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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
6
A fashion note outlines a modish costume resembling a Princess style. It features a bloused front waist with a yoke in a Pompadour outline, overlapping fronts, and a left center closure. A high collar sits above the standing collar with decorative sleeves.
A city engineer recalls a 1860s proposal by Washington financier Forain to sink a deep shaft and tap earth heat for unlimited steam. Critics debunked the math, despite public notoriety and interest from wealthy backers. The piece notes the scheme is now largely forgotten.
A child hoarsens and develops a rough cough signaling an attack. Cham berlain's Cough remedy given at the first hoarse sign or after the creppy catch appears will prevent the attack. Widely used in many thousands of homes in this bruap land with a proven 25 year record. For sale by O B Cartwright. decl-1m
Passengers race for life preservers in a steamboat emergency. Men push, shove, and fight for cork jackets while women scream as the crowd claws for overhead or stateroom containers. The instinct of self preservation triggers chaos as every passenger seeks personal salvation.
D B Johnston of Richmond Indiana suffered rheumatism since 1862. He says Chamberlain’s Pain Balm acted like magic, relieving swelling and foot pain after a single application. O B Cartwright endorses the remedy.
A writer argues for a new class of educated plant physicians to care for diseased crops. He predicts plant doctors in every agricultural district and specialty plant pathologists for difficult plant diseases. Schools of practical plant pathology are urged as nationally important.
An investigation in the Cleveland school of St. Paul explored how children view money use. Prof. Ashcraft provided questions and the pupils answered in writing to reveal their practical concepts about money.
A study of 1,268 children finds 62 percent earned or were given money weekly, with 57 percent using it usefully. Among 256 who found money 28 percent used it well, 64 percent attempted to return it, and 82 percent would try to find or report the owner if they found a larger sum. Prof. Ashcroft notes this indicates honesty.
In the Northern District of Alabama Southern Division Emma Barker bankruptcy matter. Mortgagee EK Hurd and trustee John H Wallace will sell at public outcry for cash on Monday December 24 1900 at 12 noon in front of the Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama. Property Lot 81 fronting Church Street 165 feet and rear depth 100 feet more or less. Default on debt. Attorneys for mortgagee W R Francis and A L Brown. nov 23 3t.
In a San Francisco Examiner report, 967 children answered how they would spend a dollar. Sixty two percent would invest in useful items like clothing and books, thirty percent in nonessential goods, three percent for benevolent causes, and five percent to buy presents for friends.
A compact quip exchange shows Todd and a joke about Marlow and his wife. A captain questions water affinity, and a pale Heaves answers he could go without water for many days. Rev. Fourthly adds a remark about Broth.
A physician tested a long term drunkenness cure using a serum derived from intoxicated subjects. After injections, subjects stopped briefly but soon resumed heavy drinking, attributing success to imagination. When water injections produced sobriety only briefly, the doctor concluded auto suggestion caused the effect and discarded the serum. No further word on the Paris discovery.
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