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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
2
A lyrical piece from Recreation describes raindrops tapping windows and a rosebud flower story. A sunbeam returns a tear to create a glittering silver star, portraying farewell, longing, and romantic imagery with celestial transformation.
The piece compares whalebone and sperm whales diets and hunting, noting seals, bluefish and sardines as prey. It mentions vast food needs for whales and includes a Golden Penny style list of riddling conundrums with playful Q and A pairs.
A descriptive piece explains how the Indian butterfly hides in plain sight with leaf colored undersides that match twigs. It compares jugglers who reveal a white underlayer through rapid garment flips and face powder to fool observers, highlighting simple visual tricks.
In 1720 George Paterson began a rock house at Gilmerton near Edinburg a soft sandstone cavern with a smithy dining room kitchen and lodging all lighted by skylights The inscription over the entrance proclaims the stone house and workshop hewn by Paterson He died in 1735 after eleven years in the cave a popular holiday site for judges and travelers alike Also described is the party game Traveler where a traveler queries players for details and rewards the most informative answerer with the next turn
A North American excerpt describes a classroom game where children write their own initials at the top of sheets and answer questions with words starting with those initials. The method includes timing, collecting papers, and reading responses aloud. Sample initials B O P yield Beans Otherwise Peas, Boasting Of Performances, Being Occasionally Pious.
The paper describes a social game called Drawing Room Blizzard. Players split, place wide tape goals at room ends, and blow a shaved paper ball toward the opposite goal using small fans. Score goals, plan the target tally, and enjoy a lively activity that captivates both adults and children.
A vivid note on a whale's feeding habits describing how its vast appetite centers on jellyfish. The description highlights the creature’s method of opening its mouth and gliding to gulp jellyfish in large quantities.
Pin up the Stars puzzle aside, the description moves to a butterfly trick from India where a boy seemingly vanishes before observers. The performer appears in view with bright garments before fading instantly, leaving no hiding place as spectators search.
Teal candle lighted plant on the Cape is rare and curious. Euphorbia trees up to forty feet tall stand stiff and formal, likened to a Jewish candlestick. After Vittoria 1813 British pursuit of Bonaparte yielded stolen art. a Louis XV snuff box with enamel panels fetched 1850 guineas at London auction in 1904.
A brief note on alcohol dissolving oily substances and camphor, describing how alcohol interacts with water surface, creating dimples where the liquid meets the still water. cautions against tasting, noting the experiment should not be eaten and highlighting surface tension effects.
The text describes how substances behave in water and alcohol, noting insolubility in water and dissolution in alcohol. It explains alcohol water mixing causing shrinkage, and details demonstrations: white of egg with alcohol forming indentations, and dye dissolving through alcohol forming branching threads, seen as a miniature inverted plant in a glass with reflections on a wall.
A nostalgic poem reflecting on leaving the city for riverbank summers and old dreams, from the Atlanta Constitution. A separate article recounts the Martin Guerre case where a double impersonates the dead husband, deceiving his wife until a scar reveals the truth.
A torpedo fired from the after starboard tube of the flagship Wisconsin in the Asiatic squadron dived into mud about 100 yards from the ship. It buried itself, creating a black whirlpool until the propellers stopped. Native divers located the torpedo hours later and recovered it. The tail of the little destroyer lay six feet under mud, requiring careful line work.
A tar stone laden van on Oxford Street London near Marble Arch caused amusement when the shafts broke and tarry stones covered most of the horse. The animal was led away for treatment with suitable chemicals after all other efforts failed.
S C Hewett of Rockland Maine notes February 28 1906 was odd with 28 days though not leap year, no new moon, thunder shower, six rains and four stormy Sundays, temperatures from 14 below to 46 above, January and March each had two new moons. Also a Virginia joke about a rival of syntax and a mutual acquaintance in poor health and thin.
A single observer watched Hans, Berlin’s educated horse, perform tricks. When asked how many people were present, he kicked the spectator in the face, claiming “one.” The spectator was badly hurt by the kick.
Three young boys boast of their fathers possessions. One claims horses, a store, and a house. Another says his father is a state officer. The third, after finishing Treasure Island, says his father used to be a pirate.
The Rev Dr Nehemiah Boynton preached his first sermon in the Clinton Avenue Congregationalist Church on Christian Service. He argued greatness lies in servanthood, urged a universal Christian spirit, and urged church to embrace unity of God’s world while sharing sympathy with all people and extending humanity from Ellis Island to Clinton Avenue.
The text proclaims commitment to broad, true, sympathetic Christian service as the privilege and joy of the group. It emphasizes dedicating efforts to humane aims under God and aligning united endeavor with the wheel shaped by God, seeking the reasonableness of collective action.
A tenement girl, mute witness to a family tragedy, is left to care for four younger siblings at fourteen after a mother dies from work stress. She works hard scrubbing cleaning cooking and mending, her slender shoulder bends, and her face grows pale. She confides to a friend that she cannot attend school or church due to duties, while a minister’s visit offers vague comfort and prompts a silent plea for faith.
An artist in Rome depicted a beggar as a typical wretch. The next day the man returned in hired clothes for his portrait. The artist did not recognize him and learned he was the same beggar, arguing that self-transformation is resisted by nature while grace creates anew for praise.
At a World's Fair religious service a Chicago rabbi stated that the bath is mankind's salvation, stressing its essential importance in the universe and divine mission, while noting differences in observance.
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