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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1906
Page
1
Theodosius the blind emperor kept a gong for grievances at his palace gate. A snake requested justice for its nest and the emperor spared a porcupine. at dawn a serpent laid topazes on his eyelids, restoring his sight as gratitude.
The Count de Vergennes issued passport cards to suspicious foreigners that revealed nationality by color and age by shape. Border fillets indicated marital status, dots showed status and fortune, and punctuation after names signaled religion. The system aimed to expose morals and professions at a glance, a feature noted in Sunday Magazine.
Milton began Paradise Lost between 1642 and 1689 and finished around the Great Fire of London in September 1666. He dictated in 10 to 20 line passages to an amanuensis and saw first publication in 1667 by Samuel Simmons with a second edition in 1674. Milton earned £10 from the first edition and his widow £8 from the second.
A tale from Thomas A. Janvier in Harper's describes La Llorona as a feared wailing woman who, when spoken to, causes instant death. Witnesses report seeing her at multiple city sites at the same moment, with her deathly breath freezing the listener.
A humorous compendium of life advice from Chicago News lists practical thresholds for avoiding conflict. It jokes that poor meals or bad moods can be endured, while health, debt, and neighborly: behavior shape daily life until death. The piece ends with a wry take on balancing spouses and finances.
A travel writer recalls visiting New England villages to collect epitaphs of living people. He describes seeing stones with birth dates in cemeteries and recounts meeting a hotel landlady’s daughter whose stone name was blank as she jokes about marriage.
A farmer's son orders an incapacitated man to pitch hay after dinner. The man refuses claiming he is not able to work. The son insists the message came from the farmer and warns of trouble if he declines. The man stands firm saying he won’t pitch for either of them.
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