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Newspaper
Petersburg Weekly Report
Location
Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
3
A description of mirrors in a long narrow restaurant shows walls running the full length reflectively doubling space. Patrons see endless reflections of tables, people, lights, and flowers, creating a sense of spaciousness and exhilaration beyond the room’s actual size.
The passage urges valuing life and soul in every thing including a lily. It argues reverence for life stems from religious cultivation, seeing God moving in nature and in the human mind. Animals are praised for disinterested affection that needs no return yet seeks opportunity to act.
A New York Globe quips that sales pitches promise easy payments and compares the claim to the now familiar fib about painless dentistry. The dialogue contrasts a car seller’s assurances with a skeptical buyer.
A wealthy Dutch planter in Java orders preparations for a trip to Buitenzorg the island capital famed for its perfect climate. The governor general’s mansion hosts government and balls while the botanic gardens, cultivated for over a century, attract scientists who seek botanical triumphs amid tropical blooms.
Over eight years a scientific society has excavated Arawak kitchen middens in Jamaica seeking traces of the once flourishing tribe. Finds include 1,500 objects such as shells pottery bone tools and stone pendants now housed at the American Museum of Natural History. Pendants identical to those worn by current northern South American chiefs mark a cultural link across generations.
A compact portrait describes a small black clad man who walks Covent Garden to Russell Street each day. He bears a clerical air, a melancholy face, keen eyes, and a stiff, resolute stride cityward. Sir Charles Lamb is identified by Barry Cornwall as this mysterious figure.
The piece traces how the words nice and pretty shifted from opposite meanings to their current senses. It notes origins in Freyeh Saxon and French roots, with pretty evolving from bold or splendid to Girlish use, and nice moving from foolish to delicate and pleasant qualities over time.
Describes the Altar of Heaven within the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Emperors sacrificed here twice yearly while courtiers and officials watched. The site, once central to Chinese cosmology, is now neglected and moss grows. A president’s sacrifice attempt failed against the lingering spirit of old China.
C E Gouldsbury recalls a dramatic chase as a leopard seized the elephant he rode in an Indian jungle. The elephant leapt and danced as the leopard clung to the trunk, then was hurled back into the jungle. Gouldsbury fired, killing the leopard and escaped the mêlée.
A tavern tale revolves around a collapsible rubber boat used in a pond race, ending with the boat snapping back unseen. Separately, a Petersburg Alaska probate notice names Jacob Otnees as administrator for John B Featherston deceased, ordering creditors to present claims within six months.
A Tit-Bits writer argues that odd numbers persist in superstition and custom. He cites warship salutes, Virgil charms, and biblical numerology, noting a belief in luck and perfection tied to odd figures and the avoidance of even numbers.
A historic statute notes a 1770 measure against women who seduce husbands with cosmetics, false teeth, hairpieces, or other enhancements. The act declares marriages obtained under such pretense null and void upon conviction, reflecting seventeenth century concerns about deception in matrimony.
Airplanes promise vast help in prospecting and opening mineral properties in the Andean valleys. Hydroplanes can reach the Amazon quickly and snow-field landings exist on high Andes. Air travel could transport precious metals where value is high per weight, with time and security advantages. Plans already target Peru and Colombia.
Popular Mechanics describes a compact periscope adaptation for use in crowds. The device features a case with a mirror and extended tubing to raise the viewing end above heads, helping a tiny observer spot over a crowd.
The passage argues that nature operates strictly by universal law. It states that growth, movement, and interactions in the natural world follow fixed rules, with each action affecting every other entity in an interconnected system. The author emphasizes that nothing occurs by accident.
A French invention lets rear spring eyebolts slide in elongated slots at each end. A driver controlled lever or wheel moves the bolts to lengthen or shorten the springs. Fixed stopping points let the driver set a specific stiffness for the load.
The Know Nothings were a secret political organization in the United States famous for denying knowledge of their principles. They emerged about 1854 forming a sectional conflict between North and South and later merged into the Constitutional Union party in 1860.
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