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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
12
A sixteen year old girl, daughter of a Repton, braved a church spire to reclaim her father's gear after a bet. She climbed rung by rung with a rope and finally freed the moosed cord after three attempts, while onlookers watched in alarm.
A discussion of early cattle domestication citing Bos brachyceros as possibly imported and the urus as a native European form present in Caesar’s era. The text notes mixed cattle varieties in Neolithic lake dwellings, ongoing domestication near the Bronze Age, and a post Bronze Age decline in cattle quality.
The essay explains mythomania as a harmless seeming form of lying that harms both the liar and others. It notes sufferers lie without purpose, begin in childhood, and may evolve into adult behavior baffling investigators. It highlights self incriminating falsehoods and quick defense that strengthens circumstantial evidence.
A Popular Relience Monthly piece describes night skies with low cloud veils over rivers and ships using searchlights. It suggests air lighthouses be equipped with powerful vertical beams to pierce fog, making the light patches visible from above even in moderate misty weather.
Mrs Torkins argues Charley that Boeloman earned fame for wisdom, noting his spending on Maovey while denying any evidence he ever bet on horses. The exchange centers on perceived prudence versus gambling association.
A brief quip questions how a person earned money and, more sharply, how he managed to save much of it. The speaker contrasts loss with the baffling ability to accumulate wealth, implying scrutiny of financial habits.
Captain R N Hin explains in A Naturalist that when a spider’s web is worn out it eats the snare. A full eleven inch diameter spare can be rolled into a pinhead size, and a spider may swallow a fly larger than its own web. It highlights mathematical precision in the spider’s design and the cycle of weaving, trapping, consuming, and reforming the web.
The article describes peacocks during breeding season showing dramatic variation in male coloring from speckled white to brown or chestnut. It notes the extravagant courtship, compares it to the fiddler crab, and suggests peahens seek ornate tail eyes evolved from simple color spots as a signaling adaptation.
A folklore note explains dream faces as omens. Grim distorted faces signify suffering while a handsome face of the opposite sex portends good news and happiness. A handsome face foretells long life, but a pinched pale face means sorrow and loss of a friend. Washing a dirty face predicts repentance for actions.
The passage contemplates on Earth’s population nearing two billion and wonders how many species exist. It asks how many creatures would be aboard Noah’s Ark if he carried a pair of every living species, implying a vastly larger number than the biblical tale.
The name D Boone appeared chiseled in rock at the mouth of a Lincoln County cave. The letter forms match those in Kentucky rocks, suggesting the famed hunter may have once explored that region.
Carbon is a chemical element forming more compounds than any other element. Its compounds appear in all plants and animals, and the branch of chemistry that studies them is organic chemistry. It forms carbon monoxide and carbonic acid with oxygen and hydrocarbons with hydrogen. Carbonates are plentiful in Earth's crust.
Dream meaning suggests witnessing an execution signals success in love with a fickle partner, while seeing one or more men executed portends great success in trade. The source links this ominous omen to personal romance and business outcomes.
The article explains carbon as existing in many forms including diamond graphite and charcoal. It notes some coals contain over ninety percent carbon and describes coke as an impure amorphous carbon produced when coal is heated for gas. It also states pure amorphous carbon is made by heating sugar in a loosely covered crucible until gas stops.
It is noted that it would take two years to ascend Mount Everest in the Himalayas, the world's highest peak. To date no white man has claimed the honor of conquering this snow clad giant.
Historic notes say the Dead Sea in Asiatic Turkey near Palestine earned its name from a long held belief its atmosphere was deadly to life. In reality the waters are nauseating and fish cannot live there while the Jordan and six other rivers feed it and evaporation removes its surplus.
A cartoon caption from Maga zine contrasts people who preach virtue with those who criticize others. The speaker notes a paradox in those who practice what they preach yet avoid preaching disagreeable points.
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