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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
8
A historical survey traces water and fire ordeals across civilizations. It notes Cyprus Russia Iceland and southern Russia using trials by boiling water burning iron and sorcerous tests to force confessions and determine guilt with mixed accuracy.
A traveler explains that Arabian dancing girls are born into the profession and often have dancing mothers. They practice from infancy without formal schools, becoming highly skilled, with uncovered fates and plain attire, yet possessing a charming, delightful allure.
The Greeks valued paint as a preservative for ships using boiling wax to coat wood, a method Pliny notes could protect against sea wind and sun. Romans, though warlike, did not elevate building dedication like the Greeks, leaving ruins that show faded mural decorations and the use of specific corote materials.
The text explains the common method used by American aborigines at Columbus era, a friction drill system with a hearth socket to collect ground wood. It notes variations like using flint and pyrites possibly introduced via Scandinavian, European, or Asian contacts.
Far West grazing lands face cat instincts and Uncie Smu seeks to rid forestry reserves of mountain lions. Men profit from trapping and killing, using catnip as prime bait to exploit the felidae’s carnivorous nature in a broad, unity driven wildlife issue.
The text describes Saint Fiacre as the patron of Parisian cabbies, an Irish monk of the seventh century who supposedly received land in France and used a crozier to furrow it. It notes how a roundabout naming linked him to Parisian taxis and mentions a famous Paris hotel adopting him as patron, with cabs beginning under his sign.
The Shot Direct or Booith and Mr. Steddy clash as routine board duties reveal personal feuds. After a meeting Boom touts a grand plan, Steddy counters with a brisk retort about an honest method, revealing tension beneath corporate politeness.
Real estate transfers filed in Fairbury Nebraska reported by J Monroe Davis & Son cover transactions from August Theye to John Bringewatt and others. Notable deeds include Irene LeRoy to William Mitchell Lot 5 Block 2 McD Add Fairbury for 2000 and George Benzing et al to Louis Malone on parts of 28-2-t for 10800. Cemetery trust and estate administers list transfers to Amy Taylor and Samuel Gage with small parcel deeds in Steele City and Fairbury.
Mrs Alex Biér invites early bookings for chick hatching. Early hatched chicks are pitched as superior, urging swift orders without delay.
Fifty Duroc gilts bred for March and April farrow sell at Beatrice on Saturday March 7. Prospective buyers contact R. Crocker in Beatrice Nebraska. Also a misplaced package found in a Fairbury car near Jansorm area owner offers reward for recovery. inquiries via Jansen News office.
For sale pure bred Buff Orpington eggs from hens mated to Byers Golden Strain lids at 5 dollars per hundred and 75 cents per setting. Mrs A W Crossant P O Jansen Plymouth. The prophet Nahsa foresaw chariots raging in the streets and seen like torches and ruing like lightnings over 3008 years.
The Owen family recounts in Footfalls how the sixteen year old Rhoda and four year old Lucy appeared as exact doubles of themselves in the old house while the real siblings were in the new one across a ravine. Twelve witnesses, including the parents, confirm the eerie sighting with precise dress details.
An old analysis upends the idea of male supremacy in prehistoric times. It argues that women were the more important sex, inventing arts and sciences, devising food storage, clothing from skins, and guiding early human progress.
A note from the Skept Farmily Herald warns that the death's head moth harms bee hives by sneakily laying eggs inside. Larvae feed on stored honey, making the hive foul and unhealthy and forcing workers to work harder to defend the colony.
Local markets report prices as received from local dealers before press deadlines each Wednesday. Prices reflect wholesale quotations and may vary by vendor. Pound values and other currency figures are noted in the weekly update.
An old classified-style notice promotes Farm Lighting and Power outfits with Western Electric agency ties and radio repairs. It lists contact H. D. Bartlett in Fairbury Nebraska and notes guaranteed material and work. Additional items include carpentry partnership of Alex Bier and H. F. Wade, and various farm sale offers such as White Rock eggs and livestock.
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