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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
4
A World sourced essay extols the nose as a superior air heater, humidifier, and purifier. It describes nasal anatomy, mucus as a microbe catcher, and contrasts mouth breathing with increased respiratory disease. It warns about adenoids and tonsillar issues, linking nose health to ear, throat, and lung well being.
A clipped OCR snippet shows a dialogue line with names Iphigenia and Orkids and a curt exchange about curiosity. The fragment hints at a broader dramatic or literary context but lacks full sentences or clear event details.
A historical tour of well known sayings tracing origins from Cicero and Atticus to Tacitus and Franklin. It notes how phrases such as While there's life there's hope and No man is a hero to his valet emerged in classical letters and evolved through English history.
E Walter Maun der F R A analyzes Mars like a planet with icebound nights and near freezing day temperatures. He argues the atmosphere is thin and moisture scarce, seas are shallow ice basins melted by day, fed by sluggish streams, with no evidence of large oceans.
A train car conversation shifts from gardening boasting to a quincunx explained as a five-tree layout with four corners and a center. A novice learns the term from a dictionary. Next morning the talk turns to golf handicaps.
An excerpt recounts how Gustaf Adolf IV linked his life to the number thirteen. He notes his name length, being the thirteenth king since Gustavus Vasa, his ascent at thirteen, thirteen years rule, and multiple thirteen year multiples to reach 1809. He died in room 13 at the Weisse Rossii St Gallen on February 7, 1886.
A famed astronomical instrument maker faced a patron asking the price for a perfect glass straight edge thirty six inches long. The maker said perfection is impossible but a limit of error a fraction of a light wave could be achieved for about $40,000. The buyer wanted it for a scraper and tolerating an error of one sixty fourth inch would suffice. Louis Republic.
A strange plant climbs Ceiba and mahogany trees in Guatemala jungle. The water vine is a brick like leafless stem that releases a quart of water per foot when cut. It draws soil moisture, filters it, and spouts a refreshing stream.
A Kansas City Journal quote from a multimillionaire praises a manor house with a village theme like England but insists the peasant settlement be restricted to those earning at least $5,000 yearly, highlighting a selective landscape plan.
A stern parent tells the repentant son you have no one to blame but yourself for your unlucky business ventures. The son explains he did not leap but fell after getting dizzy. Buffalo Express.
A fragment from the New York Globe describes a heated family dispute. A father threatens to cut his son from the inheritance with a milton while the son vows not to disgrace the family by riding in a second hand auto.
A sixteen year old girl trespasses into a man's garden to pluck flowers. The flirtatious villain cruelly massacres the blooms to spite her, extracts a kiss as ransom, then pays for his fun with a lasting wound to her heart and his own pride. The scene marks a grim rise from mischief to moral lesson.
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