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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
8
A 1907 article argues prejudice against hypnotism stems from stage shows and ignorance. It asserts hypnotism as a medical aid when properly used, strengthens will, aids in recovery, and can serve as anesthesia, while warning against commercial exploitation on stage.
Halligan recalls taking his son Bobby to have a troublesome tooth pulled. The boy endures the procedure with a yell and, to his father’s shock, swears at the dentist. The mother reflects that the first tooth loss marks childhood’s passing and wonders where Bobby learned such language.
Two men chess on memory while traveling between home and work. A drummer interrupts as they discuss moves and a hidden board, with one man claiming to play without any pieces, relying on mental images of the game.
In a curt exchange, a shopkeeper explains the rickety table is intentional style. The dialogue hints at charging extra for such tables, noting their propensity to groan under heavy delicacies at fashionable dinners.
A tense exchange unfolds as a patient presses a doctor for certainty about recovery or death. The physician hedges, shielding the patient with cautious words while suppressing definitive prognosis. The dialogue hints at impending emotional decisions, including mourning, amid medical ambiguity.
An excerpt from McClure's essay My Soldier recounts how Confederate Gen Pickett and his division earned praise at Gettysburg yet mourned the war's human cost, as his wife notes the immense tragedy of war. The piece contrasts his sorrow with the private soldiers' universal heroism and questions the justifications for conflict.
William A Radford promotes a substantial 32 by 9 foot house plan with scale drawings to avoid misreading room sizes. He describes furnishing choices, a grand reception hall, a front/back stairway, and notes costs around 3000 dollars plus heating and plumbing, emphasizing consulting a local builder for precise estimates.
Dr John Tatham urges abundant fruit in children’s diets describing fruit liking as a relic of evolution and a constitutional need. He notes bananas as highly nutritious and gentle on typhoid ulcers, highlighting iron content and high absorption aiding anaemic patients.
A New York woman and a Chicago woman guests at a hotel in the White Mountains are described by a Brooklyn minister. They admire the view from the front of the house then the New Yorker dismisses mountains while the Chicago woman compares it to looking from her husband's Chicago office on the fourteenth floor and choosing to dine.
A city salesman recalls a curious drug store that focuses almost entirely on veterinary medicine for horses. The proprietor claims horse remedies far outpace human prescriptions, with stables and equine hospitals nearby driving demand. The shop offers usual drugstore items but mainly compiles cures for equine ailments.
A brief anecdote from Youth's Companion about Jimmy's clever reply to a synonym question. The tale notes his brain quality despite weak points and mocks modern educational methods with humor.
A business leader argues that sending undisciplined staff on sea voyages would teach them method through discipline and time management. He notes shipshape conditions create observable improvements, while acknowledging some are inherently disordered. The idea extends the same aboard shore.
Radium acts upon the chemical constituents of glass porcelain and paper imparting a violet tinge changes white phosphorus to yellow oxygen to ozone affects photograph plates and produces many other curious chemical changes.
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