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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1924
Page
10
Felix W. Maier Blacksmith and Machine Shop offers cowboy boots, Sugarman Bros advertises special priced goods, and H. C. Maier Cash Grocery sells fresh oysters.
A local notice promotes card parties with handsome prizes at E. L. Walter Jewelry. It urges spending on advertising in the Standard and bonafide subscription lists, promising good interest from the investment.
The Lake Tehad region women in Central Africa compete for the longest lips. Girls begin lip piercing in childhood with thorns or knives, then pegs and disks are inserted to stretch the lips. By twenty five, Sarae Djinges women may wear disks seven inches wide in the lower lip and five inches in the upper. The disks eventually droop as they gain weight, with yearly additions continuing as a social badge of pride.
In the south of France butterfly farming expands rapidly under expert guidance. Hundreds of specimens are bred in leafFilled nurseries with eggs hatched on special trees. Caterpillars move through staged rooms to nets and cocoons. Cross breeding aims for vivid wing markings, with specimens sold to collectors or for fashion use.
A doctor reflecting after stepping off a streetcar imagines three men ahead of him. The first hurries fast and seems a hustler bound to succeed, the second moves steadily and may fare well, while the last dawdles as a loafer. All three are simply beyond him in life’s race.
Experiments in France show natural turf as an excellent medium to form beds for sewage filtration. It can purify three to four cubic meters per day per square meter of turf. Longer use lowers efficiency, but the filter recovers when sewage volume is reduced.
During June July and August Normandy butter markets attract visitors as peasants in market squares form lines with baskets of butter wrapped in white cloths. Buyers sample morsels and bargain, trusting quality due to strict French adulteration laws and severe penalties for fraud.
An exhausted traveler arrives in New York and stays at a small side street hotel instead of his regular palatial inn. The next day, he unexpectedly meets the manager of his longtime preferred hostelry and laments his fatigue, apologizing for not matching the previous level of famed service.
Three months before the Pilgrims left England King James VI approved the first municipal golf links at St Andrews Scotland. The article notes golf likely began in Holland and traces Scottish contributions such as links bunkers and artificial cut banks, with St Andrews setting the 18 hole standard after adjusting from 22 holes in the 18th century.
A historical note recounts early world circumnavigation over about 400 years ago. It details the five-ship expedition of Juan Ponce de León del Cano, returning Sept 6, 1822, with only 31 of 280 pioneers surviving. Magellan is cited as a key figure, with 40 killed in the Philippines and the Vittoria as the sole ship to complete the voyage.
A couple share a tender moment as Mary asserts she will not propose. John reflects fondly on her modesty and agrees to propose in the traditional manner, celebrating a cherished ritual in their relationship.
A Edinburgh incident reports a cook mistaking a daffodil bulb for an onion and flavoring a stew eaten by five people. All were acutely sick but recovered within hours with no lasting effects. The toxin, narelssine, is present in daffodil and jonquil bulbs. Keep flowers away from edible bulbs to prevent mix ups.
Describes early music among uncivilized peoples. Claims the first musical phrase derives from a simple howl with notes moving by semitones. Suggests savages repeat a phrase and find satisfaction in mastery, then as intelligence grows phrases become larger and more elaborate toward systematized music.
The American Forestry Association reports native black walnut trees with nuts that crack easily are being propagated from original trees. Limited stock from owners enables growing valuable nut trees at home or in nut orchards due to high quality timber and nut crop value.
A reflective Thackeray passage ponders wealth and fame versus enduring love. It asserts true love survives after death, blessing or interceding for the departed, while fame fades and tombs bear inscribed titles. The speaker asserts a saintly departed soul may still love and pray, keeping memory alive in tender hearts.
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