Winchester School Medical Inspection Report Highlights
The Winchester Massachusetts school system reports on medical inspection of 2080 pupils with 161% school membership. The program, begun two years ago, excludes contagious or harmful cases via exclusion cards and directs parents to physicians. Eye examinations revealed nearly half with vision issues. glasses improved performance and some mental underperformance was linked to vision problems.
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Bristol
Winchester
Mass
Wischester
Commonwealth
Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Gentle Bowels
An advertisement promotes Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup as a non opiate remedy to expel a cold through the bowels. It claims most cough syrups cause constipation, touts gentle action, and notes availability from W. H. Baffington.
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Kennedy
W. H. Baffington
Famous Sloop Slocum Returns to Bristol Wharf
Capt Joshua Slocum arrives in Bristol aboard the Spray and hosts visitors at the town wharf. He recounts travels around the world in his sloop and notes honors from Jamaica's Governor Sweetenham. A letter from Edwin Arnold praises his feat while the crew shares tales of sharks and whaling lore aboard the Spray.
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Joshua Slocum
Bristol
Town Wharf
Church Street
Csapt. Slocum
Rockwell Hall
Slocum
West Indies
Sweetenham
Jamaica
Admiral Davis
Edwin Arnold
Arnold
Siocum
New Zealand
National Review
Methodist Church Supper Raises Funds at State Street
Last night the State Street MEB Church held a social in the church parlors from 6 to 8 with a Ted supper and an informal program to raise money for church expenses. The event netted $700 after subs with Epworth League 200, Ladies Aid 100, Junior League 25, Sunday School 25, and 350 by church members. The committee included Rev. John McVay Ezra Dixon George H Peck Mrs S W Church and Miss Lillian Nicholas.
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State Street
MEB
John McVay
Ezra Dixon
George H. Peck
Epworth Leagues
O. R. Siegel
John H. Potter
H. W. Church
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Junior League
Lillian Nicholas
Community News Tip Encourages Local Readers to Share
The notice asks readers to submit items of local interest and promises reporters will verify details. It emphasizes improving the newspaper’s service to the community and thanks subscribers for their help in gathering reliable news.
DeWitts Carbolized Salve and Kidney Pills Ad
An old time ad praises DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for boils burns cuts and skin diseases and DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills for back ache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. It touts Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia as a digesting aid, all sold by W H Buffington.
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DeWitt
W. H. Buffington
Stars scintillation and its causes in astronomy
The Minneapolis Journal discusses how star scintillation varies with color and atmospheric conditions. While atmospheric disturbances cause most flicker, observations show red stars scintillate less than white, suggesting stellar factors also affect scintillation as astronomers seek to stabilize telescope observations.
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Minneapolis Journal
His Cheerful Invitation
Johnnie and Willie, rival boys, are urged by John's mother to invite Willie to a party as a peace offering. Johnnie promises and invites Willie, daring him to attend, but Willie fails to show up and the party proceeds with tension and no reconciliation.
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Johnnie
Willie
Wille
Urgit’ Jonnaid
Harper’s Weekly
Benefit of Peerage and Privileges Described
A historical note on peers could demand private audiences with the sovereign to present public welfare views. Peers could be tried by their peers for treason or felony, face civil action exemption, and avoid jury service. They may sit with a hat in court and, if liable to the last penalty, may request a silken cord instead of a hempen rope.
Fragment from a London tragedy dialogue
The cabman rages amid wreckage blaming the bus driver for destroying his cab and killing his horse. Tony Constable tries to calm the scene while London Judy reports the harsh exchange and the cabman's claim of becoming a cripple.
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Cabman
Tony Constable
London
The Dog as a Dinner Table Cadger
The Country Gentleman remarks on a dog’s habit of begging for food at mealtimes. It condemns the practice as dis gusting and unacceptable despite the dog’s many good qualities, calling the animal a disagreeable table companion.
Batter Castles Than Caverns
A compact literary reflection echoes Emerson on building airy castles over damp, grim caverns. The lines contrast idealized comfort with daily digging by discontented people, arguing higher joy in imagination than bleak reality.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Indorsement Dialog on End of World Belief
A brief exchange questions a minister's view that the world would end soon. The respondent suspects the sermon would lead to an end before its conclusion, while commenting on the minister's expression.
To Those About to Marry
A short quip notes the cost of supporting a wife. The Detroit Free Press remarks that after a year of study it takes all you can get, reflecting humorous advice on marriage economics.
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Detroit
Free Preas
Toads Hatch: From Eggs to Breeding Journeys
The Chicago Tribune explains toads lay vast numbers of eggs with low development rates. Eggs become tadpoles, then toads by June. They emerge from winter sleep, thaw to life, and migrate back to the breeding pond, often returning to their hatching home.
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Chicago Tribune
Trying on Furniture Called in Showroom Rooms
A New York Press report explains department stores now use multiple rooms around the main showroom to display furniture in situ. A selected suit is tested in a room decorated to resemble buyers’ homes, with porters arranging the pieces to show fit and style, a costly but effective sales method.
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New York Press
A Widow Who Was Calm
A lawyer recalls a dinner guest recounting a case where a widow calmly explains her husband was killed in a wreck. The anecdote highlights the poised, restrained reaction of a woman in mourning as she speaks in a composed tone about her loss.
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Kansas City Times
The Talmud Remembered Through Persecution and Fire
A Boston Post note recalls the Talmud reaching readers through Jewish effort and Reuchlin, while facing imperial edicts and papal bans. It notes 12,000 copies burned in Cremona in 1569 and 5,000 copies of the Koran burned in Granada under Ferdinand and Isabella.
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John Reuchlin
Cremona
Cardinal Ximines
Grenada
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Boston Post
Conquered St Peter by a Witful Irishman Tale
A Boston clergyman recalls a Lippincott's Magazine anecdote in which a wily Irishman pleads at heaven's gate. St Peter bars entry as a great sinner, the man crows thrice like a rooster, and the gate swings open with the quip Come in Pat. We'll let bygones be bygones.
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St. Peter
Boston
Lippincott’s Magazine
Pat
Don’t Wabble and Take a Firm Stand, Say Success Magazine
A quote emphasizes that no place exists for wavering, fence-sitters who dream and apologize without daring to take a firm stance. It argues that society despises weaklings and prefers eccentric, cranky resolve over perpetual indecision, urging clear conviction.
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Success Magazine
Kipling Reply to The Cantab Letter
The Cambridge weekly The Cantab once asked Rudyard Kipling to contribute. He replied with a brief verse stating in effect that the writer cannot meet the prices quoted in the note from the editor.
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Kipling
The
Cantab
Cambridge University
Rudyard Kipling
They Both Pitch and Pitched Ball and Tent
A playful comparison notes two performers, a track baseball pitcher and a circus man. The baseball star excels at pitching a ball with remarkable ease, while the circus man earns commentary for pitching a tent, highlighting feats in different realms of performance.
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Boston Globe
Never Touched Him. Quote from Chicago News
A brief Chicago News quip features Languid Lewis declaring he hates work and Humble Harry arguing work never did anyone harm, capturing a casual streetwise exchange in period dialect.
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Lewis
Harry
Chicago News
Mount Morgan Gold Hill in Australia Promises Rich Mineral Potential
Mount Morgan in Queensland Australia is described as a hill of gold bearing valuable minerals. Local geologic reports and exploration notes highlight substantial mineral potential, attracting interest from mining interests and researchers.
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Mount Morgan
Queensland
Australia
Appointment as Executrix of James Hoard Jr estate
Mary E. Hoard Jr announces appointment by the Probate Court of Tol Town as Executrix of James Hoard Jr late of Bristol deceased. She has filed bond as required and all claimants must present or file claims with the clerk within six months from the first advertisement dated September 6, 1907.
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Bristol
Bernard Hart
Ma A. Hart
Sai Bristol
Bristol Phoenix
Herbert F. Bennett
Samuel CO. Easterbrooks
Samuel C. Easterbrooks
Bristo L
Bernard J. Hart
Wrigipe
Hart
Anid Bristol
Mnard
J.hart
Anttnor
Ofristol
Bandara
George H. Peck
Bristol, R. I
Pgbars Court
Edward Salisbury
Moses W. Whitney
Gerbert F. Bennett
Robate
John J. Ferguson
Catherine E. Ferguson
Bristol Phenix
Tol
James Hoard, Jr
Mary EE. Hoard JR
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