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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
4
The text sketches a domestic scene with cigars and economy, then describes a craft method using lamp chimneys and sticks for drying items. It mentions a baby in an inquest in Indaworth England, noted by a doctor as the smallest baby observed, weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces and a length of 1 foot 2 inches, compared to typical 2 feet.
A humorous exchange recalls how a husband’s courting ardor persists after marriage. He admits he still acts as he did when he first fell in love, banging over the fence and tapping the curtain as he returns home late, much to the amusement of his partner.
The natives of Hawaii are large consumers of albatross eggs. Eggs are abundant on a Hawaiian island and are gathered in wheelbarrows and carried to the shore in boxes loaded on a small industrial cart.
Disjointed notes discuss aging indicators such as public signs and talk about youth health as a sign of growing old. A Philadelphia column references a Daily Thought on aging and a separate mention contrasts with children at school lunches. The piece then shifts to pigeons and bird anatomy with a scientific note from Harper's Weekly on skeletal structures and motion.
A nature student describes Tongavabu legends of a tree climbing fish called feke or octopus. The creature emerges from the sea to climb overhanging branches then returns to water, while locals tell tales of eating octopus flesh and seeking fish among the trees.
A social debate argues the concertina is excellent in skilled hands but a torture in amateur ones. The piece warns against widening its popularity in a nervy era and calls for careful handling by professionals.
The term impertinent traces its meaning from not belonging to to irrelevance in Shakespeare era. Earlier usage by Wycliffe implied lack of mystery rather than rudeness. About two centuries ago the word shifted to mean absurd and silly.
In Singar, Malay archipelago, two bottles stand neck to neck. Sand transfers from one bottle to the other every half hour as the bottles are reversed. Nearby, twelve rods with notches mark hours from one to twelve in the diary of an attendant who sounds a gong.
Acetylene gas inflated balloons under a ten ton boat in the River Seine refloated a grounded craft. Inventor M. Ducasse says the method can save ships foundering in collisions by lifting them with calcium carbide derived gas.
Model Sportsmen's Club credits Prof Charles Frederick Holder, noted naturalist and author, for organizing the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina. His influence lifted Southern California fishing to a high standard of sport on local grounds.
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