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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1924
Page
3
The article notes workers whose sharply trained ears could hear faults amid roaring machines. This ability, acquired through years of experience rather than inherited, develops in noisy factory environments and helps detect sounds or absences others miss.
The ancients revered shorthand writers as nearly magical. Ausonius praised a swift scribe who could fix thoughts before they were spoken. Shorthand faded, revived in 1588 with Timothy Bright’s Characterie, a system of signs for common words and no true alphabet.
Engraved mottoes on lovers rings, once called posy rings, are being revived as a quaint custom. Examples include My love is fixt I will not range and I like my choice too well to change, with other lines like In thee my choice I do rejoice and Providence divine hath made thee mine.
A man pretends to have buried his old car after a new one arrives. The red motorcar skids into a hedge and topples, while a passer-by offers cheer as the driver laments his wrecked vehicle. The gag hinges on the line I’ve just got a new car so I brought the old one out to bury it.
The Ojibway taught children to stay silent to avoid revealing hiding places during frequent threats. Quietness was bred from fear of attack, with even a scream from owls or woods feared as signaling danger. Even today a youngster may endure a harsh jolt without a word and still smile.
The theater manager tells the touring company their show is the worst yet while handing over box-office receipts. The company manager recalls a longer run in Omaha and asks why the audience abandoned the Chase.
Akbar the great mogul and educator built a palace for scholars and tested language by raising a dozen nursing children in a castle near Agra. At twelve, linguists gathered to hear the children speak but all testified none spoke aloud, each child signaling by gestures learned from a silent nurse.
The Verendrye plate, a celebrated leaden artifact, rests in the South Dakota Historical Society at the Pierre Capitol. Found near Pierre in 1917, it dates to 1751 with French inscription tied to Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye and the 1741 expedition plans into the Mandan country.
An explorer notes a north India tree that shocks touchers with a day dependent current strongest at 2 pm. Nubia’s solar tree produces tunes from boring insects. Canada’s compass tree guides travelers with leaf edges always north and south. Arizona trees emit stinging odor and ruffle leaves to deter intruders.
A Kentucky visitor questions Uncle Jim about why he never marries. The elderly man, calm and mischievous, says he cannot risk his judgment, sparking curiosity about his single status and personal reasoning.
During rehearsal the producer berates an actor for poor elocution and awkward stage presence. He mocks monotone delivery, duck-like gait, shabby wig, ill fitting clothes, and excess hands, then asks for compliance with a blunt OK or not. The exchange ends with the actor seeking approval.
A discussion on the use of playful indefinite names in American political races and whether similar coinages appear across different contests. The piece weighs cultural creativity against clarity in campaign labeling.
A fragmented interview reveals a woman named Ettie speaking of marriage and desire for freedom. Stories recount a wife crying at home while her husband wanders and a man who married his wife for status. The speaker notes regret and longing for a different life.
Odd customs across countries describe midsummer rituals with couples leaping over fire to ensure fertility and harvest. Wives may jump before husbands, with beliefs of luck and family fortune. The practice involves first harvest rites, feasting, and ritual acts believed to appease deities.
An archaic sounding fragment describes celestial beings and feuds among gods. It weaves references to Jupiter, Heaven, and punitive acts, with enigmatic terms like Gridmel and preciees, suggesting a didactic mythic or ritual context.
Fragmentary text discusses emieliepes and seal wax wafers with references to a Peter of the Sea and a wafer of wus. It mentions production steps, protests, and a term Grek, without clear narrative or dates. The readable elements are vague and likely garbled OCR from a historical page.
Fragmented OCR notes recount John Wesley's missionary journeys extending to Limeerick and westward chapels. Mention of a Fish scheme, relics, and a spring period tied to expectant preachers, with uncertain dates and unclear names.
Peerom questions Breen about a cryptic plan while a discussion touches on old friendships and hidden motives. The exchange hints at government work spanning years and a search for information in a weekly publication.
Report on a Prague battery and batten museum in which diverse batten items are displayed. Henry Waldes founded the Gellems museum, now occupying a large house in Wischowitz. Exhibits include gold silver ivory bronze porcelain and stones with centuries old buttons and poison buttons noted for dangerous use in high society events.
A London Times style piece notes ambassadors enjoy vast privileges, including immunity from local laws and courts. It claims embassies sit on host country land, and diplomats evade taxes, with resents of sovereignty and privilege emphasized.
Japanese Hello Girls in exile wear a two piece hakama over a coarse white kimono. Sleeves are narrowed and tied below the elbow to keep hands free. A front tied sash completes the outfit with white cloth foot coverings and straw sandals. No stockings are worn, a custom noted among Japanese Semel.
Pathfinder Magazine traces the term tarpaulin to waterproof canvas used by sailors and the wide-brimmed storm hats of old mariners. It notes the progression from tarred cloth to tarpaulins, the shortening to tar, and the addition of Jack to form tar for sailors, with Dickens among early users.
Mr Beanpole, anxious after past failures, arranged a rear balcony tub with fish and plants under the eaves to catch rainwater. Surplus water leaked down stairs and under the kitchen door, causing moderate plaster and linoleum damage but leaving the gquiffish and fire plants less affected.
The passage critiques modern life for demanding too much from individuals, eroding the will to test and explore ideals. It laments the shift from deep contemplation to constant activity, which dulls imagination and turns noble aims into mere urgency.
The Toronto Globe notes an old custom of tapping the chest and a 1761 Latin book describing a drumlike chest note. Laennec’s first stethoscope use followed Waterloo, with a text on diagnosing ailments. Sir William Hale White links his book to the habit of patients pronouncing words like ninety nine during chest exams.
A reminiscence notes the Tower of London warden under Queen Elizabeth earned about 500 dollars a year in salary but held broad emoluments. He claimed board for political prisoners, seized surplus cattle from London Bridge and moat incidents, collected Thames flotsam, swans, wine from Bordeaux, sex food, rushes, and fees on hides at East Smithfield.
An attorney and chicken fancier spends time and money raising prized hens to pay for their keep. After nearly a year he finds four eggs with pearly eyes in a nest, only to read the penciled greeting Christmas from the Old Hen, delighting his skeptical wife.
A Detroit News writer notes Siam as a country of one town with Bangkok as the central seat of government and king’s residence. Most officials dwell and work in Bangkok where pleasures are taken, drawing foreigners and officials to Ranchok as Siam’s key city district.
A rare and dramatic atmospheric phenomenon appears in the Andes, described as spectacular lightning that sometimes occurs in high mountain regions. Reports suggest mountains themselves may amplify or channel this extraordinary electrical display.
Archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Roman theater with a diameter feet, dating to the second century in a Ferentinto garden about fifty miles south of Rome. The site lies near the Monti Lepini range and Sacro valley, along the Rome Naples railway. Ferentinum, once a Hernisi city, was destroyed in the Second Punic War and later became a Roman colony.
A noted practice on Raga in the New Hebrides keeps elders alive in name by adopting a living child who takes the deceased's identity. The ritual preserves respect and ceremony but leads to confusion among kin and even sharp commentary from outsiders.
The article recounts the legendary Longinus, the spear-wielding Roman soldier at the crucifixion who later becomes a Christian convert. It notes his attempted escape from Pilate, his promotion of the gospel in Cappadocia, and his execution as a deserter by Pilate, with his head sent to Jerusalem.
The passage describes diverse insect-based foods: Mexican tribes eat bread made from water bug eggs. Central American honey ants used as dessert. African natives bake bread from termites. Brazilians pair termites with sauce. Chinese communities fry caterpillars and silkworm chrysalises. Madagascar Hovas eat bombyx chrysalises fried or boiled. Australian natives catch moths with torches, dry them, and remove wings.
The text explains European holy grass or vanilla grass used in churches and processions. It notes its use by St Lawrence Indians for weaving baskets and how zenine grass retains haylike odor when dry. It also mentions another sweet grass with starry white severs and fragrant dried forms common in American fields.
The king grasshopper can jump up to 100 times its length and sail 1000 miles with the wind. The cricket sings loudly, its shrill note heard a mile away. Males sing, females listen with foreleg ears. Despite being musical, they are fighters and cannibals when food is scarce.
In the Middle West old harvest custom marked completion by stacking tools around the last shock, the crew forming a circle to cheer thrice. The echo determined good men for the next crop, and a cabin blast signaled the harvest end.
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