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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1911
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Zam Buk antiseptic and Yam Buk Soap as cures for blisters sunburn insect bites and skin irritations. It claims herbal composition superior to animal oils and minerals, with products priced at 25e for soap and 600 box for the ointment.
Grand claim published for Parmeleo’s Vegetable Villa, asserting nervous irritability and nervous affection stem from faulty digestion. The remedy supposedly calms the stomach, restoring digestion and quieting nerves, with sedative effects and widespread testimonials.
A compact recount of old myths about Englishmen masking a tail, noting southern Arabian belief in hats hiding horns and European notions of English tails. It traces origins to Canterbury legends of Becket and the Kentish longtails, plus later versions involving St Augustine and Dorsetshire, showing how satire and slander ricocheted across nations through history.
Electric plants in Norway produce nitric acid by flames of electric sparks moving through air rather than being fed with air. The flame disk between electrodes expands and contracts from half its length to six feet in diameter. Nitrogen burning with oxygen requires input of electric energy, since nitric acid formation is endothermic. London’s atmospheric nitrogen is said to exceed all nitrate beds in Chile.
All German soldiers must learn to swim. Some are so expert that with their clothing on their heads and carrying guns and ammunition they can swim over several hundred yards in width.
A Winnipeg reader argues for a Canada Bread Co merger and wrapping all loaves to improve sanitation and delivery. He cites costs, compares with Minneapolis practices, and urges housewives to boycott unwrapped bread. He also laments horse care, garden notes, snuff-box nostalgia, and a toast to better daily living.
A Hungarian chemist reports that some salt lakes in Transylvania act as natural heat accumulators. In Medoe Lake surface water runs about 70 F while at four feet depth nearly 133 F, then cools to 66 F at the bottom. Fresh surface water overlays intensely saline warm water, heating faster and radiating less, suggesting possible uses for these solar heat reservoirs.
The Foreign Office developed blotting and sand methods to protect secret papers. A mirror blotting test and a sand-drying era gave way to a small absorbent roller. After rolling a document, spies could still decipher impressions, undermining security hopes.
The article surveys teacher pension schemes, noting high stresses of teaching and early burnout. It details varying pension ages, amounts, and funding sources in New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and other cities, including noncontributory plans and disability clauses. It also discusses retirement rules, service years, and the share of teachers receiving annuities.
A coroner's inquest revealed dangerous river current at a ferry and questioned the ferryman's fitness. Soon after a timid elder woman asked the boatman if any drownings had occurred here. He replied no, and her reply hinted she feared misfortune on her first trip with him.
A fragment notes Holloway's cure possessing power in its preparations. The line hints at a medicinal or alchemical use with emphasis on its unique efficacy and utility in undisclosed preparations.
A. B. Agnew of Bridgewater details five years of stomach trouble and poor health. He credits Dr. Hamilton’s Pills with curing his dyspepsia, indigestion, dizziness, and weakness. He urges use of Dr. Hamilton’s Pills, sold at dealers for per box.
Spider silk has special properties essential to astronomical micrometers, offering high temperature stability and extreme fineness far surpassing silkworm threads. In Toronto, J. J. Jackson piloted a Blériot at an aviation meet, suffering a dramatic crash but vowing to persist in flight attempts.
A historical note on compass variation and magnetic deviation. It explains isogonic and agonic lines, how variation changes by place and time, and cites Mason and Dixon along with Columbus as early acknowledgments of magnetic needle limits.
The Oil of the People has endured with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil maintaining its position and widening usefulness each year. Its sterling qualities have kept it at the front and many have benefited from it and would use no other preparation.
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