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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
7
In a playful recount, Billy Bagler explains a hot day at the seashore, a subway ride with his mistress, and a refreshing dog swim. He details paddling through small waves, retrieving sticks, and a tasty supper, ending with a lighthearted reflection on chatting about the experience with friends.
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The article describes Dyak village life in Borneo with women weaving dyeing cooking and child care while men craft brass jewelry and boats. Homes are long communal houses on stilts with a public veranda used as a thoroughfare. Each family has a room and unmarrieds sleep in a loft. strict community punishments exist for sexual impropriety yet children are treated kindly and tribal killings are noted as past practice.
The Siamese king cremated his mother after a mourning period with a ceremonial torch. A Buddhist rite followed a long service, and guards surrounded the pyre as attendants gathered ashes. The ashes are placed in a galien urn and housed in the Bangkok palace upper middle turret, a practice started about 150 years ago.
An Indianapolis youth attended Agilto with a bashful girl who was considered homely. He explained to his mother that the night went better than expected and he only danced with his partner, while older boys let him have all the dances. The mother smiled, noting it was his first dance and he would learn there are reasons beyond kindness for not trading dances.
A Bournemouth air pilot was fined 290 dollars for flying at dangerously low altitude and performing Immelmann turns, claiming the maneuvers were not trick flying. He asserted he stayed above 1,500 feet over the sea, but the court ruled against him under the air navigation regulations of 1912. This marked England's first such prosecution.
Eight year old Charley who attended devotional services with his parents showed growing interest in religion. A friend urged him to become a minister. After pondering, he surprised the audience by delivering a spirited testimonial and declaring he would become a traveling preacher.
A mother recalls a moment when her young son, after a stern scolding for mischief, asked the price paid to the doctor for the remedy. The exchange ends with the child acknowledging the value of care despite not fully understanding the cost.
An aging voice recalls father son exchanges about aging and schooling. The piece contrasts reverent memories with doubt, noting the speaker’s journey from unquestioning belief to reflection on parental claims and modern youth. The narrative threads a conversation about discipline, learning, and the truth behind past boasts.
A study of canine vocalization describes barking as a rich expression of emotion from joy to fear. It notes watchdog barking, excited greetings, pup encounters, and turtle scares as examples. Scientists, including Lublock, claim bark imitates human speech though wild dogs seldom bark.
The Jacksonville Times-Union notes a claimant in Florida who insists pine timber reserves remain robust despite widespread cutting. Experts warn wholesale logging has reduced Nordwood stocks in the northwest, yet confidence persists in a continued Florida supply of cy press.
The article notes Indians on a northwest reservation employ forty workers and consume 20 million feet of lumber annually, with product sold to Thanyatates and England. It cites 73 sawmills, 88 billion feet valued at 94 million, and about 28 million in royalties paid to Indians over the last nine years for oil gas coal and minerals.
The piece notes witticisms that linger as harmful nicknames for towns and counties, hindering pride and settlement. It cites Burnabirt in northern Missouri and Pinhook Hooppole township in Posey County Indiana as examples, illustrating how odd names deter newcomers and damage reputations.
A travel sketch praises Bermuda as a small Atlantic isle near the West Indies model, rich in coral reefs and blue waters. It notes striking shore hues, vivid sea colors, and a visitor’s view from a ship along the northern coast before passing through reef channels. The passage cites The Book of the West Indies for color.
A historic account notes color blindness affects about one in fifty five and one in sixty for distinguishing certain colors. It claims men are more affected than women and suggests higher rates among educated people. It cites musicians as particularly prone and includes anecdotes of a woman becoming colorblind after illness and a signalman with lockjaw losing color distinction.
A description by Raymond Dimars, curator of reptiles, outlines a vast aquatic sea serpent population in the tropical Pacific. The beasts, with paddlelike tails and deadly fangs, attack in vast groups as a single Doldea family. The subfamily includes cobras and allies, yet these large serpents use constriction to subdue prey.
The Cecropias are trees widely distributed across two regions. Their slender trunks bear four teaves at branch ends. Small ants patrol the branches, defending the tree from the lead cutter ant with a savage assault if disturbed. The defenders retreat to a retreat of white egg-shaped baffles, Musller's corpuscles, about one twelfth of an inch long.
Rains across Western Canada from Manitoba to Alberta have boosted crop prospects, with reports of rapid growth and optimism nationwide. Past worries of failure fade as 1916 harvests appear poised to rival or exceed 1915 yields. Labor shortages drive demand for thousands of harvest hands across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, with employment offices and government channels coordinating arrival of workers from central states to meet a likely bumper season.
A playful exchange cites Chad’s voting record in past conventions. Senator Sorghum retorts that averages align with history, noting elections where a single figure could swing outcomes by six to eight votes. The remark reflects partisan humor on the convention floor.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and bathing claiming double razor efficiency and improved skin health. It promises no tugging or irritation even with daily two shaves, and markets one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing tests.
The fragment recalls Lomea an island off Dover once owned by Earl Godwine, later merged into Tenderden coast. Repeated sea attacks led to funds diverted to a church, storms eroded the islet and a 1703 tempest sank 13 warships in a catastrophic Currienne, marking the area as deadly. The text ends with a stray line about unreliable men and cards.
The text urges citizens to pursue higher ideals through hard work, persistence, and growth. It asserts progress comes from expanding intelligence and character, faith in God and others, and turning failures into stepping stones toward personal power. The piece concludes that cultivating citizens is the world’s most important enterprise and that the best citizens shape history.
A fragmentary dialogue references being lost in a jump and a wooden picture studio in a property room. It contrasts the wise man’s knowledge of what not to Bay with what to Bay, echoing themes of caution and self awareness in a cryptic exchange.
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