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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
7
A narrator recalls a dream Aunt Luise had of wings and flight, linking it to news of Cousin Grace's automobile accident. Mrs Hackett pins her hat as she prepares to read a letter to a company, pondering the psychological connection and the awkward tension of presenting intimate dreams publicly.
The article explains that policemen keep badges over the heart as a vital shield. It notes the badge near the chest can stop bullets or knife thrusts and that many officers feel safer with the star close to the heart even when off duty.
In West Africa along the Casamance river a remote pelican village exists under baobab trees. Nests hang from branch ends with five to six per tree while native huts stand nearby. Young birds perch on rough crude platforms of dry ranches, awkward yet balanced as they mature.
The piece explains a flea leaps up to 200 times its height, often lands on feet but slips on smooth surfaces. It notes six heavy legs aid righting itself after falls, its kicking power, and that wings are scales of little use but aid classification. to the flea, wings have no value.
A German lady bought a sacred cat mummy in Assuit and examined it closely. She cut into the coffin and found it stuffed with an English newspaper, delighting the buyer but shocking local expectations.
An oversized cinnamon bear frightened by a vocally startled surveyor fled into the woods after sniffing, while a dog was killed earlier in the day when the creature struck with a single paw blow. The incident unfolds amid a pine needle carpet setting.
The piece notes a diverse religious landscape in London with groups from the Faithist movement in Balham to Chinamen Hindu, joss houses in the East End, Malayan temples near St George's Street East, Parsees in Bloomsbury, a Mormon mission in Islington, and Buddhists and Ancestor Worshipers citywide. It cites about 300 Christian sects including the Peculiar People, Sande mani ans, Joanna Southcott followers, Shakers, and Seventh Day Baptists.
Miss Charlotte Lindsay discovered a ghost plant at East Twentieth and Skidmore in Portland. The plant is rare in western Oregon and this is its first recorded sighting near the city. Known as the Indian pipe, it was valued by Oregon Indians for medicinal eye lotions. The plant stands about eight inches tall with a waxlike bloom.
Amateur photographers seek commercial profit by taking candid horse riding portraits in parks and riding academies. Riders impressed by photos mounted on fine horses often consent where posing fails, creating a ready market for skilled shooters.
A minister strolling by a shaded stream overheard a group of boys in jackets and trousers. A freckled youth asked to be pushed in, claiming a promise to not drown and seeking a dare from his friends.
A circus monkey named Zizi fled through a station upsetting passengers as he flung bundles of tickets into the air. Police and porters chased him across lines and stairs, a driver barely avoided a collision, and he was finally captured in a sack and jailed. La Goulue posted bail the next morning.
A humorist attended a banquet where a storyteller told clean jokes through oysters to Roquefort. The humorist stayed silent and explained modesty kept him from laughing, while the storyteller insisted his tales were good and clean.
It is estimated that coal combustion in London releases over half a million tons of sulphuric acid into the air yearly. Rain carries the acid to limestone marbles and calcareous sandstone, degrading surfaces and swelling them with gypsum. A baryta wash can form insoluble sulphate to restore binding cement and limit decay. Westminster Chapter House example shows restored softness becoming hard again.
A bill moving to second reading in France proposes giving married women control over their own earnings. The text contrasts current rules where a wife cannot access earnings without consent, while the husband can withdraw and spend without the wife’s input. The article notes 14 years of campaigning for legal change.
Blake assists grand master in dedicatory corner stone. President Roosevelt to give principal address as a member of the order. Nathan Hasken Bote of Jamaica Plain to read poem. Dr William Griffis Ithica to write dedicatory hymn. Speeches by Senator Lodge and William C. Lovering. salute from North Atlantic Squadron ships ends in Provincetown harbor.
Ire Napie leads the sixth International Angling Association event under the auspices of the National Association of Angling Clubs. The creation tournament will determine world champions. Ten contests are scheduled over three days as the tournament progresses.
In Vienna on August 15 Emperor Francis Joseph and King Edward engage in a formal audience at the Austrian court. The meeting, while described as friendly, holds potential political significance with discussions likely on reconciliation between Edward and William II of Germany and possible mediation by Francis Joseph.
The eleventh annual Central Illinois meeting in progress features William Z Bryan of Nebraska and Governor Hanly of Indiana among scheduled speakers. Senate Follette of Wisconsin and other prominent figures are listed for the program.
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