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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1905
Page
10
Readers are told of sunshine and fertile soil awaiting canal-borne water to bring abundant harvests. The piece highlights irrigation projects, agricultural potential, and regional optimism for transformative waterways.
The article portrays El Paso as a vibrant border city bridging Texas New Mexico and Mexico. It highlights the Rio Grande project a vast dam and reservoir plan to tame floods and irrigate 200 000 acres plus growth to a 106 000 population and 20 000 acres more.
Sir John Lubbock has aroused popular interest in animal intelligence with careful investigations into senses instincts and intelligence. He questions whether animals possess other sense organs beyond human ones and suggests there may be many senses beyond our own.
Festivities for Belgium's 75th anniversary include a faithful reproduction of Philip the Good of Burgundy's 1452 tilting joust where his son broke the lances of sixteen knights before Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy.
The article contrasts Japan's wartime prowess with its postwar commercial image. It cites Joseph Walton on Japanese traders' reputation, notes a shift since feudal abolition, and claims Chinese merchants often humbly outshine Japanese in honesty. It ends with hope Japan will apply wartime genius to peace and trade.
In a light dialogue Harold chooses his father over his mother at a birthday party. He explains that after reflection men must stick together, echoing a jokey family exchange about loyalty and affection.
A smoker spends eight years trying to color a meerschaum pipe only to learn it was an imitation enamel de mer. The piece explains how genuine meerschaum is made from parings of the mineral plus clay and notes tests for authenticity. It discusses wax and oil soaking before carving and how color develops with use and nicotine.
The new commonwealth of Australia struggles with internal development. Ten year population to 1901 reached 3,771,715 with an increase of 697,462, while the continent’s total surpasses many major cities. The Sydney Bulletin warns that if Australian ports were shut, the nation would lack guns, ships, clothing fabrics, machinery, paper, and printing capacity, becoming dependent on a stronger power.
The piece recounts the Sultan of Turkey conferring the grand cordon of the Chefecat on Senator Bacon and gifts Mrs. Bacon porcelain. It notes Mrs Jir Ting Fang’s enlarged feet return to normal, Count von Waldersee and his wife influence, Dr Wallason the Czar’s Americanist, and Dr Thomas the Vienna dentist. It ends with the Orford hearse ritual and Lord Orford's travel in America.
Herbert Kelcey recalls his first job in America, starting in a department store on Sixth Avenue. He endures three near demotions as customers and missing directions test his wits, finally pleasing the floorwalker with improvised sales and earning a wage raise.
Modern quarry gear can move stones larger than any ancient Esrot monoliths. The remarkable puzzle remains how the ancients lifted and manipulated these massive blocks with basic tools and crude machines.
The Bartholdi Fountain, sculpted by the same artist who made the Statue of Liberty, is displayed in a public park near the Capitol and plays in the National Botanical Garden. It first served in the United States at the Philadelphia exposition before coming to Washington.
A playful dialogue shows Dorothy begging to go out despite rain while her mother remains calm and smiling. Dorothy insists the ground is not too wet and repeats her request in a lighthearted exchange.
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