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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
4
An advertisement claims Quinoria cures malaria in four days and offers refunds if it fails. It states all druggists are authorized to refund money and lists price at 50 cents per package. The Bryan Texas druggist is M B H James.
An advertisement urges relief for indigestion and dyspepsia with Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. It promises a refund if no cure and lists M. H. James as Bryan Texas’s leading druggist and distributor. A second note promotes Quinaria for chills or malaria with a four day cure claim and the same Bryan dealer.
A reflection on how nature's imperfections create highly valued stones and curiosities. Emeralds gain price from chromium flaws, diamonds vary with foreign inclusions, spinel and rubies share material roots, opals' cracks fuel their fire, and rare wine and shells owe worth to tiny natural quirks.
A brief Chicago Record-Herald exchange notes the remarkable memory of an elderly man named Blewitt, with light humor about recalling things that never happened and others agreeing on his recall.
A newspaper proprietor frequently visited the composing room causing shakeups. An ink daubed pressman with a black eye faced a sharp inspection and a surprising remedy: he received a raise for looking like he had been working.
A well dressed man with signs of a rough night asks a bartender for a large lemonade glass with five raw eggs broken in it. He then pours a pint of champagne over the eggs, stirs, drinks, pays, and leaves.
The passage notes prunes have strong virtue and food value, suitable for invalids and children. A well cooked rice and prunes dish is appealing for breakfast, luncheon or dessert, especially for the child or invalid, and good for hot weather as a lighter alternative to meat and heavy desserts.
A dialogue features Uncle Bushrod asserting distrust of a colored woman’s tongue while Mrs. Burton Harrison recalls Judy’s ignorance of two boxes taken to the courthouse in a cart. The tone echoes late 19th century regional speech and social dynamics.
An anatomist states that human figure proportions include the body six times the length of the right foot, the face from hairline to chin at one tenth of height, and the hand from wrist to fingertip also at one tenth. The distance from crown to nape equals one twelfth of stature.
The entry lists humorous lines about happiness and habits. It cites the Chicago Tribune and New York Times examples noting that happiness can resemble spectacles and a man’s cigarette ash accumulation. The witticisms reflect early 20th century newspaper phraseology.
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