30 Jun 1922
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
1
A fanciful fragment describes a massive bird with a large beak seen by Portuguese and Dutch sailors on Mauritius in the sixteenth century. The bird, labeled doudo meaning simpleton, was blamed on the Curopemacy for egg destruction and eventual extinction in the region.
A rare 15th century farming manual titled the 4% Boke of iusbandrye, believed to be England’s first farming book, was bought for about $1,500 by British buyers at Sotheby’s. Printed in 123 by Richard Pynson and authored by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert of Norbury, Derbyshire, the volume remains in excellent condition and is Morrocco bound.
An English writer argues that the horse chestnut has a connection to horses. He notes that every branch or leaf cluster resembles a horse hoof with shoe marks, a detail obvious to those who look for it.
In Carl EB Akeley remarks from World's Work a Hon pulled an African buffalo 50 yards and zebras weigh nearly twice as much as the irons. A ton charged despite seven bullets from an old rifle, finally ending with the eighth in its head. Also a discussion on the cocoa cacao cocoa spelling across languages and origins.
When Harry de Windt visited the Siberian Ostinks he noted their measure of distance in kettles. A five kettle journey implied a trip as long as boiling five kettles of cold water in succession, a curious cross Asian custom mirrored elsewhere.
In Irene Beers 1941 tale the fire fairies flame up in a memory filled family scene. Betty Lou trails adventures with Aunt Louise while pondering a missing Wallace and a wedding that never was.
A clipped dialogue shows Sonator Sorghum denying regret while admitting he was forced to repudiate a statement. He notes that rejection leaves him only to feel sorrow for a man described as cold.
A quirky piece notes flowers have social dynamics with friends and foes like people. Sweet peas clash in bouquets while mignonette lily of the valley and shirley poppy are friendless. It also describes the mongoose as a mild looking but fierce, cobra-protecting creature, calling it the Terry McGovern of the animal kingdom.
A urging article argues daily street and home flushing with antiseptic air, claiming a smokeless environment would curb disease. It suggests using natural sunlight in winter and summer to control vermin and bacterial pests, urging stronger preventive measures.
The article notes a medieval European belief that May 11 to 14 linked to Saints Mamertus Pancras Servatius or Pancras Servatius Boniface brought destructive frosts. This superstition, long discussed scientifically, tied saints and their feast days to ice weather.
A penny pinching husband drifts to church with his wife on a Sunday and when the choir begins Old Hundred he stands to ask the minister to sing the Ninety and Nine. The wife has not urged churchgoing since this incident reported by the Columbus Dispatch.
A New York Evening Post note describes a shop window on Birth Avenue showcasing a large purple iris cut from paper with a tiny electric light inside, turning it into a glowing incandescent iris. The piece likens the effect to nature’s gentler play at night, where a firefly may briefly illuminate an iris through the petals.
The name Wizard of the North was applied to Sir Walter Scott by critics and scholars. It reflects the magical influence of his Waverley Novels and its first appearance in Blackwood's Magazine around 1817, attributed to Professor John Wilson.
About 90 percent of the diamond coating establishments in the Walter States are located in New York, reflecting a heavy concentration of the industry in that state and signaling limited geographic spread for other cities.
A garbled excerpt discusses education and qualities amid concern, referencing feelings of hate and immunity. Specifics are unclear, with broken phrases and uncertain context. The item reads like a partial transcription lacking identifiable people places or events.
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