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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1907
Page
7
Fragmentary report discusses various dance forms and origins with references to the minuet contre dance jig reel and other terms. It weaves in half-step notes, Bohemian roots, Polish connections, and the notion of lively movement, alongside unrelated anecdotes about forgery and a Lincoln will dispute.
The Lond on Spectator recounts Paganini's posthumous saga from Nice in 1840 to a Parma church in 1866. His body endured multiple relocations, partial embalming, exhumations, and a final burial with a glass pane over the coffin to reveal the preserved face.
A leather furniture cleaning method uses boiling milk on a woolen cloth to lift dirt, followed by light drying. After cleaning, wax is applied with a pea sized amount on a flannel, then buffed. The wax is made by melting beeswax with turpentine and paraffin oil, reheating as needed.
The article describes a Japanese festival called dolls day observed each April. Girls and women dress in bright attire while dolls are dressed in best clothes and displayed around the home. An afternoon feast for the dolls is prepared, but adults dine in the evening. Japan is noted as the only country with this festival.
A Washington lawyer recalls retorts heard in court and a sharp Chicago attorney clashing with a quick tempered Western judge. The judge tells him I can teach you law, Mr. Perkins, but I cannot teach you manners.
A Kiev citizen mocked his new cook at dinner and provoked a violent clash in a decayed street. The attacked man fled to a nurse’s room, clothes torn, and the cook later revealed she wore his master's clothes and used a fake mustache to stage the ruse. A threatening note warns of moving on to a sixth house.
A traveling man in an Indiana hotel orders a meal with meat vegetables and a lone tea biscuit. He remarks the biscuit seems lonely and the waitress nonchalantly takes it back to the kitchen. The tale ends with the traveler unsure if he tricked the waitress or was outwitted by her.
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