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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
13
A tale contrasts Amos Cummings at the New York Sun choosing to print news over ads and a later peculiar account from Los Angeles about hunters driving away a black shadow near a lunar eclipse. The narrative blends newsroom integrity with a mythic night scene observed in a Brazilian locale.
An American Magazine writer reflects on courage and gratitude, recalling a respectable father who taught his heirs to honor the sources of wealth. He notes the man’s stern habit of requiring his children to remove hats and acknowledge the goods produced by society when facing a drove of pigs on the road.
A Brazil based observer recalls Amazon Indians making and testing bows and arrows during a solar eclipse. The natives, skilled with firearms, return to traditional archery as part of their education, rarely missing a distant target near a sawmill clearing.
The article extols the Transvaal climate for growth of tuberose roses lilies carnations and tuberoses with fast blooming stalks and prolific hedges in Pretoria streets. It notes Swaziland wild orchids with at least twenty varieties and suggests extra heat aids development of curious orchids.
The text describes birds forming sounds internally without opening their bills. It cites pigeons, cuckoos, snipes, and nightingales as examples where calls or resonance audible outside come from throat or chest rather than bill movement. It mentions ve ntriloquism as a mechanism observed in these birds.
The text notes Surinam toads as highly ugly with a flat triangular head and olive eyes. It highlights remarkable parenting: after laying eggs the female, aided by the male, transfers them to the female’s back and they are submerged in mud until hatching.
A fragment of the oldest known meteorite, seen to fall in 644 B C, is on display at a parish church in Alsace, Germany. A 1492 meteor, weighing 260 pounds, thundered down with a roar, terrifying peasants and burying itself in the earth.
A dialog surveys social contrasts as Wanderer meets Stayathome and Weederer. They discuss Widow Green, Widow Brown, and a rumor of a color change tied to marriage, ending with a playful jab about identity.
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