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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
3
A old Moon-man laments cloudy foes blocking his light until the Sky Witch summons the winds. East, west, north and south winds rush to clear the sky, allowing the Moon-man to shine once more on Earth. The tale ends with the night bright and the Earth smiling.
The article traces the name Alicia to Adelgis with feminine Adelgisa forms, noting English roots and a Teutonic flavor. It discusses variants Aliza Eliza and Alix la Belle, cites Liber Vitas of Durham on Adelgisa, and links Alicia to Alexandrite, a Russian emerald mine gem changing color and believed to bring fortune. Monday is listed as Alicia’s lucky day, seven as her number, and white hawthorn as her flower.
A language note argues against using phrases like enjoyed poor health and agreeably disappointed. Enjoy means pleasure or profit, so ill health cannot be enjoyed. good health can be. The piece cautions on misapplied adjectives in everyday speech.
Social notes from Humboldt and surrounding towns list visits by Mrs Bowen Mrs Bradbury Miss Watts Miss Kent and others plus a Royal Neighbors show. County board proceedings in Pocahontas include extensions of school fund notes pension adjustments drainage work and various auditor claims April 1922.
The material known as rubber was once called elastic gum. Priestly around 1770 suggested the erasing gum be named India rubber, a term that was quickly adopted and became universal.
The Boston Transcript quotes a waiter and customer banter about soup titled That's it sir young chicken soup. The joke hinges on calling the soup young chicken soup and explains it as water used to boil the eggs.
A verse meditation on the weeds of human character and sin. The speaker notes deadly nightshade and rue within nature and within people, suggesting inner purpose may lie beyond outward flaws and our judgments.
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