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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1907
Page
8
An advertisement argues kidney weakness stems from controlling nerves not the kidneys themselves. It promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative as treating nerves that govern the kidneys, claiming backache, scalding urine, dark urine, and Brights disease symptoms may improve after a month of tablets or liquid.
The iron wheel with curved spokes is described as more attractive and not merely for looks. Casting causes variance in cooling and straight spokes can wander, whereas curved spokes allow a measured give and take in the metal to prevent tracking.
An observer recounts the brutal sleepiness of desert nights while traveling with a camel caravan in China. He describes drifting into unconsciousness on horseback, waking with the camel drivers and wolves nearby, and the constant struggle to stay awake until the caravan reaches a night halt.
A Corsican funeral features immediate burial within a day, new gowns for the deceased funded by families, and lavish mourning rituals. Women improvise funeral poetry, rivals wrestle at bereavement, hair is torn onto the coffin, and hired mourners injure themselves for compensation. Rich tombs in cemeteries display hangings, flowers, poetry, and lamps in lasting remembrance.
The Totnes market uses a unique system where one dealer sets the price for butter and eggs and all others follow. Attempts to disrupt this practice failed, producers did not break the pattern, and the tradition was quickly restored.
The Congressman sternly reminds his wife of the word obey in a marriage contract. She retorts with a joke about obedience, then questions the idea of gentleness toward Mr. Skinflint, noting he would exploit kindness for profit.
Captain T. C. Morton cites a Confederate picket near a sandy creek as John Ford dives into sand to escape a live mortar fuse. The blast rocks the area, iron shrapnel flies, yet Ford emerges unharmed and cheers, sparking a line-wide laugh at the peril.
In Colchester castle during a rebellion Sir John Trevanion receives a letter from a jailer. The note conceals a prearranged cipher revealing a plan to escape through the chapel end. Trevanion later secures a private devotion hour, aided by a bribe, allowing the escape.
Tennessee born Andrew Johnson and Gustavus A. Henry, both famed speakers, debated for governor with Johnson taunting Henry from the Whigs. Henry retorted that the eagle does not feed on carrion. The piece then notes birds’ great muscular power, citing an eagle lifting a pig and the ostrich’s deadly kick.
The speaker laments old days of courting in country lanes with daisies. Today couples ride in autos and seek momentum, comparing past and present courtship rituals in a nostalgic vignette.
Beggs asks a wife scenario about coming home late and Jaggs retorts that a man has no chance to speak. The exchange mirrors a comic panel style dialogue.
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