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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
7
Experiments in Germany test beech as a railway sleeper material. Unpreserved beech rots, creosoted beech lasts about 19 years, and zinc chloride treated beech fares better with longer life on Alsace Lorraine lines. Also notes Egyptian pyramid mysteries as initiation sites in The Book of the Dead context.
A Chester Courant report details an extensive collection of Native American artifacts owned by Hestdst Southmady in Durham Connecticut. Items include 3000 arrowheads, axes, pestles, pipes, scalping knives, war clubs, wampum and a red clay kettle with notes on their origins and uses. Walter Lane rediscovered 1235 arrowheads after finding them under a rock in Guilford. The piece also notes the Vanderbilt arboretum in Baltimore and Dr. Schenck’s forestry work with Pisgah forest and ongoing conservation efforts.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier kidney remedy. It links kidney trouble to widespread ailments and urges readers to test the product via a free sample and pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
The British Rainfall association has grown to over 8 000 reporting stations with agents across the isles. Devices at Camden Square measure rain automatically while other gauges, including the Snowdon, use glass bottles and dials to show depth. The articles describe gauges for rain snow hail and wind speed. A separate item notes a Bourne Easter land auction where bids occur as running boys deliver the field to the final bidder.
A method to prevent prints from curving as they dry uses a gelatine paste with two parts gelatine four parts water and eight parts alcohol. Add alcohol slowly once gelatine dissolves and keep the solution hot and well mixed for quick application.
A local advertisement promotes Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic as a ready defense against gunshot wounds powder burns cuts bruises and sprains. The product is priced at 50 cents and sold by Morrow Conington's.
A Madison avenue streetcar conductor is described as absent minded or overly devoted to the job. He collected four fares from the same passenger on a single ride from City hall to Fourteenth street, ringing up each fare. The incident highlights eccentricities cited in the Chicago Tribune.
A compact aphorism notes that people quick to judge friends often ignore their own faults and remain unmoved by personal errors.
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