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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
10
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item recounts a country church sing along where a minister used the lining out method. He read a line aloud and the congregation sang it, struggling at the line “ten thousand strong” until an old man suggested lowering it to “one thousand.”
The text explains how precious stones gained reputations for occult virtues through sympathetic magic. It notes jaundice cured by yellow stones like beryl and topaz, hemorrhage stopped by red stones, and the blood stone as green chalcedony with red specks. It also suggests amethyst’s reputed sobriety aid may stem from its color resemblance to a drunkard’s nose.
An aged baronet dies in London after sixty years of servitude by a gouty crusty master. The funeral time is changed by the servant who delays the notice, writing many small notes stating the master will not be buried until tomorrow evening at five.
The article links pearls to purity, diamonds to fortitude, lodestones to romantic allure, and turquoise to health. It notes turquoise can change color when the wearer is run down, but questions the belief that it prevents arm breaks.
An Argentine invention uses an AC generator powered by a gasoline motor on a cart with 200 yards of cable to feed a metallic net. A central transformer raises voltage to 6000 volts to kill insects and their eggs over a wide area.
A London actor famed for his acting earned an extraordinarily high salary during a two week Dublin run. While discussing the figure at a cafe table, two actors debated what Blank spent in Dublin, with one noting the fortnight.
In Youngstown Telegram, poet Acribbenscrawl feels insulted after editor rejects an unsigned poem. The editor insists on placing blame rather than full credit, leading to a clash over publication.
A dialogue notes Smith's defeat after relying on friends. The old fogg exclaims misfortune, while a grouch adds the expense was the hidden trouble, implying money decided the outcome. The scene hints at political dynamics and personal finances influencing elections.
A fragmented line from a historical page describes an attempted experiment involving a boy with unclear context. The garbled text hints at a quotation about trying something deemed of little use and references a person described as a boy, with no full details available.
A crowd of brief notes discusses egg consumption in England and a famous lawyers wills mistake. It cites England consuming about 160 million eggs weekly and imagines a row of eggs spanning miles. It also recalls Lord St Leonards will box and a failed last testament needing verbal evidence.
An elderly North England man hosted a parrot show awarding a five pound prize to the bird judged to say the most fitting line. On show day a gray parrot arrived and exclaimed about the crowd, winning the prize for its timely quip.
A North Carolina jurist, young at the bar, faced his first case as a prosecutor for a misdemeanor. With scant evidence, he secured a guilty verdict, then a juror confessed the group did not believe in guilt but kept the conviction to avoid discouraging a fledgling lawyer.
The piece notes that no Rome banquet was complete without a roasted wild boar on the table. Petronius details the ceremony with pomp, describing a large boar wearing a cap of freedom and palm twig baskets, flanked by suckling pigs made of simner cake.
A young man rich in spending but poor in means dodges creditors until a collector slips on icy steps and breaks an arm. From the window the debtor quips that this may teach them to stay away. The tale underscores thrift and irony in debt collection.
Puck quotes mockery of villagers calling them cowardly and easily frightened. The speaker rails at the town’s supposed timidity and failed graft attempts, comparing knocks to a drum corps and a herd of reindeer feeding on their packs.
The boss asks what the trouble is and a clerk explains a customer needs a prescription originally issued in 1875. The clerk notes the store now lacks sufficient drugs to fill it, while the boss urges action despite changes in the drug business.
An old Puritan and Judge Jeffries clash in a seventeenth century case. The judge taunts from head to feet and beyond to Hell. The Puritan replies with a Bible verse about answering fools, then refuses to follow the judge to Hell.
The Independent highlights the sunfish male as nest builder and guardian of eggs. He constructs a pebble floor in a sand saucer, mates with a female, then guards and aerates the nest while she nurtures no eggs.
Rev A J Waldron argues in T P's Weekly that more recreation reduces vice, praising Saturday football as a prime purifier. He links sport to temperance and suggests the Church of England's presence in London boosts healthy recreation, justifying payment for top players as for musicians or parrosons.
Dolls from France and Germany are described as large headed and vacant eyed, while American dolls are praised as character dolls with expression. The piece notes American dolls are interesting, not always pretty, but distinctly American as foreign dolls fail to travel overseas.
The article notes Romans valued pork products such as sausages and black puddings, with hare, goat, or dormouse fed on chestnuts as rare dainties. They finished feasts with pastry and fruit, while some praised simple living amid jokes about persic apparatus.
A matter-of-fact young man praises lifeguards as protection while a coy girl notes a strong swimmer has no fear of drowning. The dialogue ends with the girl suggesting a professional rescuer is preferable in emergencies to avoid misplaced gratitude.
A humorous exchange features a lawyer telling a client there is no chance to break her uncle’s will. The client retorts that the lawyer already broke the will, then the lawyer concedes a second thought that the will can be broken. Reported by the Boston Transcript.
A summer boarder notes two snakes, a copperhead and a garter, labeling the former dangerous and the latter harmless. The observer adds a parallel about different makes of snakes resembling car models, prompting a brief comparison.
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