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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
6
An amusing Mass scene in which a mockingbird imitates church music while Father Antill and ushers attempt to guide the bird from the organ loft toward the altar. After five minutes the bird hides near a stained glass window, then exits through an open window as the ceremony nears its start.
Redfield Iowa reports a chilling tale of revenge after a white trapper Henry Lott and wife are killed by natives. J M Cave recounts how Lott's vengeance lasts years, ending with an ax attack on the Indian group while they drink, sparing none. Skeletons found near Scandia are linked to the events.
A 1300 mile telephone message costing seven dollars arrived at the post office department requesting leave of absence for rural carrier Winfield S. Downs of Odessa Missouri. Postmaster John T Wagener telephoned the appeal and the message sparked a debate on western prosperity. Officials decided to grant Downs the requested leave from August 26 to October 1, noting the expensive long distance call.
The surf at P Balley’s beach in Newport, a private resort, is cleansed with cologne every morning. Access is barred to plebeians by police. The beach owners named Isaac Townsend Burden as president and H A C Turner as secretary and treasurer. George L. Rives of New York serves as a beach director.
W J Lampton of New York Herald stresses the link between digestion and life. He warns that a hungry stomach distorts judgment, while a well functioning digestion paves the way for love and strength.
Polybius credited Jneas with inventing cipher writing and twenty methods to hide messages. The art, vital for diplomacy, was opposed by Elector Frederic II who burned Trithemius’s original works as diabolical. Boville and Poissevin doubted terms used, sparking a noted clash over cryptology’s origins.
French preacher Michael Minot, who died in Paris in 1518, was famed for pulpit eccentricities and swift shifts from humor to pathos. He warned that enforcing old laws would empty the empire of contentment, then praised filial duty with a parable of trees and roots.
A recount of Lord Erskine famed for turning aside flippant replies. He deftly exposed irrelevant or foolish answers while keeping dignity intact. One witness refused to kiss the book, preferring to hold up his hand. Erskine questioned the reasoning, remarking on Revelations and the angel, yet gently steered the exchange back to seriousness.
Dr. Gulick cautions against heavy eating and rushing meals. He notes that digestion slows when the mind is occupied with business or worry and that heavy work or prolonged exertion after eating worsens indigestion for students and letter carriers.
The Navajo, Zuni, and Apache tribes use corn pollen or hoddentin as a medicinal and sacred powder. It is eaten by the sick, placed on the head to ease pain, offered to the sun and moon, and sprinkled in various rites to sanctify actions, places, and people. Captain Bourke notes that abundant hoddentin signals a sacred performance or place.
A compact history of coastal beacons from ancient Pharos and Roman lighthouses to Kipling era coastwise lights.It notes early oil and coal fueled towers, the shift to petroleum and electric lighting, and shows how England and Scotland modernized from 1810s onward as ships found safer havens with brighter beacons.
A survey notes mermaid myths across cultures and how poets used them for morals. It recounts a Alabama legal anecdote about Colonel Bragg and Judge Robe rt, depicting Bragg’s fiery temper and a comic clash on the steps of the statehouse.
A Boston Herald anecdote recounts Professor William E. Byerly of Harvard mathematics testing memory by listing items to recall. The student recites a chain including whisky sugar milk onions molasses eggs apples peanuts cucumbers pies starch vergnst skins of bananas and asks how it tastes.
In a Virginia political incident tied to election fraud probes, the investigation revealed that ballots in a key precinct were not sealed after the final count. The election judge faced questions from the committee chair about securing ballots, with discussion of improvised sealing methods referencing pine resin and even shoemaker’s wax.
A compact history of the Biblia Pauperum, a 14th century block book from Belgium used to aid devotion among the poor and friars. It describes its 40 leaves, purpose, and a rare illuminated copy in the British Museum, with a note on a later sale price. It ends with a Philadelphia Ledger quotation on language and class, contrasting vulgar speech with wealth.
An 19th century listing notes Napoleon’s alleged tooth sold for 37.50 dollars, Kant’s wig 40, Sterne’s wig 1000, Descartes skull 200, Newton’s tooth 3400, Heloise tooth 20000, and Rousseau waistcoat 190. It warns many artifacts were not genuine and cites sales of Rousseau walking sticks and Hugo trousers as part of a bustling market.
A call to assemble as much as 407 cashels of wheat is issued by S. W. Lane. He asks to be informed at once to arrange a live and let live bid for the grain.
An architect notes how distance distorts perception of large objects, citing Westminster’s Court clock as an example. He explains the clock dial and hands appear small from afar, though the scale is vast, with the dial seeming crossable by a tall man and the minute hand rivaling tall soldiers.
William Mathews in Success Magazine recounts Pope’s prank on Lord Halifax during Homer translation. Halifax offers unsolicited edits. Pope pretends to accept, later rereads unaltered to reveal the critic’s gullibility, prompting Halifax to loudly approve the changes after the trap is sprung.
A trained ostrich disrupted its exhibitor at a music hall by leaping toward the footlights and then into the orchestra. The act ended abruptly as the professor apologized and announced the engagement would pause until new leadership is found, noting the bird was misled by its current orchestra leader.
Miss Jessie Middlebrook of Marshall returns home after an extended visit. Joe Hawkins aided the Farmer meeting. Bob Bolin and family plan a Plains trip. A. W. Tedrow and sons bale hay near Markley. A. E. Oatman and family visited Elbert. Sunday school at Chapel canceled due to Farmer meeting. Pleasant View Sunday school attended with sermon by Richard Boyle. Carl Newman and Jim Oatman at Oakland. Miss Mary Newman returned from Rocky Mound visit. Mrs. J. L. Lofton to Hood County. Rube accompanies. Surveyor Frye surveyed Lovinga Farmer roads. Cotton picking begun. yields light, some fair crops. Farmers gathering corn and storing feed. In Geneva many suffer indigestion. stomach needs help. Advert: Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia sold by Graham Drug Co.
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