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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
5
An imaginative dialogue features a hippo boasting of a long, unchanging speech, a fondness for fat and naps, and a sparrow perched by the pool. The animal muses on the origin of the name Hippopotamus from river horse, its appetite, and disdain for exercise while dreaming of more rest and meals.
Irvin S Cobb recounts a Tennessee tale where a single Black voter is rewarded with a street cleaning department. A white foreman aims to keep workers busy, forcing the elder employee to shovel while the boss assigns rounds. The old man protests that tomorrow he will not work. A brass phonograph record invented to be heard 10,000 years hence closes the piece.
A House Detective and a stenographer spar over a scene in Peacook Alley as two well dressed women chat and smoke. The exchange defines chatting as a refined art of social tearing down others, contrasted with men’s arenas of politics and golf. Copyright McNaught Syndicate.
Folklore notes feather bed death fears in rural areas of England and Europe. Tales claim game chicken feathers transfer fighting spirit, causing prolonged agony, though observers dispute the belief. The piece cites Drer and British matrons who burn such feathers to avoid the supposed effect.
Memoir excerpt tracing Joseph Kayes early life and education including matriculation at Columbia Law School. It notes his admission to the bar at twenty-one and his rise from poverty to prominence as a trial lawyer, with references to Max D. Steuer and early New York City work.
A miniature tower of cultured and natural pearls forms part of Japan's exhibit at the Philadelphia sesquicentennial. The pagoda shaped display stands just over three feet high and contains 21280 cultured and 2970 natural pearls of varying sizes, valued at about sand OM.
A mid century style menu piece outlines light summer dishes and custard desserts, plus sauces for meat and fish. It highlights ginger custard and baked orange custard, rhubarb pie, and simple sandwiches with beverages. It also offers guidance on varied weekly meals and sauces for meat and fish, including Maître d Hotel Butter and Olive and Almond Sauce. It notes trout and fresh fish are best served simply with good garnishes.
A Dalton, Western Newspaper item by Julia Botyomley highlights a five-hat midseason millinery group. It emphasizes leghorn shapes with flower petals, elegant straw and satin designs for matrons, and coordinating simple frocks for girls up to six years. Bright voile and embroidered details feature, with multiple fabrics listed for party wear.
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