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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
10
The commission urges repeal of the law providing for lien land selections and calls for flexible forest reserve boundaries. It notes scandals around land grants, losses to the government, and inadequate returns from settlement while proposing executive steps to limit nonagricultural holdings within reserves.
A historical sketch traces football’s rough origins from English and Scottish rulers to Roosevelt’s rule revision efforts. It notes 14th century London bans, 1491 prohibitions on futu balle and golfe, and 16th century Sabbath bans in Edinburgh, detailing violent crowds and chaotic celebrations around Shrove Tuesday games.
The Connecticut government battleship and the Louisiana built by Newport News race toward completion. As of Navy figures, Connecticut is 91.36 percent complete and Louisiana 89.25 percent. Both ships, 450 feet long, 16 000 tons, will mount heavy armament and armor. Louisiana launched 1904 August 27. Connecticut September 29. Brooklyn Navy Yard employs over 1,000, with 200 more possible, aiming for June commission.
A gossip column traces the perfume habits of Lady Curzon Queen Alexandra and the Princess of Wales noting lavish spending on East aromatics and lavender waters. It cites dietary warnings for Queen Alexandra and mentions a theft of jewels from the Duchess of Arcos in transit from St Petersburg to Rome.
A historic commission urges repeal of the Timber and Stone Act citing widespread fraud and public loss. It details how land patents favored corporations, depleting public timber, raising costs for settlers, and hindering development. It calls for public land use reform and stronger protection of timber resources.
The statement notes that a virgin is a maid when seen as nearing a certain age, a label sometimes resulting in the archaic term old maid. It reflects historical social expectations surrounding female adulthood and reputation.
The article notes King James I favored sport but forbade football as rough and distracting from duty. It cites his warning against rough exercise and recounts a 1457 Scottish act condemning football and archery for occupying soldiers from archery practice and invasion defense.
A 10 000 year old footprint found in a Pennsylvania coal mine is claimed to set a long ago record while ethnologists speculate mankind may be dated in the millions of years. They note preglacial traces and assign events to the glacial period about 240 000 years ago, placing early humans among mammoths in Europe and noting art buried in California gravels beneath ancient lava flows.
In a playful Chicago News snippet townsfolk praise Cholly Goodfellows and Van Albert while joking about the latter’s high back-slapping rate and a rough coat turnover as a humorous measure of popularity.
In India the donation basket is passed around Hindu temples by an elephant, a practice observed in some sites where the animal is part of ritual offerings and reception of alms.
Chestnuts closely resemble potatoes in texture and cooking methods and are more nutritious. They contain about one third water versus potatoes at roughly three quarters. All nutritive ingredients favor chestnuts and the tree offers a promising avenue for agricultural and forestry development.
The passage notes that even sealed mummies keep a persistent odor after thousands of years. It argues embalmers cannot explain the scent, and that the mystery endures from ancient baths to present understanding despite hermetic sealing.
The nation’s eggs last year would fill 43 127 000 crates of 360 eggs each. It would require 107 818 refrigerator cars to transport this crop, and these cars would form a train 900 miles long.
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