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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
9
In a Letters from a Surgeon excerpt General Frank Bartlett was wounded on the Fredericksburg pike in 1864. Bleeding and unconscious, he revived after the surgeon’s calm remark that it was only a flesh wound. Bartlett then mounted his horse and rode back to the front, insisting he was all right.
David A. Gates describes moonshine operations in a Metropolitan Magazine piece. He notes secluded waterside spots satisfy legal concerns about land ownership and proximity to the still. Primitive stills use simple materials and quick setup, with improvised heads and forms, often relocated when operators depart.
Burke, praising Janny Burney, remarks on separate ages for statesmen heroes sports and artists. He notes a distinct era for women and coins the term bloemteckings to describe these distinguished women.
In Fanny Barney's Memoir of her father an apology by Mr Stillingtreet declines an invitation to Mrs Weser's sterile meeting. He says he is not properly dressed for such a party. She retorts Pho, pho, and urges him to come in his blue stockings. The line becomes a playful stigma in Mrs Vesey's associations per I P s London Weekly.
Scientists estimate the Earth's overall density at about 5.4 times that of water, while the crust forms a lighter outer shell. The central region is inferred to contain heavier materials, possibly metallic, aligning with the nebular hypothesis according to the Engineering and Mining Journal.
A New York Tribune note describes how broken bones heal when ends are aligned and a layer of bone gradually forms between them. The physician’s role is to bring the ends together and ensure a smooth alignment while nature’s agents complete the repair.
Landon Star notes Shakespeare used sixteen spellings that survive, showing Elizabethan spelling varied by the speller. He argues printing presses standardized spelling, and future spellings depend more on printers’ readers than on scholars.
A word puzzle notes that the name Napoleon written in Greek letters yields seven words when the final letter is dropped successively. Read together the words form a sentence declaring Napoleon, the destroyer of whole cities, was the honor of his people.
A collection of quirky quotes and tips includes a jokey riddle about the word wrong, a note on oxalic acid to remove leather spots, and a joke about an actor fiancé with a long engagement. The items reflect light, humorous, and practical snippets.
In a family quarrel Moe recalls reading an article about the vulgarity and silliness of buying gowns beyond one’s means. The mother says she bought a copy and cannot spot any error in the piece. The exchange centers on what papa cut from the newspaper.
A quirky remark from a writer noting a friend’s request to attend a music hall event on Saturday. The piece wryly contrasts personal restraint with social temptation, reflecting local opinion on leisure and piety.
A fragment from Florida Times-Union and Baltimore American comments on Eve and Adam. It reflects on credit for making clothes and the value of love and faith words on tombstones guiding life through hard paths.
A Pittsburg Jazette Times quips that spotting a burglar in the house at dawn is a sign that unexpected company has arrived, framing the moment in a dry, humorous tone.
A historic account describes a silver tipped eagle circling a first kite as a scientist launches five kites. The eagle investigates then departs, while flocks of geese observe from above and reform as they pass over the scene.
A simple scene captures a child holding a kite aloft as a light wind pulls it back and forth, shadowed by calm surroundings and a quiet afternoon. The moment emphasizes a small, timeless gesture of play and balance between tether and freedom.
A foreign correspondent of the geological survey reports on Biditon Island between Sumatra and Borneo famed for launch tin mipes and its glass balls of Billitea. Natural glass spheres with grooved surfaces are found near tin ore, also seen in Borneo Java Australia. They seem nonartificial and not volcanic bombs, with moonscape theories unlikely and no volcanoes matching their material.
The term caracal refers to a fur variety astrakhan used by furriers and distinct from a place name Kara cal i the Black lake near Bokhara famed for fur output. Earliest English reference appears in Matthew Arnold’s Sohrab and Rustum with the line about Kara Kul’s black curled fleece.
A New York Tribune excerpt describes four merchants living under electric light from dawn to night. They leave home at dawn, commute by subway, work in offices illuminated by electric light, and return home to evenings amid incandescent glare. They ponder whether constant illumination is truly a blessing or a yearning for sunlight.
An essay praises John Stuart Mill as a youthful prodigy and future leader of a major school of philosophy and politics. It notes Mill studied Greek at age three and began logic and political economy at fourteen, highlighting his enduring global influence and prominence among nineteenth century thinkers. The text also cites a newspaper quotation about Roman prisons yielding petrified remains of prisoners, prompting a humorous exchange between Marlaz and Mrs. Stubb.
A fragmentary dialogue captures a person discussing memory treatment. The speaker seeks the name of a successful memory specialist and promises to fetch a business card to confirm the source of the treatment. The exchange hints at healing from forgetfulness but provides no identifiable details.
Read about Hungarian stale bread habits and a claim that long-term bread storage is common. The piece also notes a Czech/European lifestyle aside from a Paris medical suggestion that breaks work into two nighttime sessions to boost productivity.
The New York World argues that absolute tranquillity at night reveals new powers and ideas unlikely under awake hours. From five to five thirty sleep renews the brain, then daytime work follows. midnight vigils saturate thought, making further effort preplanned actions difficult.
A colonel explains a method of execution where six privates fire at a blindfolded traitor. Two rifles are always loaded with blanks, shuffled so shooters cannot know which are live. Each shooter then believes they may spare the traitor, easing their conscience.
The excerpt notes that mastering body and mind through discipline yields marvels, calming the will and eroding folly envy irritability and vanity. It claims habitual practice eliminates vast masses of fault, aligning with Kant’s idea that many diseases are cured by resolving them away.
A tale recalls two young officers at a table d hote in India who sit beside a woman believed by one to be a grass widow. He offers sympathy about her husband yet discovers she is indeed a real widow and moves away after the remark.
Disjointed excerpts show a merchant and a college graduate arguing over a painted label in a Philadelphia setting. The dialogue references a baggage handler misunderstanding and a Latin phrase for handle with care. Society notices touch on breach of promise trials and a London opinion column about female jurors.
A fragmentary reflection on devil legends and folk tales from Cologne cathedral to Brighton and Iceland. The author recalls a confession scene, a lantern substitute for sunrise, and a shoe filled with silver as tricks against the devil. An Icelandic tale about seven scholars ends with escape at a door.
The passage surveys how the devil is depicted in tradition and folk tale, from St Genieve’s candle processions to dragons symbolizing paganism, the cock of weather vanes, and myths around Saint Dunstan. It notes the dragon’s role as darkness’s foe, the Tarasque in Provence, la tarascu in Spain, and links to flying machines as a Renaissance fear of Luciferian pride.
A collage of quotations notes how labor today enjoys luxuries unknown to monarchs, from mail and electricity to clean homes, while a classroom arithmetic anecdote shows a dyslexic boy and a farmer’s milk measure. Dickens’s solicitor Mitton is linked to Wemmick and Tappertit, and a Colorado Utah survey marks the longest distance vision has conquered at 183 miles.
In Jacksboro Texas the local columnist notes a cheerful man whose thoughtful sculp tures his face into a look of kindness. His business life is marked by friendliness toward humanity and gracious manner in daily dealings.
In a brief dialogue a speaker asks if a link exists between animal and vegetable kingdoms. A second voice asserts a connection and adds a playful remark, reflecting a casual, possibly children’s or classroom setting with a Philadelphia flair. The fragment hints at a discussion of biological classification.
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