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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
3
A green gecko named Lizzie meets Cheerups who consoles her after Mr Secretary Bird nips off her tail. He advises patience and duty, promising a new tail will grow, and Lizzie vows to stay cheerful and return home to resume her work.
HARVING KING discusses how hearts ease and rattlesnake masters were believed cures for heart disease and snake bites, tracing the doctrine of signatures from ancient times through its decline by the eighteenth century as medical science advanced.
The Versailles museum displays the historic ring used by Clemenceau to seal a famous treaty in 1019 and recounts its prior journey from Charles Nsendorff who claimed to be Louis XVI to Jules Favre, then foreign minister, who used it to seal the 1871 armistice at Versailles as Bismarck hesitated.
A proposal suggests obtaining the state seal from Paris to establish a formal emblem. The plan would involve logistics and cost considerations, with officials weighing authenticity and historical significance before proceeding.
A lore filled note explains Althea as a rare feminine name with Greek roots meaning wholesome. It contrasts Althea with similar names like Alathea Letty and cites star sapphire as her talisman, claiming luck on Saturdays and a specific number. The piece notes the name's literary transmission and isolated usage, ending with a playful Boys’ Life joke.
A gushing woman urged author Hugh Walpole to name his best book and praised Sonia as his pinnacle. Walpole replied he did not write Sonia. The woman's husband interjected with a light quip, Stung again, Isobel, revealing the humorous exchange.
The article explains what adenoids are and why they harm children. It describes how enlarged lymphoid tissue blocks nasal and throat airways, forces mouth breathing, and leads to poor digestion sleep and nutrition. It notes adenoids occur in all ages but are most troublesome in eight to twelve year olds.
Mrs Max-Ultt reported at a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds meeting that barbarous fashion uses 127 stuffed humming birds as trimmings in Paris. The Duchess of Portland threatened to boycott her dreammaker until plumes are dropped from customers' wardrobes.
The article recalls Blondin's first bold Niagara stunt about sixty six years ago when he crossed the gorge on a rope spanning from the falls to the whirlpool rapids. He balanced a forty foot long pole weighing forty five pounds. Several times thereafter he repeated the perilous crossing.
The passage notes Blondin crossing with a barrow and later on stilts witnessed by the prince of Wales, with imitators including Marla Spolterina. It recalls Captain Webb’s early whirlpool attempts, a Philadelphia cooper named Graham threading the rapids in a barrel, and Mrs Taylor going over the falls in a special barrel.
A London Post recounts a hunter's tale from County Donegal where a hawk pursuing a swallow crashes through a high stairwell window. The hawk blasts through the glass, the swallow escapes upstairs, and the hawk disappears leaving only a broken window as evidence.
Grasse in southern France is the main perfume hub handling massive seasonal volumes including nearly 2000 tons of orange blossoms, 1000 tons of roses, 150 tons of violets and 130 tons of jasmine per company. Flower farms cover over 100000 acres, per The Flower Grower. Synthetic materials may erode the natural perfume trade, though manufactured perfumes may not fully replace natural scents.
A Londoner traveled north to attend a local magnate's funeral and stayed at a hotel before returning to London. In the hotel smoking room he spoke with Duncan, estate stalker, about storms and rain that flooded the coffin, noting Sir Robert’s need for water where he has gone.
A noodler reports discovering a valuable black opal in Queens. The finding highlights local mining activity and raises questions about the stone’s origin and value. No authorities quoted, details about the finder or exact location remain unclear.
The black opal, among the costliest and most elusive gems, is hunted by noodlers mostly Chinese who sift debris from abandoned workings for unseen stones. Madagascar is cited as a site of earnings from this practice, while earlier reports of giant birds were tied to extinct species but proved nonviolent relatives rather than monsters.
The story surveys ancient legends of gigantic birds of prey such as the roc. It traces myths from Arabia, Persia, and India, cites Sinbad the Sailor, notes eggs described as dome like, and mentions Marco Polo's Madagascar claims and a large feather. It ends noting 1851 discoveries of gigantic eggs and bones.
The black widow Latrodectus Mactans is deadly to humans per Yale zoologist Alexander Petrunkevitch. Indians used crushed spiders as arrow poison. the spider inhabits southern regions and tropical areas, with sightings as far north as Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
A respected veteran police and fire reporter, renowned in the metropolitan press, dies suddenly in a major city while covering a blaze. A junior reporter was assigned to the task but the incident underscores the dangers reporters faced entering burning buildings.
A funeral display featured an enormous white rose horn covering the casket in the form of a fireman’s badge. The piece spelled with vivid red letters “Admit within fire lines only,” drawing startled attention as a bold memorial gesture from Everybody’s Magazine.
A Pathfinder Magazine excerpt discusses biomechanical limits of large organisms due to digestive and respiratory constraints, noting that diffusion-based breathing caps growth. It contrasts with the legal notion of a building, explaining common law versus everyday speech, using Mecca’s mosque as an example.
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