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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
2
Blaine dodges a trap and plots to seize a wealthy heiress while Hargreave remains at large. In a web of reporters, fake fathers, and staged danger, Florence seeks her missing parent from a crowded city underworld as clues and peril close in.
The practice of assigning street numbers began in 1513 in Paris and grew slowly over centuries. Berlin first numbered houses without street names, Petrograd used lanterns displaying numbers at night, and in Stuart London houses lacked numbers relying on signs to identify shops and premises.
A historical note explains range finders used on warships to aim guns accurately. Two objective glasses near each end project images via mirrors and prisms to the central eyepiece. adjusting with a thumb screw brings ship images together and reveals range in yards.
A weary passenger in a Brooklyn pay as you enter car clutches a quarter and transfer as the conductor scowls. He struggles to reach the exit and mutters that his change is nonexistent, adding a bitter quip about never seeing his cashier again.
A reminiscence portrays Eugene Field as someone who adored children, filling his room with toys and odd dolls. A crippled boy visiting after Field’s death found the room and cried, moved by the gentle writer’s memory. The piece appears in The Bt Nicholas Magazine.
A 19th century fly tying method describes selecting a starling feather, splitting quills, and preparing long webs from opposite sides. The process involves paring and scraping quills to hold fibers, securing 3-16 inch wide sections to a bare hook, turning butts toward the bend, and tying to guide silk to the head.
A flooded Lima street turns to rivers as a drunken man wades with a monkey wrench at a hydrant. He declares the water must be shut off, showing unconventional civic pride amid the downpour.
The article explains Chinese year cycles of 12 animals with Rat Ox Tiger etc and notes belief in predicting futures from zodiac signs. It adds that in China a newborn is counted as one year old immediately and that babies may be given a girl’s name to fool evil spirits, reflecting cultural superstitions.
Schedule lists Illinois Central East passenger numbers and times for outbound and West Bound trains. Includes Passenger Nos 8:45 am 682 and 6:50 pm, West Bound Nos 63% 6:50 pm and 45 am appears garbled, plus Local Freight Nos 692 8:05 am and 691 4:00 pm with note that Local freight does not carry passengers.
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