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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
16
I R Kent explains developing a personal set of natural measures such as forearm cubit hand span and pace. Readers should mark their own forearm length eye height arm span and common pace then compile and memorize a table of units to improve quick accurate sizing in daily tasks.
The Law Magazine notes a Hamburg merchant who left a will requiring each of his five teetotaler sons to drink a glass of wine at his funeral. If any refused, that son forfeits his share to the others. if all refused, the estate goes to charity. This odd bequest joins a prior abstainer’s plan to pour wine on the ground rather than drink it.
A London Post remark compares humanity to the vast living world noting two million species of plants and animals existing now and suggesting twenty million once existed in the extinct world.
Daniel O Connell exposed a plot in a will case as witnesses testified to the document. A lawyer pressed for truth asking if the dead man lived and even invoked a live fly found in the mouth when the will was signed. The confession followed under pressure.
A Philadelphia Record note quotes an authority arguing against the common phrase setting sun. He asserts the sun does not set but sits, and questions why social language treats it as setting or raising, urging readers to rethink everyday expressions.
A Bohemian monk Prohop Dilwisch devised the first lightning rod in 1754 not Franklin. His device was built in spring and summer, installed June 15 in Prenditz Moravia, gaining fame and wealth. Critics blamed droughts 1757 1759 on the rod and Vienna ordered its removal.
A traveler witnessed a woman yank a man into a railroad car and force him into a seat with luggage at his feet. She ordered him to stay put until she helped her daughter Mary Jane. The woman declared the man was not her husband but her daughter's, and that her daughter lacks spirit to claim her own soul.
The Bengal grosbeak builds a bottle shaped nest on a long limb over a stream. The entrance is beneath the nest, making snake access impossible. A naturalist observed fourteen snake attempts, all ending as snakes fell into the water.
There is Battier. A dozen years ago he lived for the diamond and cared for little else. Now his thoughts center on family with a wife and eight children. He has transferred his interest to his home nine.
A social note from the Houston Post details a plan to secure a consent from a father by winning poker games. The speaker boasts weekly sessions over six months, claiming the father will feel offered a pension when asked. The item relies on casual newswire style.
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune, Uncle James asks about naming the baby. The young wife replies she has chosen Jemima as near as possible, humorously deflecting the request.
A reflective line by George Eliot on how childhood carries no forebodings yet lacks memories of sorrow endured later in life. The quote contrasts innocence with the absence of past pain shaping youth.
A herd of baboons approaches a water source on a hillside. Two large males emerge near the pond and drink, then join the trecking group. Mothers with young and several subadults follow, first singly then in small groups, the herd moving toward the water.
The Pueblo Chieftain asserts Colorado land, especially irrigated holdings, will steadily appreciate. It notes high prices for fruit lands, compares values to national averages, and argues that productive capacity, water access, climate, and location justify enduring investment in irrigated Colorado land.
A writer notes deer are agile jumpers with storied leaps and marks the Hart's Leap on the Scottish border. He also discusses deer sense of smell and surprisingly limited eyesight, recounting stalks and close photographs where deer did not notice a hunter within fifteen yards.
The piece explains that all longitudes share a time, making the north pole a conundrum of simultaneity. If inhabited, residents could choose time from any meridian, potentially requiring a readjustment of global timekeeping to fit Arctic needs.
An English writer explains lightning can only be photographed at night and cannot be captured with a cap or shutter. He notes eyes miss a flash until after it passes and advises focusing beforehand and trusting the lightning to appear on cue.
In a New York Press excerpt, a friend and lawyer propose TV attendance on a divorce case. Benedict responds that he promised the matter to a friend before marriage, signaling prior commitment and conflict of interest.
In a playful exchange titled Building Rome, Teacher Tommy asks when Rome was built, and a student replies Rome wasn’t built in a day, prompting a witty correction about past and present learning. The item captures a classroom humor moment in the School Board Journal.
A fragment attributed to Montaigne notes that all other knowledge harms those lacking honesty and virtue. The aphorism emphasizes moral character over accumulated learning.
An advertisement notes sale items including sacks and sewing twine offered by The Potato Growers Commission Co. A terse notice invites buyers to contact the listed company for purchasing details.
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