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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1906
Page
8
The piece argues some men seek rest by avoiding work and that holidays are chosen by cost, family, or convenience. It notes watering places as fashionable retreats, praises well kept gardens and crowds, and mocks continental pretensions while enjoying English social scenes.
An English observer notes Americans abroad as civil and genial. He recalls sharing lunch atop Notre Dame in Paris with an American group and a refreshing drink. At Milan cathedral spire he meets an American, an English clergyman and himself, contrasting greetings. In Lucerne beer garden he faces a table of locals and notes a lone Englishman’s rudeness.
Parchment is sheep or animal skin prepared as writing sheets. Heavier parchment for drumheads used from asses, calves, wolves and goats. Skin is cleaned in a lime pit, stretched, fleshed, pared, moistened, whitened, pumiced, ironed. dried with occasional tightening.
A literary prize in St. Petersburg offers 1.5 million rubles for the best history of Alexander I. Araktcelief, founder of Novgorod military colonies, left 50,000 gold rubles to fund the prize. The award will be presented on December 1, 1925, with expectations the fund may reach 2 million rubles by then. One quarter of the prize will cover publishing costs.
Bremen Zeitung reports a playful clash between an artist and an author over which life period of a woman is most fascinating. The artist says the period between twenty-five and forty is a transition she should not be painted, while the author argues the peak is between thirty and forty. The question remains unsettled.
Sea snakes are abundant in the South Pacific and widely distributed with stray individuals reaching New Zealand shores. They drift near the surface resembling land snakes with heads underwater, come ashore at night among rocks, feed on fish, and though their small double fangs look harmless they are highly venomous.
The Knoxville Journal and Tribune quotes urging bright young men to come forward and participate in public affairs. It asserts such men have not been tainted by dirty politics and that their involvement would benefit the state and nation. it adds that parties should recognize and encourage them.
A Houston Post quip notes the couple’s long honeymoon as a joke about its meaning. The dialogue questions whether the wife has begun cooking, implying domestic life matters after marriage.
A cryptic excerpt credited to Ben Jom 2000 hints at folly surpassing limits and impudence while contemplating love in a lyrical voice. The fragment evokes daring, romance, and satire within a compact dated voice.
John Farman files suit claiming ownership of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 18 township 72 range 8 with heirs and claimants named to resolve interests. Proceedings set for November 26 1906 in Fairfield Iowa with judgment pending if no defense appears.
An article explains how fog forms inside air locks as pressure drops and temperatures fall. A patient in a caisson hospital tank experienced pain relief when pressure increased, then fog appeared at the dew point. Repeated cycles showed fog can be produced at will by adjusting valve pressures.
A new kitchen and dining room are being prepared for the poison squad of the bureau of chemistry in Washington. Dr. Wiley plans saltpeter experiments on foods with volunteers from the bureau's clerks, testing meat preservation and coloring methods. Results could challenge common beliefs about canned meats and other preservatives.
Fort Jervis correspondent reports J Floyd Montony’s trained black bass weighs seven pounds. Raised from three inches, it attacks fish and eels, aided by gumdrops given after each catch. In fifteen years the bass has caught over two tons for its owner. Vouchers may be requested from local correspondents in Sparrowbush NY.
The London Mail notes pressure steamers on the English coast use containers with back and sides fitted to become a raft. Two boxes stand back to back on deck and hinge open when a top plank is removed. In wrecks the seats form a buoyant raft for passengers.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes Flatman was arrested for insulting a janitor but acquitted by a jury. The judge argued the act was not proven justifiable, and the jurors doubted such a defense was possible.
An undeveloped or thin woman is urged to use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or tablets touted as a powerful remedy for health and strength. Available at 35 cents, offered by F. Ss. Shriner.
The Upton Sinclair Co operative Home colony selects Helicon Hall on the Palisades near Englewood New Jersey as its base with a target settlement by November 1. Notable members include Dr John Dewey and Columbia University figures William Noyes and W P Montague among others. The hall sits in a nine acre park offering a theater bowling alley and space for children with early plans costing about seventy thousand dollars.
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