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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1901
Page
19
Anaconda and several Montana towns report a month of stilt amusement for boys and girls of all ages. Starkly different skills emerge from simple toddler height to high five foot strides as kids race, practice football on stilts, and craft makeshift two can loop devices.
The fragment suggests a belief that destroying an image and making a scapegoat offends avenging spirits and grants absolution to the sinner. It notes purpose as appeasement and ritual cleansing within the rite.
A 1901 account describes the okapi a mysterious antediluvian mammal from the Congo region with a mix of features from a tapir horse zebra and giraffe. Stanley and Sir Harry Johnson are noted explorers who heard of it among natives. Eriksson later sent soldiers who captured several okapi skins likely destined for the British Museum.
A child pages editor recalls a 3 year old maid who keeps the household awake with storytelling and lullabies then the father overreacts with a harsh scolding. Myrtle endures without crying and the next day remains pleasant. The narrative shifts to a doll bedtime scene with dramatic improvised dramatics.
A long excerpt recounts encounters with wildlife and remote communities. It details a hunter fending off a lion in Africa, American naval explorer Jennings on Gente Harmosa, Tagula island colonists led by Rev. James Newlin, the Ross family rule on the Cocos Islands, and a sailor's survival on St Charles Island with Manue l Aguilar, highlighting self-sustaining communities and exotic outposts.
The essay explains the ritual use of a straw man in Korea as a scapegoat created by a sorcerer. A coin is hidden in the straw figure and thieves, curious onlookers, and villagers destroy it to reveal the stolen coins and to aid the wrongdoer.
A restless 38 year old girl recalls a prank she did not commit, while her mother, suspecting a lie, learns a lesson in honesty. The daughter admits pulling buds from a faschia and consoles her mother with a practical remark that the distress will fade if they stop thinking about it. The tale ends with the girl promising not to think about the issue.
The California woodpecker resembles other US woodpeckers in appearance. It stores acorns by digging specialized holes, fights off squirrels, and carefully guards its winter hoard, pulling loose acorns and reusing holes as needed.
English journals report a new discovery in the vast equatorial forest between Uganda and the Congo. The sighting concerns an unusual animal whose characteristics are being documented by observers.
Missoula girl Phyllis Gagnon and her pony Bessie are a familiar sight on Garden City streets. She rides astride in a divided habit, praised for comfort and safety compared with the old side saddle.
A Louisville observer reports doves in the United States nesting mostly on the ground, noting rarity of ground nests locally. He describes a field nest found in ripe wheat and explains typical nesting in apple orchards or on large horizontal limbs, with a light platform of twigs.
A French collar of honor rewards dogs for bravery. Bacchus the bulldog stopped a runaway horse and saved riders. Pantland protected his mistress from a footpad. Turk and Sultan the Newfoundland saved children from drowning and thwarted crime, with Sultan later poisoned during a castle robbery attempt.
An Englishman tried to drown a kitten at a stream but his dog repeatedly rescued it each time. After three near drownings the dog swam with the kitten to safety, returned home with it, and the pair became inseparable, even sharing a bed.
On a ship from Africa Lieutenant Carpaux, recently released from Dombo hospital after a lion interview, recalls a lively hunt with a superb mane lion. He pursued the wounded beast into the scrub, aiming to finish the hunt after an early morning expedition.
A major grafting operation is performed on Belle, a leading circus elephant in New York, to cover a large shoulder wound. The article details sourcing skin from twelve elephants, the surgical process, Belle’s reaction, and a recovery plan aimed at restoring her performance life.
The Chapel of the Pyx in Westminster, among the Abbey’s oldest sections, will be opened to the public. Once a royal treasury in Norman times, a 13th century robbery valued at £100,000 stirred affairs. It later served as a record chamber and now houses apparatus for Pyx coin trials.
The article lists English rulers since the Norman conquest who died violently. It notes William I fell from a horse, William II shot while hunting, Richard I felled by a crossbow shaft at Acre, another Richard I killed at Pontefract, Edward II murdered at Berkeley Castle, Edward V in the Tower, Richard III killed at Bosworth, and others beheaded or executed in London.
Mamima brought home a hex candy for Harry and Mamie and papa was present when they opened it. The two youngsters argued over who should have the cream chocolate, and after listening a while, papa settled the dispute by eating the single cream chocolate.
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