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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
4
A writer explains mask use among North American Indians as concealing emotions in war and ritual. Masks hide feelings to prevent opponents from reading intent and to allow unimpeded oratory during religious ceremonies.
The passage imagines a world where humans mirror insects with four pygmies per giant, each built of shell-like rings and segmented bodies. They eat rapidly, with one young specimen weighing a pound and consuming forty-five tons of food in two months, explaining rampant destruction by grasshoppers and gypsy moths to crops.
A Philadelphia Ledger note recounts a streetcar confrontation over an unextinguished cigar ending in a comic verbal exchange. It also cites Lavater on infant facial resemblance to fathers at birth, and the dead briefly regaining a sharpened profile after death, per the author.
An explorer recalls a large fierce South American spider that chases humans near its lairs. He describes a pursuit while riding across dry grass, the spider leaping and racing up his lash before he flings the whip to escape.
A naval officer recalls a joke about a man who dies and a clergyman wishing to know the dead man’s last words. The minister writes a long sermon but learns from a grieving son that the father had none because his wife stayed with him until the end.
A famous fable poet, absentminded as ever, chats with a young man who compliments him in a saloon. A guest reveals the man is the poet's own son, provoking La Fontaine to express pleasure at their meeting.
A bridge in Palenque Chiapas Mexico claimed to be the only mahogany construction in the world spans the Rio Michel. At 150 plus feet long and 15 feet wide it serves both pedestrians and teams built with hewn timber and iron supports in a primitive but sturdy design.
The article clarifies caliber as the bore diameter of a gun, not length. It explains how naval guns like a six inch caliber have bores of six inches and how length is described in calibers, such as a 50 caliber 6 inch gun, and notes small arms use in hundredths of an inch for bore size like .22 or .32.
A London Spectator note argues rifle shooting strengthens chest and lungs and trains the eye and hand. It cites deep breathing, steady aim, and gradual trigger control as core skills, noting long-distance practice can improve sight and aiming accuracy for youth.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes criminologists view child crimes as a major branch of criminology. Arson theft and train wrecking are common. forgery is rare. Causes include curiosity jealousy and love of fireworks with examples from Vienna and other places.
A confused dialogue depicts a woman explaining multiple legal names across states. She states she is divorced and uses various titles including Mrs Jones Miss Smith and Mrs Brown. She claims residence but admits a divorce in a neighboring state and marriages across several states with differing statuses.
A housekeeper says she buys a dozen eggs weekly and always finds two bad. The new clerk suggests selling half dozens to cut the bad eggs, sparking a humorous exchange from the Grocer's Literary Gazette.
A village church in Warmsworth near Doncaster has a bell tower about half a mile from the church. The twelfth century belfry sits two thousand three hundred fifty feet away by air, a quarter hour of bells stopping before services to allow the ringers to reach the church.
In Constantinople the French envoy M Paul Cambon backed a Bernhardt show at Yildiz kiosk but the pasha demanded more bakshish. the performance did not occur, costing Sarah Bernhardt £1000 and the Chefekat order. Her conjurer, understanding risk, paid the keeper and secured the show for a thousand pounds. A separate note recalls John Wesson, recovering from a savage bull injury, recounting a £150 medical bill as he nears full recovery.
Fortescue's reports recount a bailiff who arrested a lord years ago being required by court to kneel and seek pardon. He claimed mistaken identity as the lord had a dirty shirt worn clothes and only sixpence, making it hard to believe the peer was truly a noble.
A native physician filled a death certificate with a tentative cause saying the person died from lack of food or starvation, possibly with other comfort-related factors, and most likely from drowning. The phrasing reflects a cautious, uncertain assessment rather than a definitive medical determination.
Dunchurch near Rugby asserts its smithy inspired the famed Village Blacksmith verses. The old forge is described as picturesque with the spreading chestnut tree still flourishing before it.
A quip from the Philadelphia Record notes society reporters favor wedding cliches, suggesting a bride cannot find her way to the altar without guidance, lampooning language used for brides in society notices.
For sale 112 acres 3 miles east of Bryan with water and woods. 140 acres 8 miles south of Bryan with roomy residence and good tenant house price 1400 dollars. The Capt Polk brick residence one mile south of city. 1770 acres in north end of county with flexible prices and terms. Two lots on south side of block near Main Street with 5 room house stables garden and fine well price 1000 dollars. Academy 5 room house stable garden price 900 dollars. Good residence property nearby. I have clients seeking farm and city property. call to sell.
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