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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
8
An account from Milwaukee Sentinel describes a long chase after a moose with an Indian guide. The hunter delays firing to respect the guide’s view that the chase is the point, traveling forty to fifty miles before the animal is finally shot.
An American traveler in Amsterdam comments on a grand china pipe a Dutchman smokes. The Dutchman replies gravely that such pipes are rare, noting you could not stumble upon one daily without breaking it.
Sea lions display skill as they pursue gulls by diving deep then surfacing the tip of the nose with a rotary motion. The gull dives to snatch the apparent prey while the sea lion, beneath, grasps the bird in a single bound and devours it.
A Philadelphia quip has a thrifty man warning his extravagant companion about carrying excess. She responds that her concern is raising the wind, a wry exchange reflecting humorous social banter.
In a Peruvian Mara village the narrator rents a thatched house on the river. He faces multiple ownership claims led by a woman and relatives, pays a disputed rent to quiet the dispute, and secures temporary custody with a governor's receipt while awaiting a court decision. He later orders cleanliness duties for his men, declaring that an Englishman leaves a house cleaner than on entry.
The frigate bird rarely lands except to breed and nests in mangrove trees. It lays a single egg like the cormorant and albatross and feeds on fish, sometimes stealing from fishermen. Males show a bright scarlet throat sac while females have a white breast patch.
An elderly bachelor scolds Miss Amanda for her treatment of Hankinson and hints at elopement. She retorts that becoming the pursued would not be necessary, prompting him to propose taking action and the invitations are sent.
An old method used cut strips forged by hand taking about one and a half hours per nail. Modern steel nails are lighter and stronger. Strips are cut with steam shears and fed to automatic nail machines. One worker staffs three machines, each producing a nail every second.
An essay excerpt discusses how singing accompanies soldiers, rowers, peasants, and laborers, suggesting that song sustains life and work. It cites Caesar, Taillefer, Hastings, and Roncesvalles as examples of marching songs, noting even sailors and stokers sing when pressed, and that no one is exempt from song when fully engaged in work.
A chuckling session in the assembly arises from a misread bill titled an act for the preservation of the heathen and other game. A northern member proposes a half groaning amendment including Indians, noting they shouldn’t be left out despite past depredations.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt features a railroad man recalling standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon of Arizona and feeling the vast sight nearly divine. He quotes a woman at a hotel who asks if breakfast pancakes were the best ever.
The article explains that the smallest human bone is in the ear and is called the stapes. It features a head neck and two prongs like a stirrup and is often smaller than a pea. Some authorities call it the lenticular bone due to its lens like shape within the ear drum.
A woman fell from a ferry to Camden and a brave Irishman leaped in to save her. After the rescue the calm husband handed the rescuer a quarter, joking that had he not saved her he might have given him a dollar.
A Denver woman writes that after sickness from female troubles and an operation she improved with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as a standard cure for displacements, inflammation, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice.
Local dealer J H Gwyn markets DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills praised by Vining Indiana resident John Riha who reports a year of sales with high customer satisfaction and personal success. Riha cites a dozen local users with perfect results from the remedy.
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