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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
6
A Chicago Inter Ocean item explains a science based illusion where breathing on a polished glass reveals a pre traced face or coin image. Dust and gas create a temporary imprint by condensation, then polishing and breathing again reappears the markings.
In Carpenteria Valley California a Spanish woman Joquin Lugodi Ayala planted a grape twig in 1842. The vine now holds the title of largest in the world with a trunk ten feet in circumference and a trellis spread of 100 to 110 feet covering about a quarter acre.
The Arabian Nights gathers tales from Persia India and Arabia. Persia refined them after Caliph Haroun al Raschid's era in the eighth century. They reached Europe in 1704 via Galland and were later better translated into English by Dr. Edward Lane in 1839.
When a man acts foolishly he relies on cheap material to perform. The incident highlights how quick vanity leads to a public lapse.
An Indian fairy tale tells how the Great Eel overran Songs of Victory town until a brave family of nine brothers and a sister end its reign. The eldest uses strength, the second a magician, to lure and kill the eel king, then flee by magic canoe pursued by enraged eels.
Eldest Brother leads nine sons to defeat Great Eel with sinew cord and magic canoe. Old Man Heron guides them to Sea Lion town for a swift craft aided by blue hellebore. They return triumphant to Songs of Victory town with Great Eel's head, restoring the people and crowning the eldest as chief.
A descriptive note explains a children's ring game where a leader repeats a rhyme and breaks the circle by striking the ring. If unsuccessful, the player moves to a new point, and the next child joins the ring. In New York a violent variant is called Bull in the ring.
The lead pencil is not made of lead but graphite. The name comes from earlier use of metallic lead. Graphite was first used in pencils after the 1565 Cumberland mine discovery in England, allowing slabs to be encased in wood for writing.
The horse chestnut is native to Tibet the cucumber comes from the East Indies and the walnut and peach originate from Persia.
A short riddle hints at a chimney as the answer. It asks what you cannot look through despite being open from end to end with no curvature.
The article notes that removable flounces and belts are popular fashion trims for outfits. Petticoats show wear on flounces while upper garments wear two garnitures, and buttons serve as test and effective waist trim.
The piece notes crochet buttons from dress makers, novel cube shapes, and hints at fresh linings such as chiffon or silk. It mentions a stunning felt hat with a large bird trim and describes white broadcloth or voile separates with a cashmere skirt. The gown showcased features golden brown broadcloth, silk braid trim, and velvet collar.
Cure Nervous Debuty, Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Enlarged Veins, Fistula, Piles and Other Rectal Diseases. I MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION, whether you take treatment or not.
Notice advertises a specialist offering cure for varicocele blood poison nervo vital debility and related cases. He invites men dissatisfied with other treatment to visit his office and promises safe quick permanent results with reasonable charges after free consultation. Women are urged to seek treatment for persistent headaches painful menstruation and uterine displacements with similar assurances.
The season shows gowns trimmed with embroidery in silver gold or green. Mandarin coats return as evening wraps with color harmony from Chinese and Japanese designs. Flower trims top silk and velvet wreaths. soft pinks and blues pair with a sable turban and orange roses. Judic Chollet.
A humorous verse notes the inevitability of Christmas and the buildup before the holiday. It playfully imagines toys, trinkets, and rations for loved ones and warns of time, comets, and endings on the horizon. The speaker asserts the certainty of the season with a cheeky bet.
A tense exchange centers on paternity rumors as a man asks if he is the father. The reply humorously deflects, noting he does not resemble the mother, highlighting tension in a domestic dispute.
A North Carolina county experiments with a double poll tax on unmarried men. The piece critiques the plan, suggesting possible exemptions or reforms for those who have shown affection yet remained single and proposing ideas to ease the burden for bashful suitors.
A poetic note from Jim Juglets in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune describes fall’s arrival with lines about trees, chairs, and treetops, emphasizing the season's pervasive presence.
In Colorado a boy blew a soap bubble and at about 14 degrees below zero the bubble froze into a hollow ice sphere. When the temperature rose to zero the bubbles did not refreeze, leaving the father pondering whether a bubble could freeze more easily in rainier eastern latitudes.
A circular or two-row party game where players name adjectives starting with A then B and so on. Avoid repeats of the sample adjectives and continue through the alphabet, or swap the prompt to other phrases like The doctor's dog for variety.
A simple method lets girls and boys transfer a rose leaf imprint onto paper. Place the leaf between white linen soaked in water spirits, press in a blank book for a week, then the leaf’s color fades while the paper takes on a durable red impression.
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