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Newspaper
Lander Evening Post
Location
Lander, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1922
Page
2
A United States consul describes chicleros in Yucatan Campeche forests, detailing the method of tapping chicle from trees, the laborious ascent with rope and machete, and the annual sap cycle. He notes the melancholy mood of workers and the superstition of the little old man of the forest guiding or frightening them.
A study of global humor contrasts various cultural laughter styles from Europe to Persia and Italy. It traces the London Cockney term from Elizabethan usage to modern Londoners and explains Dry Rot decay caused by a fungus that travels moisture through tiny strands in wood.
A Hackney district colony of poor women earns pennies by mending damaged nutmeg sacks. They fill worm holes with a paste of nutmeg and gum, then seal the sacks and are paid four cents per grows of nutmeg. Consumers cannot easily spot the repairs upon close inspection.
Fragmentary reader notes reference a reviewer or lender and a contrast between wealth on paper and poverty in reality. Ambiguity and garbled wording provide no clear names, dates, or events to anchor a proper news card.
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