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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1897
Page
6
The invention of Alabastine marked a new era in wall coatings and has grown from a small start to worldwide use. Critics misuse the name 4-alsomine, but owners insist on durable Alabastine, driven by advertising and personal use, proving merit wins and supporting first class manufacturers.
Promotes 1 000 000 packages of Golden Rind Watermelon with yellow rind and crimson flesh. Claims 500 prizes in 1896 and 160 prize for earliest ripened melon. Sells seeds via Salzer's seeds, John A Salter Seed Co, La Crosse Wisconsin. price 1 dollar per package and 15 cents for seed book of 146 pages.
A priceless vase carved from a single emerald is kept in Genoa's cathedral for six hundred years. It is worn by a priest on a cord during exhibitions and touched only by him. The text also mentions Kemp's Balsam cough remedy and a gossip line about Jigson's salary in a separate snippet.
An advertisement touts No-to-Bac with a 50 cent price and a one dollar option promising health and manhood improvements. It claims over 400000 cured and promotes druggist sales along with other beauty and health products like Glenn's Sulphur soap Hills Hair and Whisker Dye and Cascarets as guaranteed cures.
George Marshall, a Lake Shore railroad news agent from Cleveland, says Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People revived his appetite and strength after inflammatory rheumatism left him weak. He credits three boxes with restoring digestion, energy, and health, noting the pills also aid female disorders and nerves. Rid of illness, he urges others to try them.
A Greensbury Point Maryland doctor invited friends and neighbors to an outdoor beef roast. After praise for the beef he revealed he had fed them an eight month old colt to dispel prejudice.
An 1884 Toledo firm CHENEY & CO offers Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee for uncured cases. The notice includes a notary public date and mentions druggists selling the remedy. The text also cites a Washington Times cartoon caption and a Buckingham’s Dye promotion with a bold claim of genuine testimonials and a Piso Co. mention from Warren, Pa.
The fragment argues that evolution and specialization of sight have been a marvelous sanction from the standpoint of science. It references touch and safety ideas and uses quotation marks around phrases about evolution and safety. The text is garbled and lacks clear events or people.
A discussion on human color perception highlights how few people distinguish subtle color shades. It argues men’s more active lives expose them to more color variations, while women may rely on intuitive perceptions, suggesting cognitive differences in visual processing.
A New York News note argues happiness comes from being busy, as many sensations remain actively engaged when one stays occupied. The quote urges ongoing effort to maintain a cheerful state of mind.
A Atlanta area man recounts a cat that mourned the theft of its dog companion. The tabby refused food and isolation followed, then it reportedly sought death by entering a well, leaving Eckert puzzled by the animal’s act.
Mr. Eckert believes the death was an animal caused event with the person seemingly driven to the well and choosing to end life by jumping, suggesting a genuine case of self harm by animal interaction circumstances.
A compact felt insert and nickel top glass water receiver propose automatic moistening of envelopes, replacing wet sponges and tongue licking. The device aims for cleanliness and rapid sealing, needing minimal attention. Jefferson’s Bible described as a red morocco volume compiled from Say lor materials with multiple language clippings.
The article discusses how repeated associations shape our perception of distance size and motion. It notes that environments such as the Eastern United States with hazy skies create certain memory cues that differ from clear desert highlands. It explains that learning through childhood calibrates sight and that many optical illusions rely on trained expectations that fade with experience.
The text describes how lines of equal length can appear unequal when divided by V shaped apex marks and how parallel lines can seem curved by radiating centers. It notes that rotating wheels and moving cards with heavy circle outlines create motion illusion, and that outlines of steps can seem like an overhanging wall by directing attention.
A New York pawnbrokerage created by philanthropists, the Provident Loan Society, lent over 600000 on 35038 pledges with 23789 repaid. Interest ran 1 percent a month, covering expenses and yielding 7 percent to capital providers. The society plans wider operations to aid more needy citizens. A blunt adage notes a man seeks notoriety except in love.
The text notes steamer shipments up the Gambia River to European ports, mainly Marseilles, with nuts not roasted for retail but crushed to extract a fine oil of commercial value.
A reader from Williams County claims to have grown 3800 pounds of German Coffee Berry coffee at 30 cents per pound and asks for Salzer's package. John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin sends a seed catalogue upon receipt of 15 stamps and this notice.
A promotional snippet extols the Danube's length and trade and markets bitters and laxatives. It mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney and bladder issues fever and rheumatism and nerve debility Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowels and liver and kidneys, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Cascar ets candy cathartic as cures or aids with prices noted.
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