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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1915
Page
16
The island of Cyprus has long been a bone of contention among nations since Roman times. England's protectorate role and divided courts gave a fragile peace. Early Christian church history notes the Cyprus patriarchate recognized by the council of Ephesus in 431.
About three hundred English towns have new chief citizens installed with archaic rites. Lincoln’s mayor is crowned with a ring worn by predecessors. Cheltenham’s gets a gold headed malacca cane. Grantham taps him with the town clerk’s hammer. Dunstable observes bumping. Bournemouth bestows a kiss from the prior mayor.
A novel camera uses a lens divided into thirds with a Z-shaped light path by two mirrors, yielding a 48 inch focal length in a 16 inch body. It overcomes low luminosity of telephoto setups, allowing instant snapshots from balloon tests. Rhine valley scenes from nearly a mile away show clear detail unseen in common photos.
Mme de Talleyrand known for beauty and folly enjoys droll power over guests. At a Cairo expedition dinner Bonaparte’s savant Denon is flattered until she blurts out a jab about Friday from Robinson Crusoe. The witticisms amuse Talley rand’s circle but reveal the couple’s cunning humor.
Excerpted reflection from David Grayson in American Magazine on life’s swift narrative movement. It contrasts watching with participation and the pull of unfolding events as stories race past, urging readers to dive in and follow. The passage muses on pace, anticipation, and emotional investment in real life stories.
A Londoner recounts a humorous near loss of a sovereign after a friend's daughter begins to sing Kathleen Mavourneen. He nearly lends the coin but withdraws it when the song begins with a line about years or forever, prompting him to pocket the sovereign.
J G Holland argues that true praise cannot flatter a worthy man though many are swayed by it. Even great figures like Gladstone, George Eliot, and Parnell show how excessive or misguided praise can shape actions and perception, sometimes lifting motive while dulling judgment.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a three year old performer singing Baby's Boat's a Silver Moon at a minister’s gathering. The child’s father, after a recent vaudeville visit, is embarrassed when she sing sings an improvised line about a debbil in his own hometown.
A sober congressman warned of a decline in the House's character and public confidence. He recalled entering four years ago and claimed that trust in the body has greatly diminished, delivering his remarks with grave solemnity.
An item advertised as sagless screen was listed for sale at Erspamer and Mayheu's store. The brief notice notes the product is available to customers, implying a local retail promotion.
Animals sense earthquakes before they strike. In Japan horses show agitation near shocks. Central America dogs and cats flee houses, people imitate to escape danger. In Italy birds leave nests and rise quietly before quakes, then cry out during the shocks. Sicily reports cocks crowing and dogs howling prior to earthquakes.
A college student home for vacation lends his mother's cook five dollars. To repay, she discovers five biscuits, five lumps of sugar, five raw potatoes, and five lumps of coal left as clues, and she pays him, concluding the boy never asked but left five fives in kind.
In Paris experiments presented to the Academy of Sciences suggest old color complements were misidentified. Red and orange complement greenish blue shades, while yellow pairs with blue, not violet, overturning prior schemes. Rosenstiel crafts a new chromatic circle for artists, claimed as more accurate.
The article compares undersea tin mining in Cornwall with Chilean coal mining near Coronel bay. It notes Cornwall’s tin veins extend beneath water, while Chile exploits coal seams extending under the bay. The underground workings stay dry and clean due to impervious overhead rock, with modern equipment and electric power supplied at low cost.
The note traces how pension derives from pensio meaning broad payment and marks it as deferred pay rather than gratuity. It contrasts stipendium as soldier pay, now tied to a magistrate or cleric's income, noting lumps paid quarterly and eventually a year of service.
Success Magazine notes that each vocation shapes the brain, developing faculties unique to the field. As trades multiply, civilization gains varied cognitive strength, from primitive self defense to modern complex mental demands in a highly civilized era.
The text exalts Julius Caesar as perhaps the greatest talent in history, noting his roles as soldier statesman scholar writer and orator. It asserts his impact on the world is lasting with Roman emperors called Caesars and foreign rulers like Russia and Germany adopting titles derived from Caesar such as Czar and Kaiser.
A London Chronicle correspondent describes laying a railway in remote China where graves blocked the line. Chinese buried bones ahead of the track, causing repeated digging and reburial schemes. The project eventually finished with a fairly straight alignment after initial twists.
A teacher touts a memory method to a pupil, urging vivid mental pictures. He gives an example linking poet Burns to a policeman in flames, prompting the pupil to question misidentification with Robert Browning.
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