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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
2
The article explains that internal organs lack nerves for most sensations, with pain arising from distension, hunger and thirst sensations in the stomach, and notes the rarity of pain from touch or cutting. It also mentions a patent marking requirement and penalties for failure to mark patented articles, per Scientific American.
Representative Steve Porter recalls a hunting trip to a farmhouse where a family celebrated a red bull bought for $100. Two days later Porter returned and found the man with a rifle in the same house, hinting at a threat or danger surrounding the animal purchase.
An advertorial testimonial from Cochran Georgia praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for a sore on Tom Moore's instep. The healer claims quick relief and full cure, touting the salve as effective on sores ulcers boils burns cuts and eczema with a 25 cent price at druggists.
With a little less than a month until September 7 the opening date for chicken shootin in this state approaches. Chickens are plentiful this year and hundreds are expected to participate when the season begins.
An opinion piece argues the U S Army excels in marksmanship and initiative. It praises American training for soldiers and guardsmen, notes high spending on rifle practice, and asserts efficiency across regulars militia and volunteers. It also critiques shortages in supply areas like ordnance and medical stores.
Peter A. B. Widener of Philadelphia adds 4 000 000 to the initial 3 000 000 endowment for the Widener Home for Crippled Children. The investment should fund lifelong support, care and surgical attention for over 800 disabled children, funded by the interest from the capital.
The Westminster Gazette describes Touraine and Poitou’s town built as a tribute to Cardinal Richelieu. Plans mirror Louis XIII architecture with a square walled city, six gates, and tax exemptions for early builders near a now-destroyed grand chateau.
Members of the Passamaquoddy Indian tribe at Eastport Maine are beginning to market their winter basket-making labor. A heavy basket used for handling herring in sardine plants sells well. machine made versions lack the lasting quality. Ash for baskets is sourced in Aroostook County.
A terse tale describes Maud expanding her circle with five policemen three newsboys a truck driver and four other men as Bella recounts how on windy days a woman secures her hat to keep it from blowing away triggering a crowd of suitors.
A dialogue line recalls a family gathering where Robert eats so much chicken that he cannot eat more before reaching the strawberry shortcake. The fragment hints at casual domestic life and a grandmotherly visit.
A Chicago Inter Ocean advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a universal cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles. It cites T D Peebles of Henry Tennessee praising six bottles for restoring appetite and energy, promising quick relief from the first dose and urging readers to buy for 50 cents from druggists.
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