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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
3
A senator notes Henry Clay’s eloquence as intangible to delineation and best understood when felt. An observer recalls Clay as an orator of natural gift whose every muscle and gesture expressed intense patriotism, indignation, or pity, making the speaker appear a pure intellect animated by maximum energy.
The Chicago Journal describes Persian bathhouses as handsome tiled buildings where cleanliness is a near religious rite. Persians receive hot room and massage, then are shaved except for side locks tied to belief in guiding an angel to paradise. Hair dyeing follows, with benna and vesmeh, before tea and smoking in hammams.
An eminent naturalist explains whale respiration noting the blowhole valve and air retention, while a New York American essay argues the universe and solar system are running down due to friction, predicting eventual standstill of Earth and stars.
A London Graphic note recalls Scott’s fascination with manuscripts, describing Ruskin showing him Woodstock and admiring the handwriting as the author faced adversity. The fragment suggests reflections on Tess and the manuscript’s end with ink and erasures.
A professor at an old Pennsylvania college tests a sleepy youth with a Latin construction at the top of page 12. The student admits ignorance while the professor presses for the answer, prompting a witty exchange about not yet catching the tune.
A fragmented dialogue shows a magistrate and a defendant trading terse lines. The defendant jokes about making broguis while the judge questions his trade and willingness to answer.
Fragmentary lines describe two traders or officials discussing orders and travel plans. The passage mentions a first and second commander or merchant, a trip and a wife accompanying someone, but lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete actions.
A cryptic line from an unidentified text asks readers to mark each day with a vow or ritual. The phrasing suggests a religious or literary motif referencing a pope and moral instruction.
A compact literary sketch surveys Irish fairy types from McAnally and Peats. Green troopers clash with red rivals in a vanished battleground, merrows stalk coasts, fairy doctors and witches haunt kitchen lore, banshees loom, leprechauns toil and vanish shoes, pookas aid housework, giants and demons populate lore, ending with kings and robbers.
An old Malay weapon named Une creese is said to be a Javanese monarch’s invention from the fourteenth century with over a hundred varieties. The blade is never ground, kept rough and sawlike, dried juice or unripened pineapple juice sometimes mixed with arsenic. Ancient blades warped by sharpening become heirlooms, sought after by chiefs. the article notes dramatic ages and value of these pieces.
A nervous speaker at a London ALP event apologizes for a shaky address and voice, noting he forgot to apologize earlier and now offers an apology before leaving the stage.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald quotes a dialogue about stage ambitions and the obstacles faced. The speaker cites the taunts and meanness as the major barrier to pursuing acting on stage.
Announcement outlines fair conduct, prizes including a piano, eligibility for women in surrounding counties, and voting coupon classes. It describes vote limits, prize distribution for ties, publication of standings, and contest timelines with a 90 day minimum and bank sealed ballots.
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