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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
7
Harper's writer Withur Duarmiet Steele details Algerian hillmen who practice surgery without anesthesia using improvised tools. He describes fakir surgeons performing remarkable recoveries, including bone grafts and skull procedures, with patients aided by a Mohammedan healer who rebuilt a damaged limb.
The piece recalls Thackeray and Mahon on a near-miss in 1775 when Edinburgh Castle could have fallen to the Jacobite surge. A tavern stop by conspirators delayed the assault, sparing a cascade of imagined outcomes from a mass at St Paul’s to Marlborough’s fall from grace.
Aretired naval officer recounts a visit by an American fleet in British waters. Captain Alfred Mahan refuses a duke's dinner since the admiral is not invited, prompting a witty reply. The duke later extends invitations to both, and the admiral accepts for Mahan if he is listed as sick.
A quotation stresses that a man without honor has no anchor and will eventually wreck like a ship without a port, warning against dishonor as a path to failure. The line emphasizes moral integrity as essential to enduring achievement.
An essay from Forbes Magazine argues fear is humanity’s worst foe and thatbanishing fear would advance health happiness efficiency and democracy. It urges replacing fear thoughts with faith thoughts through daily mental practice and self critique.
A legend recounts Utta the priest receiving oil from a bishop to calm a storm during a journey to Kent for Hantred. After casting the oil into the sea, the tempest subsides and calm seas follow, giving rise to the expression pour oil on troubled waters.
The article traces tennis origins in England from the fourteenth century with chalked wall lines and faults. It notes palm tennis in France evolving to gloves and racquets and mentions royal games during the Tudor era and a tale involving Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Tiertford's servants.
The piece quotes Dr. C Mayer in the Lancet detailing the yawn as a six second process with three stages. It covers chest expansion, diaphragm movement, nostril and palate action, tongue position, glottal opening, jaw depression and neck muscle contraction.
A Galveston News opinion explores the shock of idols revealed as flawed figures with slipping credibility and weakened foundations, framing betrayal and disappointment as a cultural warning.
The article discusses how flat maps distort reality, explaining that only a globe preserves true distances. It cites C. H W. Claudy in Scientific American noting no flat map can accurately reflect Earth's surface without distortion due to the globe’s curved shape.
A humorous experiment suggests listening by placing a sharp wood point between teeth to feel the phonograph sound. It also offers a workaround if a phonograph needle breaks by using an ordinary needle through a felt hat to reproduce sound loudly in a large room.
In the Birlanghama Post the Coven try angler Mr. A. G. Kendrick reports catching a golden carp weighing nearly 14 pounds and measuring 27 1 4 inches long with 2 inch scales and over an inch teeth. The fish fought for 45 minutes on an eight ounce rod at the Walvey estate pool, described as a blaze of red and gold. This appears to be a unique specimen, larger than any goldfish previously remembered.
A glimpse into Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's country home, features his 2000 volume library, a portrait of his wife, relics from Mary Queen of Scots and Lochtleren, and mementos like the black and white suit with a bell-crowned hat, all illustrating the author’s refined legacy.
Instructions explain using a watch to locate south by aligning the hour hand with the sun. Point the hour hand toward the sun. halfway between the hour hand and 12 o'clock marks roughly south. The tip helps travelers without a compass.
Thoreau on composition and character: no luck or trick allowed. The best writing comes from long probation, with the author’s character read from the title page to the end.
The American Museum of Natural History has received a skin and skeleton of a rare whale-headed stork. Only four other specimens are known in the United States, all in National Museum collections, secured by Colonel Roosevelt. The bird inhabits papyrus marshes of the Nile and Victoria regions, is large and elusive, and is protected by colonial governments due to hunting restrictions.
The article traces the mace from a battlefield weapon to a ceremonial symbol. It notes its use by horse-soldiers in the medieval period, later by English rulers, and its evolution into ornamental maces for Parliament universities and cities. It mentions the U S Congress sergeant at arms and current ceremonial status.
A negro defendant stood before the judge on a charge of disorderly conduct. His accuser described him as making a din on the dike last night with cursing and kicking furniture, keeping neighbors from sleep. When asked what he had to say, Sam replied with a broken refusal, invoking religious visitation and claiming others are more distant from the Law.
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a witty exchange about public figures seeking lasting impact. A nudge to alter rhetoric suggests a shift from circular campaigning to a clearer path forward, with a jab at perpetual motion in politics.
An article notes lemon baths as a near daily luxury in the West Indies and India. Slices of lemon are steeped in warm water for about thirty minutes to extract juice and refresh the skin.
The Atchison Globe discusses the proper usage of pronouns when referring to inherited property and notes sugar plums almonds and burnt almonds as among the oldest confections in sugar history.
The widow of Fillmore, who was struck by a car a year ago and died eighteen months later, is discussed in a Western paper as cited by the Boston Transcript.
The article traces early American dining storage from separate drinking vessels to cupboards richly carpeted with Turkey work, noting Lord Fairfax bringing the first cupboard to Virginia. It explains the evolution from open slavework to enclosed cupboards and the later rise of cellarettes as social markers.
The passage argues that sturdy guardians of tradition must balance enduring moral bounds with creative ambition. It contrasts timid adherence to hearth and the restless pursuit of genius, noting that true progress respects the past while pursuing great attainment.
Sixteen Pelew natives in three canoes were blown to Formosa by a gale while fishing near their island. Exhausted after sixty days at sea covering about sixteen hundred miles, they were cared for by Formosan natives and later returned home via Hong Kong and the Carolines. Anthropologists view the voyage as evidence for Oceanic settlement by outward drift.
A Boston Transcript excerpt cites a schoolboy’s definition claiming that all temptations are a divine solution for human provocation. The odd phrase suggests a mistranslation or misspelling reflecting a student’s flawed attempt to discuss moral trials.
The keys of an organ need light and sun to avoid yellowing. Do not cover the keyboard except during sweeping. Wipe with a milk-damped cloth, ensuring no excess liquid, then rub dry with a smooth white cloth.
A Boston Transcript item notes a quirky price offer of 125 dollars for a smell investigation by a nine man crew and a boy, reflecting local humor about unusual plumbing work. The brief cites the newspaper’s style and a municipal setting without sensational detail.
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