The Human Machine Inventions Resemble Nature's Patents
A New York Tribune summary notes many modern devices echo natural designs such as eye movement pulleys in the body and hollow bone strength. It highlights sweat glands as safety valves, the Adam's apple as a blood regulator, the liver and stomach as chemical quarantine stations, the ear's eustachian tube, and semicircular canals that guide balance.
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Nature
Patent Office
Ezes
New York Tribune
Attempted Lynching of Negro in Pittsburg
A large mob in Pittsburg detains C. A. Jackson a Black man after a street confrontation with a newsboy. Jackson is beaten and choked until police rescue him as others protect him amid cries to lynch.
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Pittsburg
C. A. Jackson
Jackson
Becae
Trackwalkers Struck Fatal. Two Long Brothers Injured
In Canton Pennsylvania on the tracks near the city Harry Long aged 19 was killed and his brother Charles Long aged 30 was seriously injured while walking on the railroad. They were from Portsmouth.
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Canton
Pennsylvania
Harry Long
Charles Long
Portsmouth
Train Hits Carriage Kills Mother and Infant in Ohio
Bellevue Ohio January 31 A Nickel Plate passenger train struck a carriage at Oakwood killing Mrs Lida Ridenhour and her 13 month old baby daughter instantly.
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Bellevue
Oakwood
Lida Ridenhour
Hebbardsville Social Notes and Local Updates
Hebbardsville residents share visits and travels with friends and relatives from Athens to Shreveport Louisiana. Early week reports note illnesses, business trips, home visits by John and Huff Harner, Warlie Johnson from Columbus and Mrs Ida Ross from Middleport. Snowy winter conditions persist with reports of 25 degrees and ongoing weather caution.
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L. A. Gift
Athens
W. E. Crossen
George Beasley
Shreveport
Louisiana
J. J. Whaley
Charley Whaley
W. C. Bean
Albany
T. M. Moore
Guysville
Bess Allen
New York City
E. B. Armstrong
John Fisher
John and Huff Harner
Morgantown
W. Va
Warlie Johnson
Columbus
H. Harner
Galipolis
Will Shaffer
Hebbardsville
Robert Carsey
Herbert Brown
Will Johnson
Ida Ross
Middleport
Vernon Mingo
A. L. Carsey
Humiliating Naval Punishments From Yard to Belt
London Tit-Bits details informal royal navy penalties used to curb offenses. Sailors endure benching with hammocks, belt ridicule, spittoons, spittoon belts, and even a spittoon strapped to the chest. Other punishments include spoon-bailing, carrying a heavy shell, backward deck walks, and forced endless whistles under the captain’s watch.
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Jack
London
Widow and Widower In Paris Hotel Swindle Tale
A widow and a widower meet in a Paris hotel and scheme to appear as strangers during a voyage to America. They plan separate gifts and a staged farewell to avoid scandal while smuggling valuables. He disappears on arrival. she is suspected by customs of large lace and diamond smuggling. Both are revealed as liars in this sly tale by M. Quad.
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Turner
Montana
Texas
Aaron Turner
John Gates
Gates
Mr. Turner
Havre
New York
Customs House
Rising From the Grave by Electric Bitters Praise
Wm. A. Fertwell of Lucama NC recounts a dramatic recovery after using fewer than three bottles of Electric Bitters claiming relief from Bright's disease and diabetes stage. He asserts the remedy cured liver and bladder troubles and endorses Mc Kee's drug store guarantee at 50 cents.
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Wm. A. Fertwell
Lucama
N. C
Bright
McKee's
Baumgartel Suicide Follows Son's Death in Wrestling Tragedy
Frederick Baumgartel a Sandusky merchant shot and killed himself. Reports say mental strain from worry over his son Leonard Baumgartel who excelled in baseball football and basketball in a recent wrestling incident contributed to the tragedy.
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Sandusky
Frederick Baumgartel
Leonard Baumgartel
Cleveland man found after two days in corn shack
Joseph McManus, 54, of Cleveland, Ohio, was discovered by a farmer in Litchfield Illinois after spending two days in a corn shack without food or water. He is in critical condition and unable to walk due to frozen legs.
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Litchfield, Ill
Joseph McManus
Cleveland
McManus
Camping on the East River Islands Near New York City
A Country Test in America describes exploring the East River shore toward the sound, noting dozens of small islands, many rocky and barren, with scrubby growth and occasional trees. Some islands are city or private property, while others have uncertain ownership. several are regularly used for camping by organized groups.
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New York City
East River
America
Peruna touted as cure for lingering female cold
A Pittsburgh reader describes severe spring cold that settled on the lungs and claims five bottles of Peruna cured her. The notice extols Peruna as reliable for coughs colds and catarrh noting its quick action on mucous membranes and urging women to take it at first signs of a cold.
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Mary May
Beitler Street
E. Pittsburg
Hartman
Peruna
Mary Mag
The Dramatic Dressmaker Of Paris Performs Charm
A slim young dressmaker in Paris moves between buyer and artist, a lord of lace who entrances royalty and actresses with charm and bravado. His mood shifts from humility to contempt, then to despair as he laments not seeing any gown today.
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Paris
Vance Thompson
Stomach and Liver Tablets Help Cooper Maine Woman
A Cooper Maine resident Mrs John Lowe reports two years of bad stomach trouble cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She purchased twelve bottles and is now well. Sold by W H McKee Athens Lash Sarton Drug Co Chauncey.
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Chamberlain
Ohn Lowe
Cooper
Maine
W. H. McKee
4. R. Lash
Athens
Sarton Drug Co
Chauncey
Sad Fate of a Minister
Steubenville Ohio January 3 Rev J H Ekey a retired M E minister well known throughout the eastern Ohio conference was instantly killed west of this city by Panhandle passenger train. He was walking the eastbound track while a freight train was going west and being deaf he did not hear the approach of a train in his rear.
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Steubenville, O
J. H. Ekey
M. E
Sisters Killed at Crossing in Ravenna Area
In Ravenna Ohio on January 31 Mrs W J Wilson 32 of Rootstown and her sister Miss Nellie Shope 20 of Charleston were killed when the westbound Cleveland and Pittsburg flyer struck their buggy at Skeel s crossing near the depot. They did not see the train until it was upon them.
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Ravenna
W. J. Wilson
Rootstown
Nellie Shope
Charleston
Skeel's Crossing
Obituary of Edward Warner Sr. of Lodi Township
Edward Warner Sr. died January 17 1907 at his home in Lodi Township aged 67 years five months and fifteen days. He moved to Athens county in 1881 and resided there since. He leaves his wife five sons four daughters and many friends. His remains were laid to rest at St Johns on the following Saturday in a large funeral.
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Lodi
Township
Edward Warner
Warner
Athens County
Angel of Death
St. John’s
Little Hazel Crawford Born and Passed in 1906 1907
Hazel Marie Crawford, daughter of James B. and Phoebe L. Crawford, was born June 19 1906 and died January 20 1907 at seven months one day. The verse laments her loss and prays for comfort for her father and grandmother while asserting faith that they will meet Hazel in heaven.
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Hazel Marie Crawford
James B
Phoebe L. Crawford
Hazel
Dade's Liver Pills Sold at Henderson Crider's Drug
An advertisement promotes Dade's Little Liver Pills as a cleanser for the system and a tonic for lazy livers clear complexions bright eyes and happy thoughts. Sold by Henderson Crider's Drug Store.
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Dade
Henderson-Crider’s
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McClure, Phillips
Mrs
Peru
Ena
Man
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Heaven
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