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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1898
Page
5
The column wanders through Bath Maine with sketches of September air, local costs for strawberries, hydrant concerns, and reflections on city spending. It recalls old market life, civic watchers, and a fire scene where two girls get splashed by a hose, with playful banter about girls, boats, and butterflies observed downtown.
A prosperous man, building a luxurious house, realizes he forgot a library. He asks a bookseller for a complete library with no preferences, then names Shakespeare as the must-have author. The seller confirms Shakespeare and suggests including any new works.
The piece surveys economic shifts in Germany and Britain, contrasting rising urban wealth with agriculture’s stagnation, predicting continued rent pressures and social change. It notes Berlin’s declining rural ties, a more autonomous labor class, and possible unrest as capital concentrates. It then shifts to London fish markets and fashion in flat fish, detailing price changes for turbot sole and brill, halibut trends, and a digression on makeup in New York society.
Herr Appunn of Hanau invents a bell with a hemispherical form and uniform thickness except near the sound bow. It is said to have a very deep tone and comparable power to heavier bells of current vogue. The edge region is unusually thick before thinning to the rear’s uniform thickness.
The Philadelphia Record recounts the late President William H. Allen of Girard College, who visits a central state town on a business call. In a hotel parlor a curious wife probes his private life, asking about his family. He replies with humor that he has 600 sons from his hundreds of pupils, prompting astonishment and the wife to announce Brigham Young is staying with them.
W Pett Ridge presents a London boy in a tale where a boy prays for strength and a cricket bat, asking God to grant growth and wisdom while saving money for necessities. The scene features A Martin of 63 Castle Street near Southwark Bridge as the boy recalls his identity after an initial misstep.
In a British settlement in Shanghai, residents evade immediate payments by leaving only a chit after meals and purchases. A later bill arrives at home as a memorandum of the amount. The pattern extends from barber shaves to newspapers and flowers, with the shoeblock settling monthly.
A courtier’s love letter from the Elizabethan era, sent on the armada return, is described as possibly the longest in the world. It filled about 400 sheets with roughly forty thousand words.
A Detroit Free Press snippet questions whether gratitude is common in women while a Cornhill Diary piece argues imagination fuels gratitude and cites a woman who forgot a gifted birthday book. An office boy pleads for lunch as the employer humorously notes his perpetual hunger after envelope licking.
A plant growing in Assam called Gymnema sylvestre is described as having the odd property of temporarily dulling the sense of sweetness while sour and bitter tastes remain clear. Hindus claim it acts as an antidote to snake bite.
The New York Press notes that in Leipzig advertising differs from American methods with ceiling cards in electric streetcars and theater signs over stages. Window displays extend to basement floors while large four by twelve foot cylindrical columns hold colored placards and theater programs. The ad columns function as public bulletins similar to fence displays in the United States.
In a Chap Book note a veteran recounts how General Lee’s famed name shaped his Virginia gubernatorial bid. He says the heritage burdened him yet he took pride, noting critics expected more from “blood and breeding.” He recalls John Wise’s jab and his reply winning Smith voters and a helping letter about Captain John Smith.
A medical note explains why resting in bed lowers heart rate by about ten strokes per minute, saving nearly 5 000 heartbeats over eight hours. It also notes how slower blood flow during sleep raises the need for warmth through extra coverings. The passage then shifts to brief anecdotes about Civil War torpedoes and a Pecan overview, mentioning their habitats and growth regions.
A dated, spellings-odd health ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to conquer dyspepsia rheumatism and scrofula. It claims strong nerves rosy vigor and improved feelings by keeping the blood pure. The prose urges readers to take the medicine for better health.
A Philadelphia physician proposes a humane warfare concept to reduce suffering from modern small caliber bullets. A small wad of aniseptic cotton would be attached to bullets to antisepticize wounds and potentially plug the exit hole, delivering treatment as the bullet traverses the body.
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