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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
7
In a frontier camp tale Lydia questions land grabs and timber profits as Levine schemes to buy pine stands. Charlie urges Lydia to choose sides while Margery and Amos watch, revealing class tension and native resentments in a tense family and camp dynamic.
The text compares the Greek sphinx with Egyptian forms, noting the sphinx’s lion body and animal heads. It discusses the Great Sphinx of Giza as guardian of the necropolis and mentions Harmachis as a sun god form depicted on inscriptions. A digression includes a Whistler anecdote about a gallery visit and a remark on indifference.
In a fragment from Chapter XII the elder tribesman recalls past threats from John Levine and the kidnapping attempt to bring aid from the Indian commissioner. A sister retaliates by burning Levine’s house and is forced to sell pine lands to avoid jail, culminating with a Thanksgiving night shooting. The tale hints at an ongoing feud and a planned continuation.
Albert Payson Terhune argues in the article that humans inherit an instinctive dislike of cats dating back to the Dark Ages. He links fear of the dark and jungle predators to early ancestors’ unease with feline threats surrounding huts and caves.
A vintage advertisement notes a harmless vegetable butter color branded Dandelion used by many for centuries. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles at 35 cents each.
A Detroit Free Press quote criticizes trends in the United States as preparing for another war. The speaker argues parents want more babies to supply soldiers for future conflict, claiming a shift from birth rituals to procreation aims to bolster manpower for fighting Germany.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment for improving complexion, dandruff, itching, and rough hands. It instructs spreading the ointment on rising and retiring, washing off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, claiming wonderful results.
A Knoxville Tennessee family spans three generations with the oldest at twenty seven. Mrs James Haorper, her six month old Katherine Elizabeth, and grandmother Mrs Alvin Sliger aged twenty seven form a noted clan. The grandmother wed at twelve and her daughter at thirteen. A remark praises the union as a ripened fruit of Balzac. Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity per Cicero.
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