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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
5
A pursing suitor buys a carved ivory hourglass style mirror with a hidden ambrotype. The reflection shows a scarred face from a past lover, driving him to uncover the mirror’s origin. A South affair linked to Miss Damon reveals a doctor’s sacrifice and a lost letter, ending in a poignant reunion.
The hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt include figures of objects, beings, plants, celestial bodies, and tools arranged in upright columns and horizontal bands used in succession. Scholars generally believe Phoenician and Hebrew alphabets were borrowed from hieroglyphics, with the Nile civilization credited as inventors of alphabetical writing.
Paris honors Marguerite Audoux, a poor orphan who sewed sixteen hours daily to survive. Her memoir Marie Clatre details a life of farm shepherdess, servant, and self-taught writer who rose to literary fame, earning the Gon court Academy prize for a work many call a masterpiece.
Sacramento bulletin notes the economic value of raising a child from birth to thirty. It estimates average upbringing cost at 4 150 and net value at 5 850 when capitalized at six percent, using State Labor Commissioner figures from 1903 and 1908.
London reports the Ro cal Society documents Major’s sixth journey in Persia with notes on Nehapur and Turshz. They describe edible earth or ammonian clay found in caves fifteen miles northwest of a sacred lake and a “pilgrim’s stone” that pilgrims roll toward Meshed to aid spiritual travel.
Ottawa report states J. J. Groulx fathered 35 children across three marriages. Of the brood, 24 survive his death at age 77. One child came from his first wife, 21 from his second, and 13 from his third wife. The deceased was brother to Hull’s mayor.
In Columbia Missouri a spelling bee stumped both classes on the eight-letter bdellium. The event, held for the Young Women’s Christian Association, drew A Ross HM of the university and several faculty members. A dictionary hunt followed to learn the word’s meaning. Taelin St. Clair, president of Christian College, announced the winner, with Mrs St. Clair’s aide also noted for involvement.
A clever device for pitting cherries uses two wires and a spur to push out the stone. The simple tool, shown in a cut, was designed by a Chicago man and can be made by any person with basic materials.
A small hand tool built from strong wire and pliers forms two arms with collars and loops that grip cherries. A spur pushes out the stone as the arms are pressed together like scissors, allowing fruit to be pitted without removing skins or stones.
Assistant superintendent Pat Lewis Rowan of Reading Traction Company died in a West Norritown substation incident while attempting to rescue an 18 year old helper from a live wire. The youth, Hahn, also died, and street cars were halted for half an hour. Rowan had served twelve years, rising from conductor to assistant superintendent.
A bedridden man counts his book collection to pass time. He tackles sets by Irving and Maine, using odd counting methods from both ends and around obstacles. After multiple attempts and a sister’s quick check, the total reaches sixteen books before he drifts to sleep.
A garbled report says Allen and Auglaize county pupils ate fried cat after a kitten fed on a meat diet for weeks was killed and cooked. The meat is described as gamelike with a wild game taste and claimed as valueless rabbit or squirrel by some tasters.
A simple door holder can be crafted from a barrel hoop by inserting rubber-head tacks at both ends on the underside and two tacks on the top face to grip the door. The arched hoop provides friction to hold the door, with alternatives using soft material or a notch cut in the hoop if tacks are unavailable.
In St Louis Miss Cora Evelyn asked police to recover $230 in jewelry stolen by Charles Patterson who died in Binghamton New York about a year ago. The ring contained a portion of his ashes set behind a transparent film, kept by Miss Evelyn as a tangible reminder of her deceased sweetheart.
The text contrasts modern war maids and suffragettes with ancient German warfare. It laments the Screams and screeches of war maids aiding the fray and notes a revival of bloody squalls. It also remarks that Nowling dervishes avoid New York and London.
In Paris a demented pastry cook leaped from Notre Dame’s tower, shattering on the square pavement. Whether suicide or frenzy caused the act remains uncertain, but the incident stirs renewed attention to Victor Hugo's Notre Dame and its dramatic legacy.
Levy, a pensioner who guarded the Napoleon tomb for fifteen years, retired due to age after standing seven hours for public access. A veteran of the Crimean War and Napoleon II’s messenger, he reportedly spurned up to 16 000 in gratuities from wealthy Americans.
Joshua Horton shoots a large fox in the rear of his home in Molbrook. He notes this is the second fox killed recently. Horton is a Civil War veteran who lost one arm.
In a New York Sun letter Mr. Skimmerton laments the demise of gruelling as overworked and raucous. He recalls how writers used to rail against gruelling contests and finishes, then notes the term has fallen out of fashion as other stale words fade from style.
A winter tale recalls a giant whale carcass hauled inland from an Atlantic seaport. It toured unheated halls in cities, including Chicago, for weeks until the exhibit closed. A southern Illinois merchant and a village doctor recount the striking, near ninety foot discovery.
The article notes the San Blas Indians near Panama resemble Florida Seminoles in remaining unconquered. Cock fighting is a major pastime, enjoyed by workers and the public alike, with wagers and vivid sounds. A revived, near-dead game cock was later driven back into the pit and killed its opponent.
Government statistician report shows Queensland sheep at 20,010,000, up 2,060,000 from last year. Wool produced in 1909 totalled 129,668,295 pounds, up 19,000,000 pounds. New South Wales remains the largest wool producer with 46,191,000 sheep and 1,033,898 bale fleece for the year.
A New York Sun quote attributes to a globe trotter that Maryland fried chicken holds a key American section in foreign cookbooks. She says foreign authors respect it yet their receipts differ, noting no two Maryland fried chicken recipes are alike across civilized cuisines.
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