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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
1
Omaha residents recount the ardent wooing of a city belle by an Italian count met during her European tour with her mother. The count travels to America and, at the father's Omaha office, declares his love and asks his terms for marriage in dramatic fashion.
Woman credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relieving longstanding back pain and fatigue after years of suffering. The ad cites Mrs. M. Merdon of Iowa City IA and notes pills helped address kidney related ailments.
In Milan in 1544 a public clock at the palace drew crowds as it showcased early clockwork progress. Andrea Aleieto, Milan’s councillor, owned the device which reportedly sounded a bell and lit a wax candle at a set hour. The piece notes slow later progress, with the second hand appearing only by 1750, and compares tinderbox light to modern illumination.
An old hunter recounts a close encounter with a charging grizzly in Alaska. He flees toward the Nabesna River, uses terrain to escape, and narrowly avoids a deadly clash as his companion realizes the bear wasn’t his own quarry.
An 1890s London Chronicle reports on Krakatoa island flora, noting a shift from fern dominance to forest growth with 187 plant species recorded. It covers experiments on seed fermentation by J White, showing germination can persist only 11 to 16 years in wheat and other cereals, contradicting long-claimed millennia-old germination myths.
The Birmingham Age-Herald features a witty exchange on trimming hair with scissors rather than lawn mowers, reflecting the paper's dry humor. The editorial note echoes a bygone era of playful sarcasm.
The Washington Herald extols hobby riders as catalysts of progress. A single minded enthusiast drives reform and prompts society to take sides, turning thought into action and educating the world. Great thinkers and inventors often rode hobbies influencing nations and pivotal causes.
A Houaton Post excerpt records a dialogue where a man hints at benefiting his daughter through marriage. The uncle proposes revealing he will leave her a milk son, prompting confirmation that he will not.
The Houston Post notes a quip on food waste and gender relations. It suggests a man may fail to understand women, but if he fears them he has learned something about life.
An old clipping presents Uncle Allen describing an optimist who mocks a man who believed the mosquito was created for a joyful and beneficent purpose. The piece reads like a humorous aside in a fashion or lifestyle column.
One of the most marvelous inventions is reproducing in actual colors the masterpieces of great artists. Another major invention is Masy Task soap that halves laundry labor and improves washing. Twenty-five Easy Task wrappers and a two-cent stamp offer a free framed picture from the manufacturers.
A jumble of old advertisements and notices appears with claims for NA REMEDY CNIS tablets and Dr Martin’s Females Pills, medical quackery, and a discussion of shipbuilding output in the United Kingdom. The text includes urged mailings to A W H Lewis Medicine Co and references to various remedies and consumer goods.
An umbrella opening on stage is bad luck and actors fear new shoes on the first night. Wearing shoes on the wrong feet supposedly averts the curse, a mistake seen as a good omen. Whistling on stage during rehearsals is believed to frost the production night and a yellow clarinet in the orchestra is thought to bring the same outcome.
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