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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
3
A horticultural note surveys the onion in cuisine medicine and superstition from ancient to modern times, citing trials of taste, healing myths, and dreams, with lines from Paulus and Dioscorides. The piece concludes with a light Success Magazine anecdote about a newlywed couple and a bride’s rice shower on a train.
A brief item notes a three year old girl riding an elevated train with her father in New York. The child stands in the aisle and is instructed to grab a strap, with the father affirming the practice and saying it will help her get used to it.
An 18th century letter to Scots Magazine dated Feb 1 1753 from Renfrew secretively proposes electrical signaling. It describes sending a charge along insulated wires from a sending station to a receiving machine, with light pith ball or spark indicating letters. Each alphabet letter would use a separate wire to spell words and send messages.
In a western city suburban station a railroad agent named Smith saved a dignified man by pulling him from in front of a moving train on a neighboring track. The grateful passenger offered payment, but Smith declined and accepted a cigar instead.
A traveling salesman settles a long debt with a shopkeeper and invites him to dine. The tradesman refuses to go to an inn and asks how much dinner would cost. The traveler estimates 3 or 4 shillings and the economist agrees to take 4 shillings to feel equally satisfied as if he had received the usual advertisement.
A neighbor asks how many stops the toy organ has. Tillie’s mother replies with four: breakfast luncheon dinner and bed, revealing the playful misinterpretation of a child. The scene shows a family moment sparked by a gift from the father.
The origin of playing cards is unknown with attributions to Romans Chinese Arabs and French. Most likely the Chinese invented them and playing cards reached Europe by 1275.
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