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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
8
A mixed set of tips and curiosities from a 19th century periodical. It discusses social critique of vanity, a dime-based magic-gag, then hands-on crafts for paper dolls using cardboard patterns, scrap-heads, painted features, and dress assembly ideas. Also includes a dangerous doorway walnut prank involving water and a knife, described with cautionary detail.
A historical note describes Landes shepherds in southern France using tall stilts with a jong staff for balance. It explains preparing two six to seven foot poles with foot straps, a wooden step, and knee traps for foot support. With practice any boy could walk safely on them as a favorite outdoor amusement.
A young Siberian girl defies gender norms by hunting bears with her brothers. She proves herself by bringing home an enormous bear skin, earning fame across Siberia. Her tale challenges views on courage and girlhood.
The text traces the letter O as the fifteenth in English, noting its four sounds with one resembling go. It links the long o to aya in Hebrew Phoenician, described as an eye drawing, later simplified to a circle with a central dot, then the dot was dropped, resulting in the modern circle form.
A magician demonstrates a dime trick that appears to vanish and reappear. He marks a dime, hides it in a bloodkerchief, and uses a candlestick and basin of water with words of enchantment to perform the illusion.
An artist kept a greyhound Diana, an Angora cat Fluff, and a turtledove named Coo ee. By gentle coaxing the trio learned to bond, sleeping and even sharing a bow for years until Coo ee died and Fluff ran away from loneliness.
This simple game uses arm holds and a chalk line on the floor. Two players push to move the other past the line, then switch to a pulling contest to cross the line. The activity boosts the whole body and adds color to the cheeks.
An amateur challenge proposes placing a walnut on the floor to be struck by a kitchen knife dropped from a doorway. The proposer boasts precise aim and invites others to try their own placements before testing the bet, noting the risky setup and eye for accuracy.
A man buys 60 chickens at 5 for 2 dollars totaling 24 dollars. He splits into two halves. One half sells at 2 for 1 dollar earning 15 dollars, the other half sells at 1 for 1 dollar earning 10 dollars. Combined, the sale price equates to 5 for 3 dollars while yielding a net profit of one dollar.
A lively crowd enjoys a trick where participants form a line like soldiers then extend arms and kneel, neighbors push lightly, and the line collapses like a house of cards. Girls shriek, gentlemen grin, parents laugh at the playful chaos.
The holder cuts four cardboard pieces sized five by eighty four inches. Two inside pieces are covered with plain alk. A small brass hook is screwed in the front piece center at 3.44 inches from the bottom. Lining and outside pieces are glued together. Sides are joined with a hinge made from Y inch ribbon, two and a half inches long. Two bows of ribbon are tied and sewn at the top to join front and back pieces, allowing the assembly to stand like an easel.
Twenty years ago in Yokohama a navy pay director named Rogers lost his clothes in a hotel fire. He introduced a congressional bill for reimbursement asking $1,000. The ongoing drag of the bill through sessions for two decades would amount to far more, time and effort insulting to the honorable members.
In Thornham Norfolk the schoolmaster teaches hand wrought tranwork to revive local industry for England. London artists now send designs to Thornham for execution and even the King recognizes the merit of the work. The schoolmaster serves as manager in this unique operation.
An illustrated experiment tests strength by having four lifters raise a heavy man from a table after all participants inhale together. The subject rises almost feather light when the timing is exact, while mis-timed inhalation causes a lifter to fail to lift. The moment of inhalation aligns effort, revealing peculiar body-weight dynamics.
Fragmentary verse ends with imagery of closed doors, lamplight, and a moonlit scene. Mentions a gathering, wine of sorrow, and a distant throne of Elizabethan mood. Clinton Bedland, In Metropolitan.
A lengthy 1906 missive reveals intertwined loves and secrets. LILA writes of engagement to a man named Leonard while still bound to another, debating fidelity, desire, and vows. She recalls past affection, questions loyalty, and implores Dick to betray conventions for a future union, hoping to sever old bonds through divorce and new marriage.
A teacher tests a redheaded 10 year old boy on George Washington. The boy insists he has nothing new to say and claims he must look out for his father who told him to avoid conceding Washington as bigger than St Patrick. The exchange shows the boy’s stubborn loyalty to his own hero.
An innkeeper named Joseph Schwartz in Leutschau Hungary revived in an open coffin after being laid out. He extinguished the candles, then entered the dining room in a shroud, terrifying his wife and children. Doctors later blamed an overdose of morphia for the apparent death and coma lasting a day.
Queen Maud of Denmark pursues an unusual hobby collecting carved ivory and tusks. Her trove includes elephant tusk trophies from hunts, many bearing tiny gold plates with kill details, and descriptions published as Tales of My Tusks. Her brother, the Prince of Wales, is said to contribute during his India tour.
A writer claims Turkish people in villages habitually fall asleep at any cue and recover quickly if awakened. The piece notes that this sleep pattern allows immediate return to rest, even prompting family members to wake others for small needs like locating tobacco.
The note explains how the letter S originated from a rough pictorial of a goose used by ancient Egyptians. It links the symbol to the word goose and suggests the pictorial form aided early description. The text hints at the kissing consonant concept but provides no definitive attribution.
A chaotic report notes 10,082 advocates and solicitors in Italy with total income of 9,462,616 dollars. The average income is about 215 pounds, with a few earning higher sums. The text lists several with incomes around 6,000 dollars and many others with 400 to 800 dollar levels, though figures are garbled.
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