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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
4
A St Louis Republic article warns that common items and medicines can harbor explosive risks. It cites chloride di potash lozenges, bicarbonate of potash with subnitrate of bismuth, iodide of nitrogen, sal volatile, chloral hydrate, tincture of iron, aqua regia, and celluloid accoutrements as danger sources.
A four year old daughter of a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria is invited to lunch with the queen. The child reports she was polite, but the queen was not, as she picked up a chicken bone with her fingers and the child mimicked the scolding gesture. The tale appears in the Philadelphia North American.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum telling a young man that true modesty in asking for political advice proves unfitness for the profession. The remark highlights a stern view of ambition and public service.
An 18th century tale describes a Chinese emperor and a painted cow that appears to change when lighting shifts. A Dresden chemist outlines recipes for luminous paints and glowing marbles and flowers using phosphorescent compounds and simple solvents. The piece also notes odd Maryland farm names from historic conveyances and closes with courier jokes.
A collection of satirical lines quotes from the New York Press and Detroit Journal on courtship, engagement, and social pretensions. The notes include a book advertisement hook how to cook properly and a Persian proverb about learning and sense.
The Denver Field and Farm recounts the legend of the Enchanted Mesa where in 1541 a rock splitting disaster buried Acoma atop a rock fortress. Ethnologists later found ruins confirming the tale of a great catastrophe that wiped out the inhabitants and left descendants among the present Acoma.
Sir William Crookes discusses diamond hardness, noting variability within crystals and its ability to plane glass. He recounts experiments pressing diamond against steel at 170 tons per square inch without damage, and a 5000 rpm drill that left only a tiny 0.25 mm groove in tantalum after three days. Crookes also notes diamonds phosphorescing after sun exposure, bright enough to read by, but domestic illumination remains distant.
A man dies after learning he fathered triplets and an insurance claim follows. The nurse states he was the father, triggering the question of which policy covers an accident of birth. The insurer questions how to classify the death as an accident.
The blade should travel heel to point on the strop and return point to heel in shaving. This alternating motion aligns with the blade edge having tiny teeth and uses the edge most effectively for a sharp shave.
In a medical faculty address Sir Dyce Duckworth notes many are constitutionally predisposed to rheumatism and gout yet the key trait is tissue antagonism to tuberculosis bacilli. He argues that the more rheumatic or gouty a person, the less prone to consumption.
A licensed Ohio medical group announces a one day only event on Friday April 10 offering free expert consultation and examination by specialists using new methods. They promise rapid relief and potential cures for diseases of the nervous system heart kidney and other conditions, with strict limits on who may participate and a later paid treatment option.
In Drummond Wolff’s Rambling Recollections he notes Persia’s Shiraz as the only local wine producer for sale and links the spread to Morocco after Arab conquest. He explains Spaniards at Xeres cultivated Shiraz stock to make wine named sherry, a term echoing Shiraz, with Shiraz wine likened to sherry in taste.
Wanted three men to work on a farm. Farm for sale with a good house barn and 1 3 4 acres. More properties offered include 240 acres with buildings near a market at 1000 dollars with small down payment. Investment houses and three lots on Bridge Street. Duplexes and lots on Main Street. Dakota campaign note and prices for prairie land in Dakota. Strong emphasis on cash payments and favorable terms.
Ed Schiewek the Tailor, head of the country’s largest Ladies' Tailoring Establishment, invites women to have suits made to measure for a perfect fit at or below the price of ready made garments.
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