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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
5
A revived ritual along the Yangtsekiang features priests offering prayers and a prolonged gong procession to appease sea and land devils. Participants pay 600 candareen to priests for twelve hours of ritual, plus 9,000 red paper boats with lights float downstream to ward off sickness and drowning.
A humor piece contrasts bookkeepers who consider duty over convenience with anecdotes about the Philippines monkey trap, Washington’s bold act against a poacher, and a Cincinnati judge discovering a hotel key while visiting Boston. It blends moral reflections with comic vignettes from 19th century life.
In his critique, Erskine praises the novel for its Attic tragedy like solemn cadence and inexorable will of the gods in its romance. He notes the somber musical phrasing and dialogues that unify characters in a grave eloquence.
A life insurance solicitor recalls a chilling encounter with an iron manufacturer who feigned interest. Invited into a deafening shop, the man urged the salesman to explain the product amid hammering. the ruse left the solicitor unable to speak and he walked out never to return.
An excerpt from the Christian Herald notes how persistent worry deepens mental strain in women, with mock consolation failing to ease a heavy burden. It claims three quarters of female patients in a certain asylum reach morbid states due to worry, describing worry as wasteful and harmful to health.
A Strand writer notes a Hindu Yanga ritual where two priests use a cord tied to a vertical rod fixed in a wooden block and rotated by a churning motion. Friction ignites the block, producing a sacred, fiery offering acclaimed by orthodox Hindus despite murmurs from participants.
The Danish government allows heads of families to change their names without legal costs. Denmark is split into three main clans the Hangens the Petersens and the Soer ensensa. In one town of 25 000 residents over four fifths bore one of these names. Many have used the new law to adopt more distinctive surnames.
A playful exchange presents futility as Tommy explains that some efforts are pointless, using a fuzzy metaphor about tickling a turtle with a feather to illustrate the idea. The brief vignette captures a childlike grasp of abstract effort and meaning.
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