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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
6
A vintage puzzle asks to swap three fox counters with three geese on disks 1 2 3 and 10 11 12. Foxes and geese move alternately along a line, one counter per move, never allowing a fox to reach a goose. Determine the minimal number of moves to exchange positions while following the no-touch rule.
Bird fanciers discuss intelligent traits of pets. A gander hatched six goose eggs after setting on stones, a kettle, and a shirt, but walked the goslings to death. A parrot learned to strike matches, lighting them and dropping them, requiring kept-out-of-reach boxes. A sparrow mob attacked a swallow after a failed feather theft, then returned with many allies to kill the bird and destroy the nest.
The old red Nathan Hale schoolhouse, once in the Revolution era, was relocated by city provision to a new site in New London Connecticut. It received a new foundation repairs and paint funded by the Sons of the American Revolution totaling ten thousand dollars or more and was dedicated as their headquarters.
In Geneva papers M and Mme Edouard Monod announce the death of their longtime servant Mme Gabrielle Thomasset who served the family for seventy six years. She was ninety near the time of death and event noted by the London Daily Chronicle.
A West burying ground stone in Litchfield Connecticut commemorates Mrs. Mary Buel wife of Deacon John Buel who died November 4 1768 at age 90. She bore 18 children 101 grandchildren 247 great grandchildren and 49 great great grandchildren.
Charles E. Gilbert, long time lumber yard worker in Norway, Maine, asserts he has piled lumber reaching fourteen rods wide and twenty miles long, claiming fiber sufficient to cover 140 square miles.
A new volume on volcanoes by Prof C Dieber outlines the magma reservoir beneath the crust. Eruptions occur when deep molten rock meets lower temperature surroundings and pressure allows venting, with steam and gases evolving from the interior during solidification.
In a Boston Pilot verse tribute Julie M. Lippman recalls General Custer leading his troopers across a harsh prairie day. The march pauses to avoid a hidden nest, as a mother meadowlark shelters her brood. The scene honors courage and mercy amid war.
In Fulton Street a brewery dray and its well fed horses dine on oats spilled on the pavement while nearby a scrawny white horse and ramshackle cart watch enviously. A humble observer notes the contrast as the rich feast and the poor survive, a scene described by the New York Press.
A Hong Kong Daily Press story recalls a fanciful legend attributing quakes to crabs near Macao. A old woman’s son brings crabs home, one crab bears a white marked shell resembling a character, the village king crab dies, and crabs gather to shake the earth in protest, blamed for Macao tremors.
A traveling man recalls a Three Forks resort saloon where two cowboys demanded cocktails. The bartender improvised with a mega glass and flavored the drink wildly, prompting the cowboys to snarl that he should drink his own mix. They fled after leaving the bartender near death, revived only by a doctor’s hours of care.
A pewter communion cup dated 1788, holding about half a pint, was presented to the Avon Massachusetts Baptist Society during its 125th anniversary celebration. The cup, first used in March 1785, has a long Custody history passing from Deacon W Elmer Crane in Avon to Marcus M Porter of Stoughton before being given back to the society. The society organized in 1784 and met in various places before erecting a church.
An old English sport survives in Yorkshire athletic meets with straight three foot arrows, no barb or feather, thrown using a string loop on hand and arrow butt. A skilled thrower can reach about 150 yards, though precision is learned. The activity is praised as more fascinating than shot put or hammer throw and may join college games for its mix of skill and strength.
Le Monde Moderne notes Chantilly and Maisons-Laffite have become Anglo in character with English sportsmen trainers and jockeys in town. A prominent stable labeled BOX HALL and English Tavern bar reflect a strong English Protestant church presence. The towns feel as English as any in England.
In ancient Rome families placed tear filled vessels beside the urns of the dead as a sign of grief. These small containers held the tears of relatives, reflecting a cultural practice around mourning and remembrance.
An almost perfect Mentone cave skeleton from March 872 reveals a tall, well formed man with an 85 degree facial angle. Surrounded by flint implements and extinct animal bones, it includes twenty two perforated teeth likely forming a chaplet, linking to the Hagis Dutchman's Skull as the oldest known human remains and suggesting prehistoric brains.
Frank Chin Nney was baptized at First Baptist Church of Portland Maine last Sunday evening. It marks the first baptisms of a Chinese person in the state. The church runs a Sunday school class with fourteen Chinamen.
Frank Hoskins shot an eagle while hunting near the Farmington River in Connecticut. The specimen measured six feet from tip to tip of its wings.
Thousands of perishing swallows are saved by Lucerne’s Ornithological Society amid autumn storms. Birds gathered from lake districts are fed and tended at a warm center before eggs are shipped in crates toward the Italian frontier for release.
A Massachusetts deacon rebels against his thrifty wife who bans fresh meat until leftovers end. When only ham remains for Sunday dinner, he refuses to bless the ham, declaring he will no longer ask God to bless that old ham.
In early Dorchester Massachusetts a maid and two children faced an Indian who attacked their house. She hid the children, grabbed a musket, shot the intruder in the shoulder, then flung burning coals into his face. The Indian fled and died in the woods. Massachusetts honored the heroine with a silver wristband engraved with her name and the words She slew the Narragansett hunter.
Rockville correspondent reports Legrand King preserves ears of popcorn from a barrel lot brought from his Scitico farm in 1873. The King family has enjoyed it each winter and still has ears that pop fresh, sounding as sound as ever.
A striking Arkansas bowl showcases grotesque head decorations from a past era. The piece, unearthed in the state, predates current inhabitants by centuries, though archaeologists cannot determine how many.
The London county council is one of the kingdom’s largest proprietors of work in class houses. It owns twelve estates covering 350 acres, about forty-four times Parliament’s space, with capacity for 96,435 people and an estimated cost of £5,000,000. The council is becoming the landlord of housing for a population nearly equal to Brichton.
The notice extols the Mississippi Home Insurance Company for its growth and reliability, highlighting employment and business security benefits. It urges continued public support and directs readers to contact the local agent for service.
A well known New York woman learns the blunt truth from William the Scotchman. While admiring her late handsome husband Col S, she asks why he married a plain woman. William answers simply that it must have been God’s will.
F Ambrose Clark, stepson of Bishop Potter, stars in New York steeplechase circles for fearless riding and strong attendance. A Belmont Park fall from The Bowery horse left him with a sore shoulder, later diagnosed as intact bones by a horse doctor after a field stand. A Morris Park accident last week caused a broken collarbone yet he remained a steadfast attendee with unwavering zeal.
The Army Medical Department announces that yellow fever and malaria have been banished from the Isthmus. If true, the Panama Canal has achieved a substantial good already, as noted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A historic advertisement touts Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and sullen as a great natural cure. It claims effectiveness for croup and constipation and lists druggists selling bottles at 45 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar.
The Nashville American notes a major contraction in New York society with the Four Hundred pared down to eighty one real members while many honorary names remain.
A testimonial from Lmma Ull. Wilson of Liscomb Town, Vet. praises Culicura Remedies for severe eczema spreading across chest neck face arms and legs, claiming lasting relief after years without recurrence. The fragment also notes a University of Chicago dancing tutor proposal sparking interest per the Chicago Record Herald.
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