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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
4
The article argues China has four state religions with the emperor performing priestly duties for each. Twice yearly he worships Shang Ti, ancestral tablets, Taoist gods, and Buddha. It notes Confucianism linked to the people, Taoism absorbing old beliefs, and Buddhism arriving around 65 A D as state-supported.
A living light named the pyrophore gives cheap illumination in Brazil. One inch and a half monster firefly lights fine print. three light a room. Peasant threads a pyrophore to each shoe for forest travel, avoiding snakes and hazards. coquette wears one in hair. When light fades a cold water dunk revives three lanterns. Known locally as cuengo, scientifically as coleopter serricorn stermose elaterides.
A years long test passed current through a copper aluminum conductor and found no transfer of either metal between the joined sections. The result questions whether electrons physically move metal particles between solid conductors, unlike in liquid electrolytes where transport is evident.
A indignatnt citizen laments boys smashing a street light and lamp and basement windows. He notes repeated rock throwing during ball play, causing broken glass near apartments and vacant houses. He says boys seem to take pleasure in the loud smash.
A Victorian essay questions wealth inequality with Henry George urging abolition of powerful institutions if charity fails. The page then shifts to mixed local news sections noting Freaks of Electricity in Rockport Massachusetts, Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy promotions, and brief community notes including travel and a death in Loving community.
A Paris contemporary notes how the orange reached Europe from China via Carthage, with grafting that produced the blood orange. Jean de Castro brought it from the West Indies to Portugal, while Constable de Bourbon began cultivation before Francis I resumed trials. Louis XIV’s visit to Toulon saw preserved oranges placed in the orangery for the king.
A woman observes pageboys and staff at New York hotels noting size and age differences by hotel. She compares Knickerbocker youth to older staff at Astor, Waldorf Astoria, St Regis, and downtown hotels, describing page sizes and ages from young boys to full-grown men. The piece reflects on how hotel age relates to page appearance and staffing.
The Tartare claim koumiss is the national beverage, a miraculous sustenance that powers labor on a diet of koumiss alone. They boast a rider can go 132 miles in 17 hours across any weather on a quart. A cheeky tip urges troops in Roosevelt era tests to take koumiss aboard.
Delinquent lands and town lots for 1908 in Young County are listed as of March 31 1909 under Section 10 Chapter 103 Laws 1897. M A Wallace Tax Collector certifies delinquency and credits. commissioners court verifies the report and credit. The document notes the official date of April 6 1909 and bears county seal.
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