A Moonlit Nest Poem of a Birdling’s Rest
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1904
Page
7
To Me Thy Hand Has Given My Bird in Paradise
A devotional lyric by Emily Cc Jackson yearns for divine blessing for a beloved bird. The speaker praises the creature as a heavenly visitant with immortal wings and parallels the bird’s life with the speaker’s own blood. An earnest prayer asks for the bird to find angelic plumage in paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise
Emily Cc. Jackson
Grubbs Befriends a Boy in a Theater Tale
A solitary man named Grubbs forms an unexpected bond with a sickly boy, dubbed "the dog" by the child. He helps the mother and boy, offers to relocate them, and discovers the boy is the older man’s grandson, prompting a plan to reunite family.
Plague Outlook Improves Prompting Reentry at Klipspruit
In Johannesburg the plague outlook has eased and about 3000 natives formerly held at the Klipspruit camp are being allowed to return to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Klipspruit
Sluggard Wakers Upon Pulpits Stir Off Sleepy Churches
A historical note describes early church customs to keep worshippers awake. Sluggard wakers carried a wand with a fork to touch drowsy individuals, recalled to awareness. Beadle staff with fox brush or knob roused sleepers by tickling or tapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sluggard
Oxford English and Chicago Charm in a London Tale
An American with Anglomania hires Edgar Jepson to teach an Oxford accent. After a London meeting, a literary visitor marvels at flawless English, only to learn the speaker is from Chicago and living in a London suburb. The anecdote ends with the Chicago remark on language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oxford
Eingland
Edgar Jepson
London
Jepson
The First Plowing Poem by Charles G. D. Roberts
A spring scene unfolds as a crow calls a farmer to plow the high field while birds stir. April air warms, earth wakes, and the plowing begins with scent of fresh sod. The poem from Youth's Companion presents rural life and seasonal renewal through vivid imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. D. Roberts
Whistler Painted the Sign and the Miller
Gov. Murphy recalled at Annapolis Naval Academy how Whistler once painted a mill sign with the miller at the window but left the miller unseen until the viewer looked, then his head popped into the picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Murphy
New Jersey
Annapolis Naval Academy
Whistler
West Point
Three Types of Russians From an Old Text
The article describes three Russian divisions centered at Moscow and Kiev. It claims great Russians are vigorous colonizers with light hair and blue eyes, little Russians are livelier yet indecisive, and white Russians wear white clothing and enjoy tax freedom though are less clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kieff
Asia
Fate Answers Time Through a Child to the End
A Glenwood Wisconsin writer C. J. Augustin presents Fate answering the recurring question What is the time as a child asks on a fair June day and as life progresses from youth to old age. Fate links time to play thought love strive and death with a final note that some questions remain unknowable yet love endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fate
C. J. Augustin
Glenwood
Wis
A Study in Nuisances
A local editorial argues a skunk’s small impact is milder than a gossiper’s harm. The piece likens a skunk to a liar who can ruin towns’ reputations and escape punishment, preferring the animal’s fate to the gossip’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Falls
Wash
Bones as Sound Conductors in Fracture Diagnosis
Human bones act as ready conductors of sound. A tuning fork tests fractures by listening for the bell of the stethoscope. if no fracture the fork’s note is heard, if fractured the sound is broken and inaudible.
Shell failure parallels in explosive shells history
The text compares Japanese and British shell failures and explains that Lydite, a high explosive used by Britain in the Boer War, was basically picric acid melted and cast into shells. Cast picric acid is sensitive enough to fire from guns with safety, but would explode if fired through thick armor due to shock.
Hamburg Harbor Improvements Sought by Hamburg Senate
The Senate of Hamburg has asked the House of Burgesses for an appropriation of 1 250 000 marks to fund harbor improvements. Hamburg is spending vast sums to correct and improve its harbor facilities and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Senate of
House of Burgesses
Not Always Tempered Lambs Quip Prompted Norris Exchange
William Norris of the Lambs club discussed an acquaintance's bad luck. A fellow member quoted God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. Norris replied with a breakfast joke about lamb chops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Norris
The
Lambs
Mr. Norris
New York Times
Record Wool Output in Montrose County Colorado
The wool season closed in Montrose County Colorado with over 300000 pounds shipped the largest county output on record. About 50000 head of sheep were maintained on the range in this county last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Montrose County
The Busy Mosquito Exposé on Gender Roles
A San Antonio Express essay mocks insect biology and human blame by joking that the mosquito is a female worker and criticizing double standards. It argues the couple may share blame for bites and advocates for ending the nuisance without regard to ownership.
Germans in New York State Population Counts
The article notes Hamburg has 625,552 Germans and New York state counts nearly 800,000 people who read and speak German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Hamburg
New York
Future of the Dead Sea as Salt Mass
A German geologist predicts the Dead Sea will collapse into a single solid salt mass in under 500 years. The warning highlights the lake’s rapidly changing chemistry and shrinking water levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Sea
Highest Altitude Reached by Kites
A record altitude of 12 miles was reached by devices mounted on kites. Thermometers recorded minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit at that height.
Frigate Bird Feats While On the Wing
An American naturalist claims the frigate bird feeds mates and sleeps while flying its wings span is vast and it can reach speeds near ninety six miles per hour. He observed a bird on the wing for a full week night and day without rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lancaster
Barrel shaped ark to circumnavigate the globe by Felix Tanner
Felix Tanner plans to sail around the world in a nine by five and a half foot iron hooped barrel labeled an ark. The New Zealand marine department has surveyed the vessel which carries sails a cockpit and a pump for emergencies. Tanner claims the design will reach fair speed and enable a global voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Tanner
Wellington
N. Z
Tanner
Marine Department of
New Zealand
Old and Young Use Muscles For Deep Breathing Exercise
The piece urges vigorous daily breathing exercises to develop lung capacity. It notes that rhythmic activities like pillow fights or horse play engage many muscles and promote deep breathing. Over time this becomes automatic, expanding the chest and firming the bust.
Eels Block Georgia Cotton Factory Turbine
On the Chattahoochee River Georgia a water powered cotton factory halted when 160 eels weighing 264 pounds fouled the turbine wheel. The eels tangled around the shaft and blades reducing power enough to stop the mill. The river is famed for eel fishing but this catch was unusually large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tels
Chattoga
Georgia
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