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Newspaper
Belleville Freeman
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
8
Classified notice seeking to sell or exchange thirteen hundred acres of heavy timber land free of encumbrances. Interested parties should contact F. Cool or Anna Cool in Belleville Kansas for arrangements.
Claiming to cure rheumatism neuralgia and other pains, Ballard’s Snow Liniment is advertised as penetrating to the bone and providing quick relief for strains cuts bruises stiff joints and contracted muscles. The dealer guarantees it with a 50 cent price, sold by Armstrong & Co.
Cras Cremixs Co offers water well drilling with shallow deep or no pay options using an eighteen inch auger and tile the well with regular sewer tiling, now in use in first class work. Call for prices and satisfaction guaranteed. Belleville Kansas
Starting January 15 the Rock Island Colorado Flyer will depart Belleville at 11 45 p.m. daily and connect at Colorado Springs with faster trains to Salt Lake City and Portland, reducing northwest Pacific coast travel by about thirteen hours. Portland from Belleville now takes 66 hours. Also notes include John L Sullivan vaudeville at the opera house February 4 with a varied bill and a closing gym scene with Kilrain, plus local county commissioner meetings on February 16 considering road and ditch relocations and courthouse sidewalk upgrades. Social and sickness news follow along with a note about K P district meeting attendees from Concordia.
A local news recap notes the new term begins in city schools Monday morning. Items mention W C Ryan keeping Zebra axle grease, a January 18 birth to Bennett Blankenship and wife, Dr Billingsley traveling to Kansas City then Lawrence to visit his daughter Mary at the University, and Republic County youths at the university. Also referenced are K P activities, a medical operation on Mrs Kloss, Damon and Pythias at the opera house with reserved seating at Armstrong's drug store, and local returnee Capt A Shaw planning Belleville residence. Other items list R W Thom at the K P convention, Mrs Albright traveling to Manhattan, and names Lisp, Louis Green, Lemuel Whitney, John Yokes, Packaces, Citas, P Balpwis PM.
The Royal Agricultural Society and Hunters Improvement Society voted that docked tails will disqualify horses from shows starting in 1899 for yearlings, 1900 for two-year-olds, and so on. Hackneys may follow, while supporters call docking wasteful and cruel, though protests are few. The change could spread to the United States due to transatlantic horse trade.
Lord Kelvin likened the luminiferous ether to shoemakers wax and demonstrated slow, gradual changes through simple experiments. Wax resists sudden movement yet yields under prolonged pressure, illustrating a paradoxical medium. A cork submerged slowly rises, and tuning forks melted in wax collapse when exposed to air, teaching a vivid physics lesson through playful demonstrations.
The article discusses Samoa’s colonial status under the 1889 Berlin Act and tensions among England Germany and the United States. It highlights Apia council resignations over legal tender disputes and German interactions with local officials, noting tax duties and costly collection and a salaried local ruler aided by three powers.
Philadelphia Press outlines home cures for chilblains corns and cracked hands. Remedies include lemon salt rubs almond oil turpentine beeswax salicylic acid and Indian hemp in collodion for corns and foot soaks with sea salt and lemon slices for tired feet. A burning cream blends camphor white wax spermaceti and olive oil.
The article extols Archimedes as a master mechani cian and innovator. It credits him with the lever theory, devices like the endless screw and pump, the burning glass, and powerful siege engines. It notes his influence on later engineering, and mentions Hero of Alexandria and the Pneumatica as sources describing early devices.
A messy OCR fragment lists numbers and codes such as 225 45 2,036 and 960 BL 1,426, with scattered decimals and letters. No clear persons, places, or events are readable. the item appears to be a financial or inventory snippet lacking context or narrative.
Cassier's Magazine notes that Hero's steam engine and other ancient contrivances foreshadow modern steam and air systems. It highlights the steam turbine as the pinnacle of modern engineering, promising a revolution in steam engine construction. Mr. Herbert Finley travels to Manhattan to visit relatives, and Mr. W. W. Evans is reported on the sick list.
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