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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
7
A Dundee Advertiser summary notes belief in black magic among Malayalees in Kerala on the west coast. It describes devils and demigods, rituals to subdue them, and the trials to gain sorcerer status. The tale closes with a church anecdote about a minister’s dog and a neighbor’s question about puppies.
A tale recalls Eben Dole and Gideon Hub nitpicking a seven dollar calf debt and a pastured agreement that dragged on. A wealthy merchant plans a bequest to a college but an editor’s careless headline reads Two Pairs of Shoes to Wait For.
A cryptic fragment discusses a minister who delivered a ten minute sermon with stray phrases about dogs. The text hints at debate over whether clergy should keep dogs, but lacks clear context or names.
Balzac ponders durable love as a sublime drama by two equal talents where sentiments become catastrophes and desires spark events. He questions how to find a man and a woman in a nation who both possess genius of love when true talent remains 90 rare in other sciences.
The scene recalls Dewey as first lieutenant on a Farragut gunboat dodging point blank hits from a fieldpiece near the levee. Farragut chides him for fear yet admits human nature and jokes that he could not stand firm either. The admiral’s guilty conscience leads to a lighthearted exchange aboard.
The article explains gooseberry as a term for a third wheel in courting. A girl invites a friend to accompany her on walks with a suitor so she can avoid walking alone. Some resisted invites call the act gooseberry fool. Gooseberries also appear as a dessert dish in the notes.
The text notes Odoacer becoming king of Italy in 476 ending the western empire, while the eastern Byzantine empire began in 395 and fell in 1453 with Constantinople’s capture. It argues Rome fell not by a single nation but by pressure from the barbarian world and Roman corruption.
A brief sketch on dazzling wild flowers seen from a fast train, noting daisies and other blooms appear scrubby up close but wild roses and giant black eyed Susans flash by on speed. The Lyre Bird article describes Australia's lyre bird imitating other birds, hissing like a snake, and knocking sounds from a tree trunk, apparently for amusement. It includes imitations of many local birds, even eagles and laughing jackasses.
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