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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
9
A historical account describes hunters trapping orangutans by luring them to favored trees, felling those trees with nearby supports to collapse the canopy, then netting the startled primates as they are overwhelmed. The process relies on tree sanctuaries and coordinated labor.
Plain figures show that subtracting 45 from 45 cannot yield 43 with a 4 remainder. The statement is neither an error nor an impossibility but a misinterpretation of division steps.
Were you see are the nine digits from 9 to 0 listed in order and below them the same digits reversed each line sums to 45. A second exercise uses fifteen figures to make 91 with six digits, using two 4s one 5 and a fraction to represent one.
The New York American notes ancient Romans faced widespread piracy and cheap copies of works by Horace Martial and others. Epigrams claim books sold for small coins and publishers issued more editions than demand, with deluxe editions priced modestly.
A temperance reformer boasts of converting a notorious drunkard in Septel town. The ex-grave digger testifies on the platform that he has not touched alcohol for a month and saved enough to buy a brass brazier and nails, declaring continued teetotalism.
As fruit season opens visitors in Australia report parrots and parrakeets swarming the trees in thousands. Locusts settle on the fruit and are shot while gorging. though flesh is dark it is said to be delicious and rumoured to resemble cherries and peaches in flavor.
The text notes the birds feeding in a scene claiming they are more succulent than aigeons and vastly superior to the palate, implying a favorable account of their quality.
A Washington Star quotation discusses literary authors and wealth. It imagines if a writer could fund libraries he would allow access to all books or only his own. The remark reflects views on censoring or privileging authors work.
The exchange features Widely Rena critiquing writings and an artist challenging the poet’s audience. The haughty poet replies that no editor in the country reads the work, highlighting a snub toward literary reception.
The article notes women generally have a faster resting pulse than men with typical adult rates from seventy five to eighty per minute. It explains how pulse rises after exercise and with food, alcohol, and tobacco use. low mood or fever raises the pulse and can produce a full bounding feel. It emphasizes pulse as a disease indicator and the thermometer’s added value.
The Chicago Record-Herald discusses how Latin and Saxon weekday names derive from planetary divinities and notes which gems were believed to suit each day. It links Sunday to yellow gems and pearls, Monday to moonstone, Tuesday to rubies, Wednesday to emeralds, Thursday to amethysts, Friday to emeralds again, and Saturday to diamonds, reflecting ancient planetary influence.
The speaker cites Ibsen on the paradox of independence versus cooperation in science. While the lone seeker pursues truth, science hinges on collaboration. Society depends on science for progress, and humanity risks decline if scientific means fail to advance.
Dr Nansen extols science as a living fire that cannot be extinguished. He argues that education and support for scientific work sustain humanity across generations, despite individual insignificance.
A 19th century style note explains the throat has a tiny brain or ganglia guiding throat muscles. It warns physicians must earn its confidence before operations to avoid severe reflexes, contractions, and convulsions, noting the organ reacts with fear and can resist treatment.
Historical accuracy challenged by a Bath correspondence quoted by Lady Dorothy Seville shows Bulwer Lytton denying Sir Robert Lytton’s sister Lucy and her Jacobite marriage, while an earlier note confirms her existence. The play Walpole emerged defying strict history.
Many English artists began as inn sign painters. Names include Morland, Davis Cox, Herring, Sir William Beechey, and 3fiblais. Sign paintings exist for Crearge and Wargrave on Thames, with works by Marcus Stone, Walter Crane, Caton Woodville, and Hogarth among others.
In Crimson Gulch a posse seeks more proof about a man arrested as a horse thief. Pinte Pete says he was lynched, but some doubt remains and they plan to summon witnesses to prove the guilty party beyond doubt. Washington reports the exchange.
Reports say Chinese aboard the passenger steamboat reacted quickly to the crisis after hitting a rock off Hong Kong, looting passengers' trunks as the vessel broke apart fortunes.
A quotation from Charles Whitley cited in Blackwood's Magazine lauds the phrase glittering and surrounding generalities of natural right, prompting discussion among American statesmen on constitutional philosophy and political rhetoric.
The piece argues that women are a highly imitative class from childhood through adulthood. It claims daughters copy elders, choose a model friend, and later mirror fashion, housekeeping, and hosting. It warns of social penalty for deviating from a motherly template and calls imitation the sincerest form of flattery.
A minister's six year old son questions a sermon claiming the boy notes a gap between words and reality. He tells his father that a line from today’s sermon, The boy of to day is the man of tomorrow, seems untrue, prompting family dinner discussion.
A humorous exchange recalls Cousin Henry's seasickness and a diary entry noting many passengers seasick and two whaling spouts. Abner Dobbs questions the credibility, while the narrator mocks belief in fantastical sea tales and a bizarre river voyage image.
The war office has long opposed inventors but treats the unlucky inventor in a soldier’s coat. General Shrapnel, inventor of the famous shrapnel projectile, dies a poor man after spending thousands on his invention in the London Regiment.
A terse quotation by Mirabeau asserts belief in willpower driving success. It emphasizes resolve over circumstance and encourages steadfast effort to overcome obstacles.
In a brief scene Nell's interest shifts from wealth to Jim after his fortune fades, while Belle claims women's haste for bargains. The dialogue hints at money changing desire and social satire.
The article explains handfasting in Scotland as a historic custom where couples met at fairs to choose partners. They joined hands to become temporary spouses for a year, with a potential legal marriage if fortunes prospered. otherwise they separated. The piece cites limited clergy and notes familial conflicts, including feuds when marital arrangements crossed clan lines.
A modern couple in Illinois formalizes their union with a simple ceremony, embracing personal vows rather than a large public celebration. Family and friends witness the quiet nuptials as they begin their life together.
A columnist ridicules Boston's obsession with historic relics from the Revolution era, arguing that reverence for landmarks like Faneuil Hall and the Old South Meeting House reflects a lack of humor. He contends liberty was not in real danger and questions the commemorations that define the city’s sense of history.
A Westbury churchyard stone notes a woman died a bachelor in 1708 at age 48. A second Westminster Abbey marker records the interment there of George with similar old inscriptions. The article highlights quirky 18th century gravestone wording.
A fragmented London Chronicle piece notes Graham the lone Workin figure buried in Westminster Abbey alongside a mention of a 1700 deadbeat escapement inventor. It also describes a crossways tomb in Hast Ham churchyard and legends of Noah jig near Ararat and a Brive niche in a ruined fortress.
A New York car conductor with a ministerial past surveys a crowded car to locate a man who boarded at Blouston Street. He calmly asks for the gentleman who got on at Blouston Street to rise, and the man does so with a bow and a thanks as fares are collected.
The article traces Irving’s early critics doubting his voice and mannerisms in a Midland town, then notes Leving’s triumph proving critics wrong. It highlights his ascent to the lead of his profession, his powerful artistry, and his kind, severe nature when others were in distress.
In a comic exchange, Adam vows no power shall sever them. Eve teases if the promise is rash and notes the first thing taken from him. Adam sulks, retreating to the apple orchard after realizing he’s been roasted.
A reader recounts an accident in which the victim blamed a faulty elevator after a faulty warning. The elevator operator responds that the lift was safe to go up, noting the danger came when coming down in Philadelphia.
A terse exchange shows Mr. XYounghub scolding Younghub for overreaching in kitchen duties. The dialogue notes the admonition to avoid similar actions and labels the work as too heavy for Younghub.
A Pacific Monthly feature describes pie bakers as athletes. Coarse pumpkin flesh is processed in steam choppers, then mixed with eggs milk sugar cinnamon and spices. Crusts are prepared separately and pies baked in kilns sized from fifty to several hundred, refilled frequently.
The article explains how to locate a spider’s eight eyes at the interior end of the cephalothorax. It notes variation in arrangement across species, describes eye sizes, and observes that spiders see in multiple directions. It mentions methods to hold or preserve specimens for examination.
The passage describes the sun at the end of two sensitive palpi or feelers. When quiet, the snail’s owner extends these organs. The eyes appear on the tips, and movement causes the eyes to retract, making the snail less responsive to danger.
The officers of the Internal Revenue Service face constant peril as they carry out their duties against moonshiners and gunmen. Despite little public recognition, their work is essential to safeguarding the country’s finances and enforcing tax laws.
The excerpt argues that telegraph wires perform better after a Sunday rest, claiming quieter, quicker, and more delicate transmissions on Mondays. It compares wires to razors, automobiles, locomotives, and a piano freshly tuned, suggesting rest improves performance.
The Pilksburg Dispatch notes a key difference in the hands of humans and monkeys. It explains the human thumb has opposing power, enabling it to touch the tips of all other fingers, while the monkey thumb is nonopposable.
A humorous Chicago News quotation recounts Shays asking why not wed and Singleton replying he is too poor. The old man retorts that Po was similarly poor at Singleton’s age, and he once tried to marry.
A humorous exchange in a grocery shows a housekeeper asking if the powder really kills fackronches. The clerk responds that it certainly does not, noting they would not sell a third of the quantity if it did.
A preacher spoke to the students of a girls college as the class stood on the platform in white. The minister’s wife recalls his remark about living life as a rational being and always striving to do more than before.
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