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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
5
Mrs Maguire helps a dying mother surrender her child to her, then confronts a fierce maternal hunger in the crippled matriarch. She resolves to locate the mother with faith and aid from God.
A Danish legend shared by Germans and English alike links the cuckoo to marriage and release from cares. In spring, village girls kiss their hands and ask when they will wed while elders seek release from life’s burdens. The cuckoo answers by singing its name, delaying nest building and forcing the bird to lay eggs in a hedge sparrow’s nest.
A scientific explanation notes that lobsters turn red when boiled due to iron content and oxidation. The shell’s muriatic acid and heat drive chemical changes similar to brick burning, with sunlight also bleaching the oxide but less rapidly.
King Gustavus III of Sweden visits Schwerin in 1783 and spurns petty court pomp. Two attendants including a former actor entertain the king and the duchess, while Sparre and others are involved in a covert intrigue.
During the visit, courtiers received homage for their master while dancing with Mecklen burg ladies presented to them. Peyton even requested a lady’s portrait, while Gustavus pursued private amusements elsewhere.
Paraguayans drink tea from a pumpkin goblet using a long reed to sip the hot liquid. The tea is made from roasted leaves of a palm like plant native to Paraguay and southern Brazil, not from China. Natives claim it cures fever and rheumatism, with German tests supporting some health benefits.
In John Fiske's Essays of John Fiske a reminiscence recalls Huxley hosting Fiske in London. During an anatomy exam a novice misplaced heart valves, and Huxley quipped that a bishop was never on the right, showing compassionate wit toward the student.
The term belfry began as a watchtower from middle English roots tied to borough and free. As bells were hung in towers the meaning shifted to its modern association with bells, while the original watchtower meaning faded from common usage.
A Detroit Free Press line upends poetry fortunes with a quip about verses and reverses as the payback. The brief quip frames verse as a financial or personal risk in light humor.
The golden grasshopper atop the Royal Exchange tower stands as a London landmark since Sir Thomas Gresham founded the exchange. It survived the 1666 fire and 1888 blaze, remaining 108 feet above street level as a gilt brass vane symbolizing the Gresham crest.
A collage of aphorisms by Shakespeare Emerson Johnson Whitman Carlyle Steele and Hosea Ballou on honesty gratitude cheerfulness and friendship. The lines explore character virtue and self awareness in social life.
An Iowa convict Shercliffe provides sworn affidavit in the Nebraska supreme court detailing the Pollock diamond heist of twelve years ago. He claims a Omaha gambler and politician conspired to steal the 75000 jewels and divide proceeds, with the politician taking the main share. The affidavit ties the case to a mandamus suit against Omaha Mayor Moore to shut a gambling house controlled by the named figure.
Six major banks including National City Bank and Bank of Commerce implement an independent system of clearings. Representatives arrive at the National Bank of Commerce by 9 AM to exchange items for collection and receipts, speeding up the day’s business and reducing congestion.
The word greenroom dates to Elizabethan drama. Actors rested on green rushes laid on the floor, later green walls and green baize replaced the rushes, and the name endured to today.
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