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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
9
Margaret Ferrand argues in the New York Evening Post that modern apparitions lack independence and will. She contrasts them with Shakespearean specters, who act by their own accord, while contemporary spirits vanish when not obliged by polite, weakminded social norms.
Verben a revered by Romans who believed verbena leaves protected against injury when worn. Brides weaving verbena wreaths were considered lucky. The plant’s name derives from a ritual of a verbanerius envoy and war signals using a sprig tied to an iron spear. Druids dedicated verbena to a priestess and harvest involved a foot-tied root. Hungarian Gypsies claim healing wounds with verbena grants ease of opening locks.
A classic tale tells of the weaver girl and the herd laddie as two stars separated by the Milky Way. Jove unites them in mythic marriage, then banishes them for blissful neglect of duty. They meet briefly on the seventh day of the seventh moon when a yearly bridge allows their happiness. Maiden offerings follow in hope their loves run truer.
The article notes Burmese maidens smoke long cigars as in Kipling’s Road to Mandalay. It mentions Belgian Congo natives use pipes ten to twelve feet long, lit by campfire flame. It adds that pipe smoking by older women appears in Liege areas, parts of Ireland, and the southern United States.
The Armenian language, though evolved through centuries, traces to the speech of Priam and Hector. Armenians connect to Homeric Trojans born in Thrace, later part of the Byzantine empire. Erzerum, capital of Armenia, preserves the timeless name Rome, founded in 514 by Theodosius the Eastern Roman emperor who named it Theodosiopolis.
Fragmentary reminiscences recount a long-ago conversation about a puppet figure and a wager involving a $100 loan. The dialogue touches on a wild animal film era, a vampire, and public fascination with early film subjects, plus notes on a new motor car and a naval milk machine aboard a ship.
A New York Evening Post account recalls how census workers face mental strain amid complex data requests. It notes 1920s demands to enumerate farms by autos, tractors and trucks in every possible combination, plus telephones, electric lights, and piped water, with many conditional groupings.
A humor tale in a small town sale ends with a swap of a cow keeping the sale honest. Dick Carraway admits the cow is eight years old after Lou Carter pays with a check, and Lou concedes by taking the cow while Dick keeps the money. The lighthearted exchange ends with mutual quip on fair play.
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