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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
3
A centuries old Alpine custom spreads one hundred eggs on sand and couples dance around them hoping not to break an egg as a token of temperaments. A Scottish farmer’s son seeks advice on loving two girls, his father suggests marrying the smaller one to save on food.
A landlady advertises rooms and a man expects a homely breakfast but finds cold parsley porridge with a weekly supply. A dentist explains nerves in the teeth and how grinding teeth evokes music through pyramid cells and piano-like nerve connections to hearing.
A French prisoner named Granie, jailed for murder, set a hunger strike record by refusing food for sixty three days after arrest. He aimed to avoid the guillotine and died when authorities failed to break his fast despite tempting meals and attempted forcible feeding.
Harper's Weekly explains the sun's path as the ecliptic a great circle crossing the celestial equator at two opposite points marking the equinoxes and forming the obliquity of 23 144 degrees. It defines solstices and eclipses noting moon nodes move in a 19 year cycle the saros and historic use by Chaldeans and Greeks.
The article describes Russia's police system as highly complex with a porter in every house acting as an assistant to police and able to arrest. A whistle signals rapid mobilization of a block police unit drawing soldiers in seconds. It notes extensive training and a police college in St Petersburg for officer duties.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt notes a Russian police official attends lectures where burglars’ methods and instruments are explained. He studies the criminal museum at the college to understand every device used by lawbreakers, enabling him to checkmate them.
A Detroit Free Press editorial extols sunshine as a medical ally against tuberculosis and other ailments. It urges exposing readers to sun, breeze, and outdoor activity, joking that Dr Sunshine can combat even the ingrowing grouch.
Among Sene ca Indians superstitions a young maiden’s death prompts imprisoning a young bird. As the bird first attempts to sing, it is loaded with caresses and messages, then freed over the grave to carry affection to the departed. The belief holds the bird will not rest until it delivers its burden to the spirit land.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recalls an Englishman at his first ball game who asks about tea between innings. The American explains tea isn’t served at baseball, prompting further astonishment at the sport’s purpose and pace.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a quip about ambition and doors as a man answers a remark about opportunities and spirit. The dialogue humorously contrasts risk with restraint in a domestic scene.
A New Orleans Pica yune editorial says every man should have a life aim but warns against spending too much time aiming, urging focus and action over prolonged planning.
A Wyoming visitor tours New York guided by Washington Square. He jokes about the Bronx Zoo and admits he has never visited Yellowstone Park, despite dreaming of seeing it, while the New Yorker questions his own knowledge.
In reminiscences, Lady Dorothy Nevill recalls London s first steam bus of 1833 named Era. Inventor Walter Hancock showcased a fourteen passenger vehicle from Paddington to the Bank for sixpence. The success spurred rivals before turnpike acts of 1840 led to withdrawal.
A lady sought Dumas's counsel on two famous pictures she owned. He advised that keeping them preserves her identity as an interesting personality, while selling would render her nobody. The remark appeared in Cri de Paris. Also notes a lighthearted quarrel cue with candy roses and matinee tickets arriving in Louisville.
The Cleveland Leader notes a troubled wedding trip as Jess and Ethel discuss the trip. Jess reveals George fell in love with the scenery causing discontent.
A terse, period voice quotes a grim reflection on facing death and the resolve to persevere. The exchange contrasts a man’s fear of dying with the drive to find a way or awaken a stronger will, echoing a quote from the Philadelphia Record and a line attributed to Sir Philip Sidney.
A New England village tale recalls Deacon Goodman a temperamental wife and a planned end to his marriage. After repeated outbursts and a river crisis the couple survives, the wife transformed and the deacon’s twilight years brought by a cure that saved the marriage.
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