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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
2
The Washington Times explains how Indian face and head adornment with paint and eagle feathers are symbolic heraldry. Each mark represents tribal honors, family claims, or ancestral links, with animals and objects signifying roles, prowess, or occupation, and some symbols denoting high status.
Nuggets of news from across Europe and America report Queen Alexandra sailing from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Queen Sophia of Sweden ill again, and Edmond Audran dead. A. W. Graham of the L and N Rail Road dies in Michigan. John B. Nicklin of Chattanooga elected president of the Southern Baseball League. The Kaiser may meet the Czar soon at Carlstrhe. Carrie Nation arrives in Atlantic City and faces hotel refusals before lecturing on the pier. Advice columns tout August Flower for dyspepsia and liver complaints with cures advertised by local druggists.
Landor’s unhappy marriage was well known and described by Kenyon. He regretted a failed match to a pretty face and told of a Florida honeymoon moment when his wife interrupted his reading to watch a street performance. Landor later recounted leaving Florence the next morning after seeking his wife’s permission to take the carriage to the stage, ending the union.
The article discusses eel breeding as a long held mystery with myths from ancient Egypt to Sardinian fishermen and Greek poets. It also notes Napoleon’s happiest moment came at age 25 when praised as a victorious Italian commander, how he found joy in making others happy before ambition altered his path.
Ancient oaths relied on tangible objects or sacred sites. Jews used the book of the law, Bedouin adjurations invoked sanctified items, and Mohammed swore by celestial settings. William the Conqueror reportedly swore by the splendor of God in a famed adjuration.
Archibald reports misgivings about the Scandinavian custom of forceful handshakes after meals. The practice, common at gatherings, prompts ridicule from a Briton living among Norwegians and Danes who finds it overly elaborate and pointless. The note contrasts cultural manners with restraint and ritual. James F. Archibald, war correspondent, is also noted for an honorary fellowship from the Royal Geographical Society in London for his South Africa and Cuba writings, a recognition held by under twenty Americans.
In Baker City Oregon on August 18 a large forest fire spreads along North Pine and Fish Creeks with extensive timber destruction feared. Extreme dryness and heat in the mountains hinder efforts to control the blaze. The Civil Service Report notes the U S Civil Service Commission sent its fifth annual report to the president on August 1. During the year 45 763 persons were examined and 35 025 passed.
An interview from Holland quotes Kruger calling the Irish "brothers in oppression" and urging British parliament Nationalists to press for justice. Other items note Republican primary results in Lancaster and a murder hunt in Sherman, with divers searching near New York for the James Gordon Bennett incident victims and several medical testimonials.
Wm Bowker of Juliaetta Idaho credits Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with curing indigestion stomach pain and fatigue after trying others. He reports five bottles and two vials of Pleasant Pellets restored strength and eliminated the burning sensation enabling him to work again.
24 pair Ladies' Patent Vamp Sand stock reduced from 1.50 to 50 cents and 67 pairs J. T. Cougins hand turned Oxfords opera toe formerly 3.50 now 1. The stock in these Oxfords is flat-soled.
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