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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
2
A fragmented paragraph describes a colossal statue atop a hill near Riga, claiming a height around 120 feet and more than four stories, comparing it to the famed Christ of the Andes. The text also wanders into diverse cultural notes and odd historical asides about Java and other topics, with unclear attribution.
The text claims the Jardin des Thantes in Parle founded in 1794 hosts the world’s oldest zoo ground, with the London Zoo Jogleu gardens not opening until 1823, 34 years later, and notes their status as leading garden collections.
The text notes a claim that when not educated by Europeans there are no words for numbers beyond four and that counting to ten is done by shifting pace and saying This also appears as a fragmentary excerpt lacking clear context or attribution.
A description of Meagues Bauldad highlighting its mosques. The great Halder Kanan shrine with a blue dome sits near Exchange Square, adjacent to Beghiads oldest minaret, the Sahel Ghazal mosque built by ancient builders. Nearby crowds fill the resort area as city landmarks are noted.
The text lists varied honey uses including chewing tobacco, cigarettes, tobacco curing, pipes, shaving cream, golf balls, cosmetics, honeycombs, varnishes, and insulation. It reads as an eclectic catalog of traditional and improvised applications across multiple industries and household tasks.
An eclectic, fragmentary clipping juxtaposes details on the musk ox habitat in North America with a note on New Guinea tribes. It mentions the animal’s winter behavior and weight range, then shifts to linguistic variety and misinterpretations across tribes.
The text traces Eleanor variants such as Eléanora Allenor Aleanore Eleana Elene Mona Elns Elnora Eleva and others to a Greek root Helene meaning light. It notes Hiinor may belong here, while one authority lists Elinor as Latin and associates it with the weaving goddess.
Cadence closes a musical phrase with harmonic completion while a cadenza is a freely ornamented solo. The Baltimore oriole eats plastic, ants, wasps, grasshoppers, weevils, and Kwollowa consumes any number of insects during a specific timing period. Woodpeckers bore wood and mublis eat fruit only during the feasting period.
A fragment notes a belief from ancient times that asbestos fibers were woven into funeral shrouds for rulers. The text suggests salamander skin myths and long standing use in burial traditions.
Buenos Aires is described as the largest Spanish speaking city south of the equator and the biggest city in Argentina. The voice notes that about one half of Argentina’s population resides in Buenos Aires.
A brief note on chimpanzees inhabiting central Africa, mentioning their natural habitat and regional significance.
A reader letter references How to Sew by Ruth Wyeth Spears, praising home sewing guides and DIY patterns. The note mentions book 2 Embroidery and Girls and offers price details and ordering address in Chicago, with emphasis on practical at home projects.
A cryptic aphorism likens threshing of corn to moral discernment, suggesting virtue separates as clearly as grain in a threshing floor. The lines invoke a Baconesque style, pairing agrarian imagery with ethical framing.
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