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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
10
A letter urges farmers to consider moving to West Union for better schooling and social life for families while renting the farm or selling property. It promotes West Union as healthy and affordable, offers farm property listings, and invites readers to discuss securing mortgages, abstracts, and titles.
A New York American excerpt outlines three independent causes for mouth opening during focused listening. It describes physiological pathways via the Eustachian tube and the outer ear, plus a behavioral reflex tied to attention and instinctive defense. The piece links mouth opening to alert posture and readiness to grasp stimuli.
Describes the method used to execute condemned spies by the English Army. The condemned digs his own grave, is blindfolded, and a firing squad with mixed loaded blanks is formed. Each man draws a rifle at random, some with blanks, and the volley is fired. The piece notes the emotional toll on soldiers and recalls Carlyle’s blunt critique of pensions for Alfred Tennyson.
A publishing house sought authentic illustrations for Thoreau's writings. Two men doubted photographers could capture nature as Thoreau depicted it, while a passerby, a nature-loving amateur from Concord, arrived with a portfolio. His photos, taken in Thoreau country, proved the perfect solution at the moment the idea was being weighed.
A serious overview traces a brutal ancient Japanese burial practice where princes’ retinues were buried alive around a grave, with later reforms in 646 A D forbidding living burial and seeking substitutes like clay figures, as cited from St Louis Republic. The piece then shifts to medieval Venice’s early conducted pilgrim tours, detailing agency offices in St Mark's square and a fixed tariff of 25 to 30 ducats for the full voyage to Jerusalem.
A historical sketch of Moscow's red staircase linking pivotal moments in Russian history. It recalls Ivan IV's mourning atop the stairs, Natalia and Peter the Great amid a mob, and Peter’s coronation procession, with Napoleon's ascent marking another legacy on these steps.
A stage moment shows Miss Mary Anderson in Pygmalion and Galatea with outstretched airs. The audience declares belief in divine help as the gallery gods shout We will. A comic interlude follows with Murphy and a sergeant about a belt.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a discussion of value in art and a quiet studio scene. The text mentions servants, pictures, blather, and life tied to children, but the meaning is unclear and names or events are not recoverable.
Commentary notes how Jephthah’s rise drew from the country’s outcasts while Jotham is praised as a gentleman. Sechemite mockery and table talk reflect the era’s slang as they disparage Jephthah and toast to questionable outcomes.
The fragment notes a bold, bad man who dared to call the Archimage of The Faerie Queene a great Gorgon, prince of darkness and dead night. It references Spenser and a line from Book I, line 87, noting the worn phrase used to insult the figure.
A clipped, archaic quotation discusses a chief creditor who is very rich and the idea of living beyond means. The fragment suggests a debate about financial status and indulgence as seen in a historical text. The source quality is OCR-like and fragmentary.
A garbled exchange about a late suitor as a father questions a courting youth. The dialogue hints at propriety and humor with a Pater and suitor exchanging lines about reasonable hours. Source garble preserves period tone.
An account from East Africa recounts a large crocodile near Lujenda River in Portuguese East Africa. A guide explains villagers live with the creature, while a bullet through its shoulder ends its threat, the headman noting the animal claims a woman or child about once a month. The narrator laments scarce gunpowder and shared poverty limiting hunting.
An orchid hunter and his native porters are drawn into a deadly peril in the dense wilderness between the Orinoco headwaters and the Andes. A powerful narcotic scent from a huge, vividly colored orchid overcomes the group, leaving many sick and dazed as Grayson is carried back to camp.
A London Spectator praised Thomson as lazy yet famous for The Sersons sunrise scene. The tale contrasts early rising aspirants with his indolence and notes a boastful peach scene and his enduring fame. A linked Washington lead seems to recount a romance where a girl wanders from eye to heart to hands to love.
Mrs Newrich asks an art critic about a new oil painting. Mr Newrich responds that it looks fine from the front but the reverse side reveals cheap material, indicating mixed quality.
The fragment suggests questions about funding behind a figure or group nicknamed Backing. References to London, Kings, and a backer imply financial backing and inquiries into who supports a candidate or project, with names or terms garbled in transcription.
Frank J. Cheney and Co advertise a reward of one hundred dollars for each uncured case of catarrh by Hatn's Catarrhic Cure. The document, sworn before A. W. Gleason in Toledo on December 6, 1886, touts internal use and blood mucous action. Also promotes Cheney’s Toledo firm and Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
The elephant trunk is described as a natural miracle serving respiration and feeding. Nearly eight feet long with keen sensitivity, it can uproot trees gather grass raise artillery take up nuts kill a man brush a fly and pump water to the mouth or body. Its length substitutes for a long neck supporting the large head and tusks amid strong facial bones and neck muscles.
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