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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
4
A Thrift Magazine excerpt argues that optimism helps with mood and major achievements but warns against excessive optimism in finance and street safety. It advocates measured pessimism and steady worry as paths to lasting happiness and prudent choices.
Cecil Rhodes rejected Cape parliament sumptuary rules to dress in comfortable clothes. He mocked premier Sir Gordon Sprigg’s push for respectable dark attire, arguing he would not legislate in discomfort. Rhodes spoke against the measure, insisting if he cannot dress comfortably he will refrain from aiding the legislature.
Nests built by swifts on cliffs and in caves across islands in the Indian Ocean India Philippines and parts of the Pacific are valued for color and purity. The nests consist mainly of salivary mucous and are eagerly used by Chinese cooks as a soup ingredient.
Bloomington boy Raymond Myholland, age five, hit his thumb with a hammer and exclaimed a new word Oh blamp it He explains the phrase came from other boys who say it when they hurt themselves The incident noted by the Indianapolis News reveals a child's invented expletive
London’s rat week ends with over two million rats killed by professional cat watchers and a private company, while sanitation officers press for ongoing efforts until the city is rat free. The report notes householders and youth groups joining the effort in a broad citywide campaign.
Otto Kahn, returning from Europe, said the French people are prosperous and spending freely while he warned that tax burdens in France strain workers. He claimed the working man struggles to make both ends meet and even to feed himself, noting a sharp contrast with prosperity.
The text compares the Sahara's vast area to that of the continental United States. It notes the Sahara covering about 3.5 million square miles while the U S area is smaller. Specific figures or precise wording are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A satirical vision describes Cockaigne as a mythical land of plenty where houses are built of food and rivers run with wine. Roasting geese parade the streets in a humorous, mythical urban idyll.
Philp Guedalla argues in Harper's Magazine that England honors successful insurrection and military victory, praising figures like Washington while revealing how myth reshapes perception. He notes the tendency to credit enemies and skew motives, urging a truer view beyond national vanity.
A Sunday drive ends at the city limits where a couple lounges opposite the first billboard. The husband explains they stay there to save gas, tires, dust, and crowd strain, inviting a friend to discuss the plan as they relax and watch.
The Florence memory during Queen Wilhelmina’s jubilee recalls a tale of the young queen regent stopping with her mother to speak to a beggar on the Long Arno. She asked in broken Italian and gave him half a franc, prompting the beggar to quip about royal pay. The London Times records this anecdote of royal kindness and frugal rulers.
Dr Kate Gorday a Los Angeles psychologist reports in Pathfinder Magazine that over 1000 children tested show left handed and right handed groups perform equally on intelligence tests. She notes more left handed boys than girls and a possible 3 to 4 percent national prevalence. Heritability remains disputed.
A Kansas City Star item recalls a classroom moment when students were asked for an abstract noun example. The head of class offers Manhood, followed by Womanhood and Girlhood, while the fourth student replaces boyhood with Little Red Riding Hood, underscoring playful wordplay in a lesson.
A new mammoth car ferry launched at Neville Island Ohio will serve between Anchorage and Baton Rouge Louisiana. It will measure 340 feet long with an extreme deck width of 91 feet on a 4 foot molded beam and carry a full train including mogul engine and eleven Pullman cars or two freight cars on a single trip. The cost is $250,004 making it the largest vessel of its kind.
Life section presents a playful exchange between two Girl Scouts, with the first asking if it’s their first night sleeping in a tent and the second replying uncertainty. The fragment hints at a lightweight, humorous moment likely from a column or feature.
Fragmentary text discusses elephants as good swimmers and their aquatic endurance, mentioning times of staying in water and references to animals. The passage is garbled and lacks clear events, dates, places, or identifiable organizations.
An after theater supper features guests perusing hotel menu cards and choosing a simple club sandwich at the event held for guests. The casual gathering centers on dining and socializing after the performance.
From the gospels to early travelers, the Life of St Andrew moves through Scythia Achala and Patras to Constaninople. Regulus carries relics to Scotland near Fife where a monastery forms a chapel by the bones. The town grows as St Andrew's becomes Scotland's patron saint.
A new departure in moving picture use will be tried on the Paris stage as M. Rouche, opera director, plans to show films with a significant musical accompaniment. The first opera movie will be Mircale des Loups with an original score by Henri Rubaud of the Conservatoire.
The piece notes how critics blamed Darwin for human origins from monkeys, detailing caricatures that liken his intellectual profile to an ape. It cites Mr. Fournish and argues that artists once claimed faces and heads take shape from the subject’s preoccupations, referencing Darwin as a vivid example.
The song Hold the Fort was first sung by its author at a revival meeting led by Dwight Moody. The composer, born in Pennsylvania, pursued early music training, attended college, and began a career as composer, singer, and teacher.
A recent discovery by BLM ranger Rapp reveals a sizable herd of mountain sheep in the Silver Beak range of Nevada. Officials plan to bring in an expert hunter to help control the cougar population, seen as the greatest threat to the sheep.
The article explains the immense scale of space by noting Vega is about 26 light years away and roughly 160 trillion miles distant, with a night ray from that star taking 25 years to reach Earth at lightning speed, a travel distance that would circle the globe seven times per second.
In Aurora Nevada the Mark Twain cabin remains largely intact and preserved, though visited by souvenir hunters. Plans to move the cabin to Wingfield Park Reno are mentioned, amid vivid nostalgia for Aurora’s vanished boom days and the era’s wild gambling and dance halls.
Westchester County park commission opened bids in White Plains for removing Money Hill on the Hudson at Croton and inserted a clause that any treasure unearthed would be turned over to the commission. The hill is named for a legend that Captain Kidd buried treasure nearby, with residents reporting coins from various eras.
A homemaker blends one tablespoon gelatin with two to two and a half tablespoons boiling water dissolves and stirs in sugar while hot. The glue reportedly bonds paper or cloth to metal wood or glass without leaving a stain.
A courtroom exchange turns on a quip about fault in a traffic accident. The judge wryly notes the tendency for crashes to occur when drivers dim lights and misjudge curves, reflecting on common causes and accountability.
The article discusses a fire destroying a house that sanctifies the site making it taboo for normal use. It contrasts this with fire worship and sun worship origins of many superstitions, noting Frazer on fire festivals and the limited presence of pure fire worship in early western Europe.
A fragment notes a relic of fire worship in a superstition held in parts of the country that it is bad luck to build on a site where a house was destroyed by fire, fearing the new structure may be likewise ruined.
The article discusses Enid as a name preserving beauty and dignity with no diminutives. It cites Tennyson’s role in reviving Enid in Geraint and Enid, notes Maburgeon and Triad references, and explains Enid as a Celtic form of animus meaning soul. It traces historic phonetic shifts from Anid to Enid.
Supposititious name origins frame Enid as the wife of a Devon prince linked to Arthurian legend. The poem notes Enid’s marriage to Geraint, a Knight of the Round Table, with vivid imagery of her changing beauty and elaborate courtly adornments.
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