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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1884
Page
4
A dream vision describes an angel offering two keys, Love and Wealth. The narrator chooses Love, urged that love opens all, while wealth lies below and can fail. The angel blesses the choice, and the vision fades as the question remains if Love can open the heart. By H. M. Clark in Demorest's Monthly.
Eminent French scientists publish dramatic hypnotism results that could upend accepted ideas. A gendarme is put to sleep and guided to actions, including a rose plucked at the Tuileries, and further tests reveal memory, perception, and moral implications of hypnosis. The piece notes potential benefits for paralytics, mute patients, and others, while warning of possible legal and crime-related misuse.
The Comte de Lesseps argues cereals outperform meat in feeding Europe, noting one pound of dry wheat four equals three pounds of wet beef, and France could feed more people with grain than cattle. He claims cotton-seed oil replaces meat for many, praising corn meal with oil and cheese as cheap, tasty fare.
In this excerpt from Popular Science Monthly, W. Maliex Williams discusses alum in bread and the problems with whiteness. He argues buyers’ demand for bright white bread and sellers’ catering to it promote adulteration, advocates a middle path with moderately dressed flour, and notes some bakers market darker “home made” bread with better flavor while warning against bleaching additives.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes the Lords are largely landowners with 440 members deriving main income from land. It cites 15 million acres and a rent roll near £15 million plus £750,000 in pensions and salaries, plus about £70 million paid to titled families over 30 years. It adds many peers have military commissions and 70 new peerages in ten years.
The passage notes vast insect populations in India hindering doors without wire netting and lamps extinguished by pests. It describes pests biting and crawling on people, yet asserts India remains livable with comparatively few venomous beast or snake fatalities.
A Belgian method to protect wood from decay fills pores with liquid gutta percha. Air is exhausted from pores, then gutta percha is liquefied with paraffin and heated for injection. As it cools, the gutta percha solidifies inside, guarding against moisture and sun.
A mysterious beautiful woman died at Chambers Street Hospital in New York City shortly after declaring to observers that she had a husband. The incident leaves questions about her spouse and status unresolved.
Dr. Jabez Fisher of Northern Massachusetts explains thinning fruit at one half to one inch diameter. Remove clustered or touching fruits, discard deformed or insect damaged specimens, and drop undersized ones. He compares costs and returns using Beurre d Anjou pears, noting thinning can raise value from $30 to about $44 with a lighter crop.
Dairymen question why rivals fetch high butter prices year round. Advertisers claim Wells, Richardson & Co. Improved Butter Color yields uniform gilt edge when pastures fail. Also notes quirky tidbits from misc ads and jokes, including health cures and curious anecdotes.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Druggists Complete Cure for Coughs Hoarseness and Sore Throat with a cheeky line about rights to a photographer's pocket. The ad reflects period marketing language and social sentiments of the era.
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