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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1908
Page
4
A London medical journal argues against a future reliance on highly concentrated foods. The physician warns such diets irritate digestive organs exhaust gastric secretions and risk tissue waste or starvation. He endorses moderate bulk and soups as properly designed meals.
A Sunday School Chronicle summary cites a study from Dr Leonard Gut at the oval College of Pi noting averages for artists and poets. It reports authors hit first work around age 13.8 and greatest work at 46.7, with death around 60.1, while poets average 15.5, 27.8, 43.9, and 61.6 and philosophers 17.6, 32.1, 47.7, and 66.3, offering reassurance about middle life.
A constable reports arresting a burglar who insisted he was simply minding his own business when seized by the coat collar and threatened with a truncheon to accompany the officer to the station. argues the man had done no disturbance.
In a printed dialogue, Thomas urges Susie toward vulnerability and romance as he offers himself, suggesting every woman eventually seeks comfort on a strong shoulder. The exchange is presented in a light, theatrical tone characteristic of the period.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt portrays a humorous courtroom exchange over a boarding bill. An elderly landlady testifies that the defendant owed three pounds for three weeks at one pound weekly, insisting she would not charge the judge but would require advance payment. The scene highlights wit and informal indignation from the witnesses and lawyer alike.
Persistency is the key trait of all successful men. They may have weaknesses but never lose the drive to persist. Opposition and discouragement fail to deter them as drudgery and labor never weary their will. It is the constancy of effort that yields success.
A red haired actress claims redheads possess iron rich blood that fuels vitality and wit. She jokes the redhaired girl never gets left, noting most marry by twenty and that a red haired old maid is rare, per the New York Press.
On a grand liner voyage two cousin girls aged twelve and thirteen observe a pair, Miss Agnew and Mr. Phillips, who spend hours apart from others. Margaret follows them and recounts their silent exchanges, noting the dull long hours and their brief pauses for meals and a nap.
A medical note explains yawning as a result of dormant facial muscles and slow blood and lymph flow after inactivity. Sleepiness and shallow breathing from boredom also promote yawning, while a deep inspiration during yawns counteracts the shallow airways.
The piece notes that Japanese brands use distinctive geometric marks that identify all company products. European and American travelers quickly learn these marks and infer commerce patterns. In Chinese ports, Japanese goods are recognized by these marks even by those illiterate in reading ads.
The deepest well, near Sperenberg Germany about twenty miles from Berlin, was drilled to 4,119 feet to obtain rock salt brine. The bore started at sixteen inches, reached 280 feet to the salt bed, then to 4,119 feet after widening to thirteen inches.
A humorous exchange about frayed trousers becomes a humorous dig at pride. The husband laments worn dress trousers while the wife argues they’re his best remaining option for an important interview today. He muses that dignity and disdain can’t be achieved with ragged bottoms.
Hackney Bros L and M Paint Agents advertise L M Pure paint as a way to keep homes in harmony with a well kept exterior. The paint is claimed to preserve and prevent decay with a ready to use cost of 1.20 per gallon and a wear life of ten years or longer after thirty three years of continuous use.
Seaboard timetable announces January 5 1908 service with connections at Henderson to No 38 for Portsmouth Norfolk Weldon Richmond and other Eastern Carolina points. No 241 arrives 6 PM No 221 arrives 9 20 PM Durham Southern No 41 runs 445 to 600 PM linking to Florida routes. Inquiries to agents and Union Ticket office.
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