the tree cycles life and finally dies.
A sailor at a christening turns the infant head first after initial foot first attempts. The minister corrects him to the other way and the baby ends up baptized foretop first. The nautical assistant orders wind it and the sailor obeys with Aye aye sir.
In the dialogue from Lustige Blatter the Count seeks relief for a severe cough. The doctor cautions age, urges general health care, and recommends avoiding smoking and alcohol to ease the cough. The Count laments the lack of other remedies.
The Virginia plover makes a remarkable migratory flight from North America to Brazil in a single leg of about fifteen hours. It covers more than 3000 miles at roughly four miles per minute, a notable feat of avian endurance.
A light feature referencing longevity with a punchline that life advice can be summed in two words. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes the jest Don’t die to illustrate a terse view on enduring health.
A fragmentary humorous exchange shows neighbors discussing a music loving husband and a night time composing attempt, followed by a stray remark about a baby and a real estate visit. The dialogue hints at a parlor turning into a courtroom and a family with seven daughters, concluding with a Fielding quote about money becoming a god.
In a Pearson's Weekly snippet, Gentle Maid and Gallant Man spar over love plans as he teases a wedding tour and proposes a double suitor scheme. The duo's playful banter hints at romance while nervously awaiting decisive words amid social crowd dynamics.
A Los Angeles Times piece notes animal peculiarities in eating. The otter takes one bite per fish, the chimpanzee rejects certain foods, and ichneymon can judge egg freshness by tapping shells.
The London Atheneum lauds a Howells sentence describing a cathedral as an efflorescence of the age of faith. The Galveston News contrasts it with a Bucyrus Blade mockup, noting Howells’ refined prose would yield a brief 400 year old, paint needing summary if he wrote for the Bucyrus paper.
The Dresden Anzeiger notes Eduard Rost and wife announce the arrival of their ninth child, a pair of fine boys, born in the early hours. They remark that times demand more men for the fatherland and close with a patriotic call imploring friends to spread the joyous tidings.
Mr Mason inspects an umbrella as the saleswoman names nine eighty nine dollars. Mrs Mason defends the price noting the 11 cent difference shows a bargain. The scene, from Youths Companion, highlights polite sting of price perception in a store setting.
A five-year-old girl, gravely ill, asks if she could die and visit heaven, then return if she did not like it. Her mother reassures her they expect she will get better, expressing gentle hope amid anxiety.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press item and Stray Stories sketches two couples in dialogue. Mrs Henpeck doubts a match while Mr Hunker and Mr Spotts tease with hints of concealed ties. The exchange notes domineering behavior and unseen dating.
The Library of Congress records multiple registrations by White-Smith Music Publishing Co Boston for compositions including Tripping Thro the Forest Sam Lucas Song Come Silver Moon Bunch of Roses Just Jolly Galop All in the Starlight and Two Students Book 2 with ownership rights and renewal terms noted. Names include George Fox C A White Chas D Blake and Herbert Putnam.
Be it remembered that on the sixth day of September, 1907, Whitelowing words to wit A Rose from Mother's Grave song and chorus with words by George Cooper and music by C A White White Smith Co Boston and Chicago the right
The document records renewal claims for multiple musical compositions including Johnny's Summer Day and Mother's Evening Prayer. It cites Harry Birch, Chas. D. Blake, and Sam Lucas as authors or subjects, with White Smith & Company as publishers. Registrations indicate renewal for 14 years from September 12, 1907.
The text references Sam Ticas songs titled When We Meet in the Sweet Bye and Bye and cites White Smith & Company of Boston and Chicago with rights and registration, noting a 14 year term from September.
Bibliographic fragment from 1907 mentions titles Morning Glories a set of six progressive pi tches for the pianoforte and Annie Redown by T P Ryder White Smith Co Boston Chicago with date September 19 1907 and library citation.
Classified notice notes a removal for 14 years from September 27, 1907, listing Morning Glories six easy progressive pieces for the pianoforte by T. P. Ryder with White Smith In.
A fragmentary OCR item references Morning Glor pieces for the pianoforte, a four Emma Schottische, and mentions T P Ryder White Smith Co Boston Chicago with a date fragment September 27 197.
A legal memorandum notes White smith Music Publishing Company dated September 6 1907. The document references a historic filing and preservation of a corporate record under Class C XXc No 161365.
The notice references Country Life for pianoforte by G. D Wilson and the Picnic Waltz published by White-Smith Music Pub Co with locations in Boston New York and Chicago. It cites compliance with rights laws and a Register of Copyrights declaration.
Entries listing deposit of musical compositions with White-Smith Music Publishing Co. Boston New York Chicago and dates in September 1907 including Sam Lucas song Put On My Long White Robe and Evening Reverie Moreean de Salon by G D Wilerson with proprietor claims signed by Thorvald Solberg.
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