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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
8
The article explains that fresh bread is as digestible as stale bread if chewed enough, with the crust drying and the crumb moist. It notes stale bread swallows harder unless chewed thoroughly and that freshness mainly reflects water distribution between crust and crumb. A sour can be refreshed by moistening and reheating briefly.
Goutya Tolstoy recounts Tolstoy's lack of outward tenderness and affection. He notes the father’s distant manner and forbidding spiritual power that made him avoid physical closeness and kisses. The passage reflects a son’s candid, reverent reminiscence of a formidable, weary old man.
Hobart Pasha, born in England, served as blockader and buccaneer in the American War before joining the Turkish service. He suppressed the Cretan rebellion, reorganized the Turkish fleet, was named marshal of the empire, and twice faced breach of the foreign enlistment act before dying in 1886 as a British vice admiral.
The London Standard notes kings like Dionysius of Syracuse and Napoleon likely preferred others to shave them. Talleyrand quips that rulers must be shaved by others, while self-ruled nobles may cut their own beards. The piece links prudence with royal prerogatives and social climb.
A Pall Mall Gazette excerpt recalls Robert Louis Stevenson visiting Noyon France. He describes the cathedral and town as a quiet place under the church’s shadow with five bells and an organ’s start heard across the area. He even muses about joining the church of Rome and becoming bishop of Noyon on the Oise.
A collage of odd phrases and aphorisms discusses idle curiosity, yawning scientific quirks, and a quake expert claiming crustal shifts cause earth rotation wobble. Snippets blend dialect humor with reflections on perfection and small aims.
In a lengthy continued column, a supposed witness recalls family talk linking John Wilkes Booth to an mistaken identity case. The text covers personal recollections, Civil War paroles, and unrelated political commentary on Wilson administration, Japan, and Philippines withdrawal.
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