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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
5
Ralph Bust, Willi, Mich, writes that Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and expels humors from winter. As a farmer exposed to bad weather he often uses the remedy with good results. The letter touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as peculiar to itself and recommends liquid or Sargatabs.
A collage of missteps by great minds and bold aims. Faraday’s cables, Lord Kelvin’s weak currents, and Alry’s math could not stop Caprera’s Garibaldi from a simple, dignified tomb. Garibaldi’s life, the Caprera grave, and a note on Athos forbid women.
A collection of antiquated vignettes and curious excerpts recounts a Haitian emperor decoration for a crafted glass eye, a Yucatan ruin chain tale from Stone Age times, a Great Lakes wreck myth, and notes on Tranent colliery’s long history with female miners, as reported in Harper’s Weekly.
Two inebriated strangers pause beneath a lamp as they awkwardly ponder whether the light is a lamppost or the moon. They stagger and debate the glow until one admits he too is a stranger in town.
Readers learn with regret that Charles Kingsley’s Pebble Ridge at West ward Ho has suffered serious damage from recent gales. The barrier runs about two miles from distant cliffs to the Taw and is formed of rounded slate and pebbles. Once tended by the potwallopers, locals who replaced stones each Whit Monday, the practice has fallen into desuetude.
Ducks including black ducks and king elders have moved into the slick water above Martin's Point bridge due to stormy seas. With ice forming on the flats and limited feeding grounds, biologists fear hunger may force similar hand feeding as in past winters. Portlan d Are
A fragmentary quote from Dogvon Palmer about girls and grandmothers outdoors with maple wrap or soft soap. The text contains nonsensical phrases and obscured references, suggesting a stray OCR capture from a magazine or poem with unclear context and few identifiable facts.
The Atlas crew near Seattle after rounding the Horn from Philadelphia report sighting land in the Pacific on day 188 of voyage. A strange floating island covered in trees and underbrush appeared off the bow with birds and monkeys, suggesting non volcanic origin. Captain theorizes it drifted from the Rio de la Plata or the Negro delta, aided by heavy growth along its edge.
A faithful attendant covers Napoleon's corpse at Longwood St Helena as rain lashes the island. The scene recalls Marengo and a cloak once worn by the emperor. A quack remedy pitch follows, promoting Pierce's Pellets as a cure.
Over the past two decades the lakes of the central Asian region have shown a steady rise in water levels. From 1880 onward, Lake Aral has increased by about one and a half feet, a phenomenon accompanying a period of increased rainfall and altered hydrology in the basin.
A fragmented piece discusses imagination in painting, contrasting wit and humor with literary terms. It references Corot and notes the painter's vision through color and technique. The text reads like a literary digression on craft and perception.
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