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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
4
The article details striped bass feeding at dusk, noting laziness near the bottom before feeding. Killies are dumped in and vanish instantly as bass strike with speed, then fight aggressively. Large fish roam rocky shores while smaller ones prefer tideways and shallow bays.
A terse origin myth explains mountains rising as the devil brings soil to shape the earth. The devil swallows soil by mistake, coughs and runs, while thunder and lightning mark the hills and peaks formed where he leaps. The tale appears in Ralston's Russian Folk Tales.
The passage traces how bread making evolved from unleavened and roasted grains in Abrahamic times to later use of rye and oatmeal in 1596 and barley bread during Charles I’s era. It notes white wheat bread rising in popularity only after home baking declined and commercial bakeries flourished.
Scientists debate why trees and plants grow upright. Some link it to light, but Dr Maxwell S Masters of England showed that sprouts on green posts deep underground still rise erect, challenging the light theory.
The speeding trains collide in a vivid scene as a couple confronts heartbreak and tears in a cornfield. The man questions why she cries while she laments their first falling out, conveying a tense moment of conflict.
The article describes Holland’s windmills, noting about 10 000 mills and a shift to steam power over fifty years. It highlights Zaandam and Zaandijk as green landmarks, plus evolving methods to rotate windmill sails from earlier boat-towed, post-based, and turret mechanisms to a modern cup and cogwheel system.
A Washington Star quotation shows a man asking the Society for mule protection after two arrests linked to his animal. He protests mistreatment by the mule and demands reciprocity or arbitration, insisting on understanding from the animal welfare group.
The article explains that the daisy’s name means the eye of the day. A nature lover noted the flower opens at dawn and closes at sunset, likening it to the day’s eye and coining the term that evolved into daisy.
A literary friend wired himself ahead to meet a future self at a price but forgot to sign the telegram. He failed to identify the sender and paid no attention to it, leaving the scheme unresolved.
The exchange debates whether to say Will you marry me or Shall you marry me. The Boston Transcript notes the modern practice favors Will you marry me, while Shall you marry me sounds formal or old fashioned.
In Sonora near La Colorada miners extract soft graphite from coal beds turned by granite intrusion. The ore is sun-dried and air floated, then mixed with clay for pencils or used as a lubricant and in paints. Graphite from Ceylon supplies fibrous high temperature crucibles, aiding expansion and contraction resilience.
The London Chronicle notes Byron diverged from Galton’s idea that great eaters are notable. In Athens he drank vinegar and water and ate little rice, sometimes six biscuits daily. In 1816 he lived on bread and a vegetable dinner, chewing tobacco to curb hunger, and reportedly weighed ten stone nine pounds at his last weighing.
The trunkfish is a small marine creature noted for a back covered with bony arcular plates forming a complete coat of mail. It moves mainly with its tail mouth and parts of its gills, found in warm southern tropical seas.
A compact aphorism notes that except for fools, the wise would starve, implying that prudent perception saves those who act cleverly while fools miss chances. The line underscores cleverness as a lifeline in scarcity or uncertainty.
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