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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
2
During Henry VIII’s reign a clever Lincoln bailiff named Joe Dun earned a feared reputation for pursuing debts. The phrase “to set Dun on him” or “to Dun thim” spread as common advice to debtors, giving rise to the well known term.
A remark on childish kindness to a turtle leads to a sharp comparison about trying to please a grand institution. Sydney Smith uses a lithe scene with a girl named Belle to illustrate the futility of pleasing powerful authorities like the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s.
A Youth's Companion article explains flat foot as ligament stretch and muscle weakness causing arch collapse. It notes symptoms from leg pain to hip ache, links long standing jobs to progression, and recommends exercises and supportive footwear with a measured arch to ease pain.
Gold usually dissolves only in aqua regia but certain organics enable dissolution in hydrochloric acid. A mixture of hydrochloric acid and chloroform dissolves gold, as do solvents like ethyl alcohol methyl alcohol and amy alcohol. Dissolution is slow in cold and faster with heat.
A writer on the Dover boat train notes a fellow traveler with a heavy head and worried hands. When asked if the Channel crossing was rough, the man replies that the matter is personal. London.
The article explains an ancient hydraulic clock using a clepsy dra under the FPtolemies. Time was measured by water escaping from a small aperture in a reservoir. A transparent vase held graduated water and the falling level indicated the hour.
A traveler asks why the arch maiden is named Manita. She smiles and signals her brothers hidden in brush with clubs to reveal their favorite food.
Captain George B. Boyton recalls a brutal fight with Moy Sen's crew. The autocrat recounts slashing, shooting, and a cloud of sulphur as his men overwhelmed pirates, leaving none alive on the junk or deck. Norton and Sorensen aid him amid the bloodbath.
An amateur gardener complains of insects ruining radishes and tries salt between the rows. A friend claims salt works, but the next day the pests pull up radishes and dip them in salt, eating them by the score, as noted in London Ideas.
A government agent asks a manufacturer to produce a cannon that can pierce any armor plate. The manufacturer nonchalantly replies that they produce armor that cannot be pierced as a daily result, while noting they also work on such weapons regularly.
In a Washington Star passage a mischievous friend asks a bride if she compares her husband’s ways to his family. The bride smiles and says she never gets angry, noting the husband says hate has no place in their home despite his mother’s past rumpus.
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