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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
7
A short survey notes the gibbon as a small frail ape in Borneo weighing forty to fifty pounds. It walks with a tight rope balance and uses its agile hands to inspect objects. Gibbons move in troops while orangutans live in families and leap great gaps in the forest resembling birds in flight.
Maeterlinck bets 2000 francs that he can visit the United States and return to Europe unseen and without interviews. He arranged concealment in Boston to dodge reporters while attending the first production of Pelleas and Melisande at the Boston Conservatory. He is famed as The Blue Bird author and is also a noted novelist, poet, and playwright.
Professor Sauter of Ulm lectured on coin change possibilities. He cited two pfennig once, five pfennig three times, ten pfennig five times, twenty-five pfennig sixty four, fifty pfennig four hundred six, and higher notes into millions of changes. He warned that counts explode beyond practical reckoning.
A London News interview explains Welsh as vowel heavy with many consecutive vowels. It notes W as a pure vowel between consonants and gives examples like cwm pronounced boom. The piece highlights governors and a Goronwy Owen quatrain composed entirely of vowels.
United States Geological Survey traces Lake Bonneville in western Utah during the pleistocene. The ancient lake stretched about 346 miles by 145 miles, depth over 1,000 feet, covering nearly 20 000 square miles and lying about 1 600 feet above present sea level.
In a Derbyshire baronial hall a long fixed handcuff on the oak screen recalls old times when guests who refused all the wine during a feast were restrained with their arm raised. The sleeve became a dipper, and goblet contents were poured over the restrained guest as a prank.
The article notes numerous Siamese die from snake bites each year especially during rice planting when cobra activity peaks. It describes fifty two venomous snake varieties from large pythons to small earth snakes and includes a Siamese home remedy recipe using animal bones and venomous snake parts.
A neighbor reports Mrs. Tinmore, age 80, is furious with her dentist after a bridge installation she says felt wrong. The dentist allegedly said it would improve with use, but she claims ongoing speech difficulties. She refuses to pay the bill and directsMr Tinmore to bring home shoes and shirts. He instead delivered a bottle of soothing syrup.
An anecdote recalls Voltaire at a French fashionably attended assembly asking Chesterfield which beauty was greater between English and French ladies. The Earl replied he was no judge of paintings. Later in London Voltaire, amid a rouged lady’s attention, was warned by Chesterfield, who quipped about not being captured by an English craft under French colors.
At Knole park Sevenoaks England in the king's bedroom stands an extraordinarily costly bed prepared by Richard third Earl of Dorset for James I. The bed stands twelve feet high seven feet six inches long with cloth of gold curtains and coral taffetas ceilings all embroidered in gold silver and colored silks. Pillows quilt and fringe use coral silk and gold and silver tassels. The London Times notes a total cost of £8000, roughly £40000 today.
The Snow Leopard of India is described as a rare, savage creature living high in the mountains. Indians prize the chase, requiring ascent above 11,000 feet, where the snow leopard’s white coat and green eyes inspire superstition and fear among locals.
Arthur Waugh notes Tennyson's deep sympathy with the wind and nature. The poet's early outburst in Somersby and his recurrent storm imagery shape his memory in Freshwater as he battles wind on wintry ridges.
Old fashioned Turkish physicians favor agate and hyacinth amulets while claiming bone of a dead child in the pocket cures cholera. They assert moon causes cholera and advise laurel decoctions when Mars or Mercury rises, believing planets oppose the moon.
A Shakespeare club proves a hit as fines for nonattendance accumulate funds for a matinee party. The light exchange notes the club’s success and its quirky fundraising method.
A quotation from the Washington Star features Uncle Eben urging persistence to secure success, noting the world may not yield without effort, and emphasizing hard work or tools as means to gain what is needed.
Quote from New York Sun mocks a reformer who advocates abstaining from food to lower prices while he eats, highlighting a cynical tactic and public skepticism.
A Washington Post column reflects on wealth and romance, noting how money changes perception of poverty and the allure of frugal living through contrasting viewpoints and social observations.
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