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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
3
A clipped miscellany notes a schoolgirl’s report on youth manhood and age, plus brief moral maxims from Ruskin and Hawthorne. It lists essays on clothing, ideal republic, hate, art protection, Icelandic dish, snub noses, poets, German soldiers, burns cures, a child’s quip, and the first rotary converter by General Electric.
A city family marks the twentieth anniversary of employing their cook, noting that truth is stranger than fiction in this lighthearted domestic reminiscence from the New York Herald.
The Semienre department costs ten cents per inhabitant annually while the New York department charges 1.75 dollars per New Yorker, highlighting a stark contrast in per person public expense between the two regions.
Human credulity appears a permanent fact beyond civilization and education. The astrologer of the witch may be discredited, but palmist and theosophist arise to minister to this credulity.
The text surveys cynicism as an overturning of ideal beauty and imagination, contrasting moral critique with the concept of political and social decay. It references Marmantine and notes England's imports of food, estimating about $16 per person in average expenditures.
The article argues science cannot stop earthquakes but can and must design architecture that minimizes casualties in catastrophes. It discusses how progress should translate into safer structures, better planning, and resilient building practices to protect lives.
Lightning strikes a tree causing sap to steam and explode, scattering wood in all directions.
A fragmentary editorial blend cites Horace on abandoning postponed living and mocks a postal ruling about enclosing a fat pie to enlarge the belt. The Boston Herald note treats the belt issue as a public mailing matter with a hint of satire.
Quoted guidance asserts each person bears the burden of life's mission. Fulfillment of one’s assigned work frees the self, and relief comes only after the task is completed. The quote emphasizes duty over self-harm and inner liberation through action.
The article argues successful professionals are close students and busy people must still find time to study. It claims lack of time is not valid, since everyone has time, and urges a daily hour or more of solid study for every teacher.
Three lions shot by Capt. Geof frey Buxton in East Africa have been placed in the Castle museum. The beasts were killed within minutes of each other and Mrs Buxton arrived about 20 minutes after her husband departed to view the three bodies.
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