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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
8
In The High Tops of Black Mount the Marchioness of Breadalbane recounts McLeish during a north Britain deer chase. A Gaelic argument gives way to a witty quip when she asks for English, and McLeish retorts that learning a useful language would have helped before taking to the hill.
An Austrian nobleman famed for wit pledged not to speak to his wife for the first year of marriage to her countess daughter. He kept silent privately, leading his wife to fear insanity and summon a brain specialist. The mystery unraveled when the year ended and the wager was paid.
The Baltimore Sun explains that whitewashed ceilings show dark streaks from air passing through lath spaces. Plaster walls vent eight cubic feet of air per square yard per hour, creating suction that pulls dust with it and forms visible stripes, most noticeable upward on ceilings.
In the second Dreyfus court martial M Quesnay de Beaurepaire, bitter toward the accused captain, received a courteous invitation from A de Prefargier at Chateau de Prefargier near Neuchatel Switzerland. Beaurepaire affirmed he would continue the struggle and stay at the breach, though not promising immediate acceptance of the invitation.
A Dallas area boy survived a gunshot after a dramatic operation, then choked on the bullet while showing it to visitors, dying soon after. His mother believed the event was fate, influenced by occult leanings. The tale blends local superstition with medical triumph and tragedy.
Munich Jugend lists five signs to identify a painter’s school. Gray sky and black grass mean classical. blue sky and green grass mean realist. green sky and blue grass mean impressionist. yellow sky and purple grass mean colorist. black sky and red grass indicate strong decorative talent.
A Philadelphia Ledger joke recalls a contractor's daughter Ethel answering a teacher about who supported the world. She cites Atlas and adds humor about Atlas needing an American wife, reflecting light city humor and family life in an early 20th century Philadelphia context.
Gardiner notes in Music of Nature that in a natural state dogs only whine howl or growl. Barking is an acquired behavior arising from domestication and the dog’s effort to speak through human association.
A Pittsburgh Post summary reports on curious atmospheric phenomena from volcanic Hawaii to Europe. Dust from Sahara was found on a Galita channel steamer deck and later in Hungary, while a windborne wheat fall in southern Spain matched grain threshed by Moroccan farmers, implying a tornado carried it across the Mediterranean.
A bright man endorses washing the face with cold water to cure headaches. He says cold water opens pores, stimulates circulation, and instantly relieves head pain. He cites personal success and calls the treatment a natural stimulant that cools a throbbing head.
In the Baltic Sea forty miles from the mainland lies Gothland, a center for early Gothic study. Wisby, the island’s chief town with 8 000 residents, preserves ten churches dating to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the oldest being the Church of the Holy Ghost completed about 1046.
A housekeeper on Cathedral heights cites a west side woman who preserves preserves by labeling them Poison. The quote notes the woman’s economical disposition and a colored maid with a sweet tooth, illustrating frugality tactics.
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