Warners White Wine of Tar Syrup Advertised Remedy
Dr J W Hamilton of San Frisco Cal says Warners White Wine of Tar Syrup is the best cough remedy and superior for asthma. Chicago wholesaler seeks assistant manager for county and adjoining territory with $20 salary plus expenses. no investment or experience required. Write SUPERINTENDENT 132 Lake St Chicago Il.
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J. W. Hamilton
San Frisco
Cal
Warners
Chicago
Lake St
Minnesota
Iowa
Norough
Ames
College
White's
Story County Bank
Headless Yet Alive Insects Survive Post Decapitation
A historical note describes Professor Conestrini’s experiments on insects to gauge survival after head removal. Beetles show immediate distress while ants bees and wasps survive for hours. some headless bodies live days and even eighteen days for butterflies and moths.
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Conestrini
Nervine Promises Relief For Nervous Exhaustion
An advertisement argues nervous weariness harms body organs and urges Dr Miles Nervine as a nerve restoring tonic. It cites a testimonial from WeRRINGHAM Allegheny Pa and notes the product is sold by pharmacists with a money back guarantee by Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
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Miles’ Nervine
Es’ Cac
Werringham
Ellsworth Ave
Allegheny
Miles
Gruggist
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
People Speak Three Times Before They Speak
A quirky saying notes that some individuals begin a conversation by speaking thrice before delivering any substantive remark. The line highlights impatience or ritual in speech patterns without citing specific events or people.
A Famous Monster From Ravenna Described in 16th Century Writings
Descriptions from Licetus and Zahn recount a Ravenna born monster around 1511 1512 with a female youth body a single tapering leg ending in a turkey buzzard like claw four toed foot a fixed wing pair feathered from hip to knee a scaled lower leg and a movable lid loas eye. The creature bore a horned head and unusual ears while the fate of its life and body remains unknown.
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Licetus and
Zahn
Ravenna
Italy
Moon Dominates Tides As Source Of Regular Rise And Fall
The prevailing view among scientists attributes tides to the moon’s differential attraction, pulling nearer waters toward it to create high water and drawing Earth away from far waters to produce variations in high water. The sun’s gravity plays a smaller role, mainly modifying the lunar tide, enhancing it in spring tides and reducing it at neap tides.
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Earth
Neaps
Holmes on telling others about recovery and death
The passage reflects Oliver Wendell Holmes arguing against informing someone they cannot recover when they have not asked. It notes people often realize recovery is impossible without being told. It also observes death is rarely feared once nature signals it, likening it to sleep.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Thirty Five Band Parade With Corked Instruments
A Philadelphia campaign parade featured thirty five musicians planned by a band leader who found eight men missing. He filled the gap by arming eight non players with corked instruments, producing a silent show that still paraded as music.
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Philadelphia
Wise man settles fortune for daughter in second marriage
A kind man rich with wisdom gives $10,000 to his unmarried daughter before his second marriage. He hopes she may live at home but remain free to choose. The arrangement leads to moral happiness as both women feel no pressure to share closer relations.
Dominant Note Shapes a Man's Life Across Ages
The passage compares life to an operatic rhythm where a single dominant air guides youth, manhood, and old age. It stays present, soft in youth and aging, yet remains strong in adulthood, shaping the entire life’s tone.
Happiest Hour Conversation Sparks Curious Advice
In a humorous exchange a man recalls proposing and sharing a silent moment with his partner. She responds with curiosity about the moment and hints that she would listen to advice just to learn what it was. The dialogue plays on romantic tension and lighthearted irony.
A Strange Message Sparks Bad Language at Home
A fragment shows a teacher warning about evil communications and a father swearing after receiving a dressmaker’s message. The reading highlights how disruptive lines from outside influence household manners.
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Johnny
Misfortunes Restore Moral Tone After Prosperity
A reflective aphorism notes that misfortunes act as moral bitters, refreshing the mind after prolonged prosperity and excess.
The Staff Of Life Bread Through Ancient Tradition
The article traces bread’s origins from early paste by Sarah for Abraham to ancient grain basics. It cites Panthe gods teaching mortals baking, Ceres guiding Greeks, Megalarte and Megalomaze kneading flour, and Rome’s shift from gruel to baked bread with Fornax worship and public bakehouses by 630 B C.
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Sarah
Abraham
Pan
Ceres
Numa
Rome
B. C
England’s Naval Supremacy From 1588 Armada Defeat
The article recalls England’s naval rise after the 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada. It notes 130 Spanish ships with 2,500 cannon and 30,000 men versus about 50 English ships, 30 of them royal. It states Spain lost eighty ships and 10,000 men, and mentions a commemorative medal with the motto He sent out his arrows, and he scattered them.
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England
Understanding the Hurricanes in Beaumont’s Wind Scale
The passage explains the term Hurricane as the old Spanish name for a West Indies cyclone and traces its use in meteorology. It outlines Beaumont’s wind scale from light to gales, noting gales progress through several classes before merging into the hurricane.
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West Indies
Apt Retort Sparks Classroom Banter in Home Notes
In a witty exchange, a professor notes pools pose questions beyond wisdom while a student quips that such questions lead to exam failures, reflecting lighthearted humor in the Home Notes column.
Shitting a Burden and Classic Epigrams
A fragmentary exchange references a petty theft with a man passing a pie to his brother as a stronger bearer. The source cites the New York Press and Carlyle on dignity and action, presenting a brisk moral vignette about character and performative virtue.
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New York Press
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