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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
7
A rural verse from L. A. Laws printed in the Louisville Courier Journal portrays harvest scenes with corn rustling as the central sound. It reflects on plowing in April, family memory, and countryside life with characters like Sallie Foster and Dobbin.
Mattie Hunter and Marsh Hunter endure a fiery temper and a rocky early marriage. After a string of quarrels and near-separations, Mattie’s mother counsels confession. Mattie and Marsh finally admit faults, share a tearful reconciliation by the hearth with their baby.
Observes how water climbs higher in thinner glass tubes than in wider ones and rises more at the tube sides than the center due to air pressure and capillary attraction. An accompanying picture illustrates the effect.
Diagrams illustrate water rising along tube sides and mercury falling at the sides when introduced to glass tubes. A wedge of glass with a rubber band demonstrates higher water rise where glass surfaces meet and, in mercury, a reversed curve with a lower level at the join.
Compiled instructions from the People's Home Journal describe a stage illusion using three pasteboard boxes A B C. A hidden bouquet on box B rises under box C to reveal a growing flower display, with a veiled buttonhole rose prank as a misdirection.
An article reports duties on importing wild beasts for pets or entertainment, citing prices for elephants tigers and rhinoceroses from India and other regions. It notes exemptions for scientific or educational use, and provides figures on historical import values and government bug imports aiding agriculture and pest control. It also quotes entomologist C L Marlatt on the most useful imported bugs.
A humorous exchange between neighbors compares soil for flower pots to washing Florida strawberries. The upper flat lady asks about soil while the lower flat lady reveals saving the water from the strawberry washing, highlighting thrifty domestic cleverness.
The piece notes an ancient Egyptian Order of the Fly decoration for generals and likens it to modern royal honors. It also highlights Gen Booth’s Hadleigh poultry farm, England’s largest, housing over 2,000 birds with 18,340 eggs and 1,185 birds sold, 93 of 104 exhibited birds prize-winners, and nearly £800 in sales.
In a playful exchange, Reggie replies that he will take a long absence for the work cure, claiming his doctor says he has overworked himself. The quip is delivered in a light, period-tinged tone.
An elder hunter laments dwindling heron sightings each summer at marshes and lake shores. He recalls admiring a heron’s grace and restraint from hunting, noting its beauty, vigilance, and sacred status among African tribes if killed by accident.
The Sind Gazette notes reformers push abolition of ivory bangles in marriage cost. Ivory or ivory and gold inlaid bangles, first wedding article the father must provide, cost five to ten pounds, are fragile and discolor and soon need replacement. The piece reflects social pressure and expense tied to dowry customs.
The lieutenant governor of South Carolina wears a purple robe of office when presiding over the senate. A Detroit Free Press quote notes a man who says he lives by his wits and questions why he is always broke.
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