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Newspaper
Lander Evening Post
Location
Lander, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1922
Page
2
The narrator and four officers dine at a Sheik in Bagdad where a lavish feast unfolds on copper trays with bread as plates. Servants and wives cook, the host tastes each dish, and a two hour procession of courses ends with beggars receiving leftovers. Cigarettes and waterpipes conclude the gracious visit.
The article traces ancient soap making from Biblical references to Jeremiah, noting ashes from plants produced cleansing lather. It highlights early German and French usage and explains how plant ashes provided cleansing agents, later refined by combining fat with soda or potash to avoid skin and material damage.
A leading actor in a company scheduled to perform Romeo and Juliet at the opera house asks for 10 cents for a shave. The manager balks but then offers to swap the bill to Othello, sparing the shave and keeping the show intact.
A Madrid edict bans male flirting along streets, a long held custom where loiterers offered compliments to passing women. The law now prohibits such remarks and allows offended women to punish the men for their affronts.
Two men plan a conference in a cramped telephone booth as they note pagers and possible recipe exchanges. The remark hints at secrecy and curious gadgetry, suggesting a covert meeting and unusual communication methods.
Captain Kidd stomps from the lumber yard with a volley of angry oaths and a tight grip on the culassa. "Zounds!" he cries to Die Heutenmat. He laments the impossible life of a pirate and the never ending planks ahead.
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