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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1899
Page
3
A long humorous tract blends fishing lore with political jests and rustic anecdotes. It laments money worship while extolling the serenity of river casting, recalls campfire tales and a tailor’s moral, and ends with a note on social insurance and a population figure.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt discusses blushing as a medical phenomenon with two linked forms: ordinary fright and a fear termed erythrophobia or erythophonia, where sufferers dread unconscious blushing. It explains facial artery changes and the social triggers that worsen or hide the blush, noting emotional strength can curb it.
A new painter's trolley designed to reduce injuries from scaffold adjustments is described. It aims to stabilize the platform during position changes, potentially preventing the common accidents that occur when painters move planks or platforms on scaffolds.
A front-safety scaffold design allows work from a seat with hanging rails and ropes for reach. Dream studies show odors trigger complex dream imagery and olfactory cues. A French bullet proof cuirass weighs under eight pounds and resisted a rifle test at close range. Emery from Naxos is quarried by heating and levering. Chicago post office stamps 600 letters daily with a single operator. Southern states pine forests produce roughly a large measure of standing timber per acre.
Fragmented collage of medical oddities and industrial notes, describing a mine foreman injured by a fall and undergoing brain surgery with a dogged account of procedures. It also touches on fish eye anatomy, whirligig beetle eyes, an automobile trust law case, and assorted anecdotes from newspapers.
The article describes a new automatic graining paper from Germany used to imitate various woods including oak walnut rosewood maple and mahogany. Applied to fresh surfaces, the pigment transfers via a photographic print, then dries and sets to permanently reproduce the grain. The rolls measure four yards and can be reused multiple times depending on paint types.
A how to guide from the New York Herald on gathering rose petals and scented leaves throughout summer to craft sachets and gifts. Save petals, dry, layer with spices, and pack in cotton or gauze sachets tied with ribbon for fragrant, low cost presents.
Chicago Chronicle recounts a tale of Phebe Ann, a Senegambian attendant, who, while touring a city zoo, claimed to recognize and vocalize a long lost relation among the monkeys cage. Her frightened flight and later sensational claim sparked family supper table discussion.
Haked Barley recipe soaks barley overnight and bakes with sugar and lemon peel for a soft dessert. Naked Beets recipe bakes beets and dresses with melted butter and vinegar. A Summer Salad suggests green beans on lettuce with red beet bits and mayonnaise. A brief Chicago Evening News exchange jokes about a curious look, and a note on microbes now seen as essential to life.
A garbled slice of a 19th century miscellany mentions President McKinney’s memory, a planned Olney museum near Mockinghamshire costing about 15000, and Senator Quer teaching in Texas at Civil War onset. It notes Dramatist Henrik Sbeen’s widow Magdalene Thorsen receiving Danish and Norwegian honors, a Welsh wedding with Richard and Elizabeth Jones, and a humorous exchange about John G. Saxe and Richard Henry Stoddard in Broadway with a puzzled punchline.
A resident of China offers an illustrated view of silk factory life. Workers, including 600 women in Sing Chang, are well housed and paid, with strict discipline and neat dress. Daily routines include short meals, tea at work, and varied wages by department, while children earn modest amounts and finishing rooms emphasize cleanliness.
A jumble of diverse clippings includes satirical witticisms, drug ads, travel notes for a St Louis to Denver sleeping car line, courtly quips, and local notices. The text references Hosteller's Stomach Wit, Allen's Foot Ease, and Tetterine among medicines, plus railway service and unrelated editorial jokes.
A sufferer from female weakness describes monthly pains and heavy bleeding. After doctors gave up, she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash from Lynn Massachusetts. She reports strong recovery and renewed health after several bottles.
A reader from Westex Pleasant, N. J., Mia Macote Brows, testifies that after five bottles she has enjoyed regular menstruation since last summer. The note claims the product helped more than any doctor.
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