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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
4
The Pocahontas County Sun questions if Judge Lee was a deliberate target of Malicious politicking or a pawn in a larger scheme. It notes Ft. Dodge lawyer outreach to editors, uneven editorial support, and lingering questions about who sought Lee against Clarke and why, hinting at hidden motives in Iowa politics.
An Iowa farmer recounts a summer of alfalfa woes. Hans Hanson laments June cutting, July chautauqua invitations, and September rains that kept alfalfa towering. He notes hay hauling, extra seed, and even stuffing for cows while joking about the hired girl.
George Russell records Disraeli's quip about the Greville memoirs. Disraeli, who distrusted the Greville circle, said he did not feel attracted to the author, calling him the most conceited person he had met, despite having read Cicero and known Bulwer Lytton.
Europe knew little of China before Genghis Khan era. The Mongol era stirred interest in Far Cathay. By about 1300 or earlier, Chinese began appearing in Europe. The first documented commercial exchange between Europe and China dates to around 1320.
A fragment shows Miami Brown recalling an incident with Rastus Pinkley and a skillet. She notes temper flare and a counterattack with a skillet, concluding no man should lead family discipline. Washington, Y.
A young guard stops Prince Menshikov at the door of Peter the Great’s private chambers in St. Petersburg. The prince is struck by the recruit who refuses entry. Peter later commands the prince be beaten by the guard who is then made a general, founding a powerful imperial family.
The narrator describes Morocco as grayish white in tone with white clothing, white sands, and a saddening sunlit light. Towns, houses, and landscapes appear ghostly and monotone, contrasting with Asia. Eastern travelers call the region dull compared to the “Blades Shark” of the East.
The article notes that authentic field music first appears at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214, where Philip Augustus defeated Otto IV of Germany and trumpet calls signaled the victorious French charge. It cites subsequent clashes at Bouvines in 1340 and 1794, with French and Austrian forces, marking Bouvines as a historic early use of trumpet signals in battle.
A district school teacher assigned a word analysis on banknote. A male pupil submitted a playful paper defining banknote as a compound word formed from bank and note, with bank meaning the side of a stream and note meaning to set down, thus bank-note being a record by the stream.
A gentleman who sent four Guinea to a doubtful correspondent was astonished when the promise was kept on time. Later the same man wished to borrow again but the other refused, saying you deceived me once and I will not be duped again. The tale appears in 1739's Joe Miller's Jest Book.
A South African egg eater shows an acute sense of smell, rejecting aged eggs but swiftly consuming fresh ones after tests. Professor Fitzsimons notes the snake’s ability to locate nests and distinguish egg freshness, sometimes even choosing spoiled eggs if the offspring are developing.
An old Somersetshire farmer recalls a telescope once owned by him. He notes gentry wear glasses for both eyes now, while his one eye was once sharp enough to see a church steeple miles away. His son borrowed another telescope to view the distant steeple ten miles off, strained it, and it became useless to anyone.
A discussion shows the normal human body temperature remains essentially constant across latitudes and seasons. Regardless of Eskimo or tropical sun, a healthy body runs about 98.5 degrees Fahrenheit, similar to water boiling at 212 degrees at sea level.
A humorous exchange shows Jasper explaining why a simple errand took longer. He retrieved a dropped quarter from a sidewalk hole but had to wait for the owner to depart before acting, illustrating how delays arise from waiting on others.
The Eleians first inscribed Cerebus as the foot race winner in 776 B C, beginning an enduring line of victors for about twelve centuries. The games persisted beyond Greek liberty and were finally abolished by Theodosius in the tenth year of his reign.
An aggressive reader storms into the editorial room demanding to know why poetry is rejected. The sub-editor coolly notes the offending editor is in the washroom after a recent murder and promises no delays, as the visitor flees into the street.
O K Jones of Indianola visited at daughter Mrs Dave Merrys home on Wednesday of last week. Numerous locals and out of town guests were listed for short visits and trips to nearby towns including Ackley Terrill Rolfe Sioux City Cedar Falls Des Moines Humboldt West Bend Dickens and Des Moines summer school at Highland Park College. The Senior and Junior classes, of
The Havelock High School team traveled to Laurens last Friday for senior class pictures. Mrs. Ed Jerguson and her children visited Rolfe on Saturday at the homes of brothers George and Oscar Dyiig. Miss Sadie Loughead stayed with Ed Veazie, and Mr. Harry Ford returned to Indianola after visiting the J H Eno home. Epworth League held a reception and business meeting at the M and parsonage Monday evening with light refreshments. Ralph Peden and wife of Mallard visited Miss Sadie Loughead Thursday evening.
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