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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
7
A timel y suggestion promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds noting its pleasant taste and reputed curing strength. The ad also mentions woven wire stock sizes and a separate public notice calls for bids to excavate a school basement near Milesville in 1920 with March 20 closing.
A Cincinnati inmate partner in a lost bet over a baseball game accuses a stranger in a Chicago cigar shop of provoking a poke. The man claimed he merely came to buy a cigar. The judge eyes the scene as the partner faces a ten dollar fine.
The Indian of Alaska crosses his sledge dogs with the wild wolf producing a dog that is exceptionally strong, cold resistant, and capable of pulling a sledge better than any other animal of its size. Other crossings include dog with fox and dog with jackal, and even the Mon with the tiger. A Yon-tiger was seen in a group of trained animals in New York recently, possessing a tiger’s body with faint stripes and a dog-like head.
The article notes that the European pheasant has been greatly improved by crossing with the wild Asiatic pheasant from Central Asia, producing stronger stock. It also mentions new deer varieties from Persian and European fallow crossbreeding and describes the ferret mixed with a wild stoat yielding the fitchet, a smaller and fiercer rodent hunter.
The article notes the Great Barrier Reef varies from ten to ninety miles in width and runs about 1,255 miles, formed by countless tiny animals. It discusses coral atolls, rings enclosing lagoons, and a theory that rings began near sunk islands while corals grew upward. Barbados is largely coral, and Austria's dolomites are old coral reefs.
The Philippines lies between 5 and 21 north latitude with Manila at 14 degrees 85 minutes. July to August see 79 to 80 plus temperatures, yearly extremes range 61 to 97, and annual mean about 81. Three seasons prevail November to February dry cool, March to May hot dry, June to October wet. Rainfall peaks in July and August, up to 114 inches in a year.
Coral fisheries extend along Tunisian, Algerian, and Moroccan reefs with boats from three to fourteen tons, feeding Italy with red coral. Halcyon days tied to the winter solstice invoke ancient beliefs of calm seas and a kingfisher deity arresting waves, shaping old world lore.
The Bulletin Russe from the League for the Regeneration of Russia reports a Smolensk case where a bachelor could not discharge his cook. He married her to keep her, then divorced her, but as a divorced woman she was forced to leave the premises.
A quoted passage from a book on modern Japan notes that in traditional Japanese society romantic love is scarce in marriage and expressed affection is frowned upon by the feudal code. Wives are sometimes sent back home when a husband shows excessive fondness, seen as weakness and a threat to family duties. Bushido emphasizes loyalty between men, not between spouses.
The Academy of Science in Philadelphia once lost a California condor egg believed stolen. Only seven eggs of this rare bird exist in collections and the species, a giant vulture, frequents inaccessible southern California cliffs where it nests high above the ground.
A fragmentary report notes poisoning of carcasses to deter wolves and bears, a claim that condors are attracted to bait and perish, and an ostrich egg deemed dangerous when overripe after an explosion during Smithsonian Doctor Ramer’s boring work. Also described are grotesquely marked orioles eggs resembling Chinese characters, with experts unable to translate convincingly.
A damaged note recalls the Egyptian queen Huatshepsu, wife of Amon and mother goddess symbol, a prominent ruler of the New Empire at Thebes. It references rock tablets near Memphis and Theban Necropolisis, noting her crown and vulture head dress as symbols of unity and motherhood.
An impassioned speaker at a tramp convention paused to wipe his brow and urged perseverance. He spoke of hard work before fellow delegates expelled him, as reported for Besta Post.
Improve your health by starting Ball’s Mel gine now to banish catarrh and sore throat. This remedy claims fast relief and easier breathing, urging immediate use for better results.
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