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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1906
Page
3
The narrator recalls a desert trek toward Nefta as a Sahara sand storm ends. Rain floods the ground and, as it stops, dunes begin to move with a roaring, choking wind. Camels struggle, sand fills hair and clothes, and the party fights for shelter and exit from the storm.
An Adelaide extract reproduces an Edinburgh Advertiser obituary from July 26 1796 for Robert Burns noting his lingering illness and poverty. It urges public contributions for his widow and five children with a projected posthumous volume to benefit the family. Readers are asked to send poems and letters to Alexander Cunningham or John Syme and to avoid publishing Burns works in newspapers to protect a future sale.
The bloodstone is linked to superstition claiming drops of Christ's blood stained a jasper stone at the cross. The crimson veins on the stone are said to symbolize Jesus blood and the gem is believed to protect wearers, bring good fortune, and heal illnesses.
The text argues physical methods should first straighten and expand the body. It contrasts two broad classes the erect and the ine rect with the strong and the weak and credits epoch makers like Cromwell Luther Napoleon Wellington Washington and Webster for their straight spines and broad chests.
A Romanian woman admitted temptation behind a dozen cases of silver stolen, telling Judge that the items bore her initials. The exchange occurred in the second judicial chamber as she faced the charge.
In a brief social exchange, Mrs Hoyle asks Mrs Doyle about her dressmaker. Mrs Doyle praises the dressmaker as excellent and says she has almost given Mrs Hoyle a new figure.
Do not insert objects into the ear for toothache relief and avoid cotton in discharge. Use only warmed items if needed and a syringe with warm water for cleansing. Do not strike the ears or wet hair with deafness tendency. Wear an oiled silk cap while bathing and avoid diving. Seek a physician for any foreign body in the ear.
A group of Wall Street men discuss an unnamed opera tor famed for weathering financial storms. They joke that he always escapes being cornered and could live on a desert island if another man were there.
An excerpt from Chambers' Journal notes a calm dignity among Spanish beggars. The author contrasts their respectful address at a railway station with the ruder English plea, illustrating a class of beggars who request alms with phrases like Oh senorito, da me un alimos nita, y rogare por su feliz viaje.
In Annapolis Maryland a tombstone in the Fort Anne military cemetery bears a curious inscription for Margaret Winsett born April 6 1723 and died February 28 1722. The inscription notes the child died nearly a year before birth, a singular error on the headstone.
A father explains to his son that in life the race is not won by speed but by persistence. The wise answer, drawn from Catholic Standard and Times, emphasizes that slow endurance often prevails over nimble start.
A quip contrasts Sir Walter Raleigh honoring a queen with a husband reacting to his mother sitting on his hat. The wives weary tone recalls bygone chivalry while the husband remains exasperated by a small slight.
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