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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
4
A New York Tribune piece traces hundreds of English terms rooted in body parts. It links words like index and oracle to fingers and mouths to speech, noting how head, heart, and limbs surface in common language and even in legal phrases and ranks.
The article describes a palace in Nishma, Japan likened to Marco Polo's tale of distant marvels. It notes gold slabs on the structure, two solid gold dolphins on the ridge, and a saltwater gold mine beneath that could supply water for 5,000 people. The dolphins have been damaged by visitors and once toured Vienna. The castle serves as the emperor's HQ during army and navy reviews and hosts state balls.
The London Field argues whales rely mainly on hearing beneath the water due to tiny eyes and underdeveloped olfactory organs. It suggests whales detect water vibrations from tail movements and even the pulse of shoal fish, helping navigation and collision avoidance in dim depths.
A jovial thread argues laughter counters emotional insanity and boosts facial and nerve vitality. The piece defends American levity against English reserve, calling for more right kind laughter to break monotony. A passerby recalls Lord Tennyson on a railway platform, miscasting him as a melodrama bandit.
The excerpt argues that fiction strengthens understanding and affections, reflects people, warns against social follies, adds diverse characters, and dramatizes life for the imaginative. It champions literature as a comforting, accessible solace for aging or inactive readers.
Mr and Mrs Blank moved from the city to the suburbs. Their five year old son climbed into bed after undressing. He asks if God is out there too prompting a mother to check prayers in a small domestic note from a judge.
The article explains ancient Roman naming: praenomen identifies the individual, nomen marks gens, cognomen declares family line, and an agnomen may honor deeds. Women kept gentile names with feminine endings. with multiple daughters they used Major Minor or ordinal labels like Prima Secunda.
Oliver H. Tanks describes early coinage around Croesus in the sixth century B C, noting stamps by rulers protected weight but not uniformity. Greeks used tests: jabbing for plating, touchstones including the Lydian stone, breathing on polished silver, and heating on red hot iron to reveal alloy content.
The article traces the spelling history of daffodil and asphodel noting English confusions and proposed origins. It then argues brothers and sisters improve each other and cites observations on gender and social growth. It ends with a quip on solitude and companionship.
A succinct aphorism notes that the stomach behaves like an easy creditor, demanding and clamoring yet not cruel, fining only with small payments when people pay what they owe rather than what they can. It frames appetite as lenient when paid with proportionate sacrifice.
The Killarney of America is a seven lake region 145 miles north of Toronto known as the Lake of Bars Region. It features wooded shores, hotels, and steamboat service attracting tourists anglers and travelers. For details and a free illustrated publication contact W. Robinson 500 Park Building Pittsburg Pa.
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