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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
7
A dentist notes a woman's tolerance to tooth extraction, while a New York study is cited showing men detect tiny quantities of gall in water five times better than women in taste, smell six times keener, and hearing and touch also stronger in men. The piece links lower acuity in women’s senses to greater pain fortitude.
The article defines types of days including solar civil nautical and astronomical and details calendar concepts. It cites mean solar day twenty four hours and explains calendar month mean lunar month and year and compares Julian and Gregorian years noting a one day error in every 3571 years.
During a Prague siege Gustavus of Sweden was visited by a door of extraordinary aspect that offered to devour a large hog in his presence. General Konigsmarck suggested burning the door as a witch, provoking the door to threaten eating him first if he removed his sword and spurs. The door’s display so astonished the general that he fainted and fled to his tent.
Epictetus advises choosing the soft handle over the hard one when wronged by a brother. He suggests exaggerating the extenuation by considering kinship and long friendship to honor obligations of kindness, thereby handling injury calmly.
The Chicago Chronicle reports hedgehogs resist venom from poisonous snakes. Naturalist Lenz describes a hedgehog fighting a viper with the hedgehog biting and crushing the snake’s head. Pet hedgehogs fear nothing including adders and can leap from walls then spring to safety by curling into a soft ball.
Friends visited Aldworth House as Tennyson faced his last year. Lord Selborne told him he should be happy there. The poet replied he had only a year to live, a remark later found prophetic to the minute.
A dull man who hums endlessly laments the haunting tune as Foote retorts that he is forever killing it. The exchange ends with a proverb about balancing common sense and learning.
The piece recounts ancient oyster consumption from Scandinavian kitchen evidence and a mythic tale of a hunter’s painful encounter with an oyster shell leading to its first tasting. It notes long histories of oyster eating and the myth of early discovery by a barefoot hunter.
The article explains that true stomach ache stems from digestion problems and chronic indigestion signals a serious issue. For a single attack avoid eating and use warm salt water to induce vomiting. bicarbonate of soda in water may help with acid rises and throat burning.
The Adirondack region exhibits strong voice carry in still weather. People ashore hear conversations from far offshore on the lakes, and visitors who hunt deer avoid whispering to avoid law violations while rowing.
A Tell el Amarna letter notes the Egyptian king Ameno-phis III sending a bulk of base metal to Babylon claiming it yields five minas of pure gold from twenty minas melted. The London Post cites this as a mass of base metal misrepresented as gold.
A witty exchange notes Swift telling a friend to hush about Ireland’s taxes, joking that the air itself could be taxed. The tale contrasts health and wealth as a man loses money while seeking riches.
A playful calculation shows that a one hour stroll implies vast cosmic motion. By adding Earth's axial rotation, orbital travel, and the sun's movement, the total distance covered in the hour reaches about 85 253 miles.
The London Standard describes 14th century house care with rushes fading from noble rooms while sweet herbs and twigs perfumed the retinues halls. Glass windows and cloth walls provided light and protection against drafts as damp leaves aided dust removal in sparsely furnished manors.
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