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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
7
Magnetic tractor tale sparks electro therapy roots
An old tale from New England describes Perkins selling a magnetic tractor for five dollars to draw diseases from bodies. The device resembled compasses and claimed to cure ailments by electrical contact, inspiring blindfolded pain relief with wooden sticks and fueling early interest in electrotherapy.
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New England
Perkins
Ahead of His Time Luther Eyes Watch Gift From Peter Heulein
A 1527 letter from Martin Luther to Abbot Frederick Pistorius hints he saw a clocklike watch as a timepiece beyond his era. Luther sought to study the device with mathematicians while Heulein, a Nürn berg locksmith, faced witchcraft charges for his unusual craft. Heulein’s name endures in a local monument.
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Martin Luther
Frederick Pistorius
St. Aegiduis
Nuremberg
Peter Heulein
Peter
Heulein and
Nuremburg
Bellmaking and the silver tone of bells
An American discovered that bell tone comes from the clapper wearing to fit the bell. He casts bells so the clapper and bell fit precisely, producing mellow silver tone instantly. Today such bells are manufactured and sold abroad.
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Europe
America
Worry Is Faith in Your Life Says Chicago News
Orison Swett Marden argues in Chicago News that worry shows lack of self confidence and faith in divine power. He says trusting God and doing one’s part ensures outcomes better than personal effort alone, and warns that anxiety insults the divine provision.
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Orlson Swett Marden
Chicago News
Phantom Phantoms Across the West Indies
A notice recalls regional legends the rolling calf and a phantom Nassau shark the harbor master. Descriptions tag the calf as a white giant with blazing eyes while the Nassau shark reputedly glows with phosphorescent light and vanishes at the last moment leaving etched traces.
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West Indies
William Thorp
Nassau
Bahamas
Forced to Become Pirate: John Fillmore and the Dolphin story
The tale follows eighteenth century Atlantic piracy from Jamaica to Newfoundland. Andrew Harriden captures the Dolphin of Cape Ann and frees two would be pirates, John Fillmore and Edward Cheesman, who plan escape and seek justice. After a dramatic mutiny and pursuit to Boston, three pirates are hanged while Fillmore and Cheesman are acquitted.
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John Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
United States
Bluebeard
Low
Phillips
Atlantic
Jamaica
Newfoundland
Dolphin
Cape Ann
Andrew Harriden
Harriden
Edward Cheesmen
Boston
Fillmore
Cheesman
Premonitions of Death in Animals From the London Mail
A reader recalls instances where dogs hesitate before rail travel, a horse refuses a jump and later breaks, a bullfinch dies after fear, and a horse avoids a tree as a branch falls. The anecdotes explore animal forewarnings of peril and the fragility of life.
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The
London Mail
Earn Nature's Favors Requires Patience and Observation
The quote emphasizes that nature reveals its beauty only to those who slow down and observe. It warns that hurried, selfish minds miss her splendor and mysteries, as true understanding comes from patience, thoughtful attention, and a willingness to spend time with nature.
No High Cost of Clothing Here
A description from Boy's Life explains tapa cloth made from banana, breadfruit, or mulberry bark. Inner fibers are beaten, fermented, and bleached to a dazzling white, yielding garments that are nearly indestructible.
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South Sea Islands
Manhattan Natives Gave Island a Boozy Name
Christopher Morley quotes an Evening Post note about Manhattan meaning The place where they all get drunk in Indian tongue per William Loring Andrews The Bradford Map 1893 via James F Drake The piece cites Peter Minuit and schnapps as origin lore and pokes at changing the island name.
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Manhattan
William Loring Andrews
Bradford
James F. Drake
Peter Minuit
Anderson
Christopher Morley
New York
Evening Post
Local residents flock to town events and weddings
A string of visits and social news from Louisville and surrounding towns lists Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kother, George Sturgeon, Herman Theis, and many others visiting or returning home. The Meyer Kitten wedding drew relatives from Slaton, Huntingburg, Batesville, and Clinton Ky. A Jasper rally for Jasper politics is announced with Capt. Wm. Guthrid as speaker, and a carload of fertilizer will be sold from a Bolte Tanker.
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Hall
B. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Henry Hollinden
Henry Kitten
Slaton
Texas
John Meyer
Huntingburg
John Hoing
Batesville
Ind
Martin Dilger
Clinton Ky
Meyer-Kitten
Jasper Jasper
Wm. Guthrid
Monticello
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Ian
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A. Bolte
Gene
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Aston
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Ashtabula
Sunda
Hautingburg
Louisville
New Albany
New Abany
W. T. Survant
Southern Railway System
Princeton Jazz Hounds
Giants
Senninger’ Hall
A. B. Howe
Cherokee Road
Louisville, Ky
R Sale
John Bumm
Jiggers
Karl Kother
George Sturgeon
Main
Herman Theis
Haggedorn
Webster Speedy
Eckerty
Philip H. Limp
Birdseye
Frank Hollinden
Katie Hollinden
Jasper
Henry Beckmann
Gerhard Bolte
St. Meinrad
August Krieg and Son
Indianapolis
Peter Everamann
Daugherty
Murphysboro, Ill
Frank Steltenpohl
Mary Catherine
Reynold
Chas. Metzger
Rudolph Senninger
Detroit
John Bartley
Edward Lindenschmidt
Louise
Evansville
Mary Lindenschmidt
Joe Eisterhold
Genevieve
Joe Muenstermann
Agnes
Alice Korressel
Evanville
Mrs
Leo Senninger
Richard Gehlhausen
Bristow
Rickenbaugh & Hudson
John Schreiner
Abbey
John M. Noon
Ben Seufert
Lizzie
Charles Metzger
William Hackmann
Otto Boeglin
Werner Wollenmann
Hattie Muller
Blanche
Angela Boeglin
Irene Lindauer
Norbert Gehlhausen
Siberia
Frank Tempel
Augusta
Louis Huelsmann
Ed Beckmann
John Schnieders
John Russ, Sr
Gerhard Kippenbrock
French Lick
Wary Kemp
Sophia Messmer
Lena Ballis
Bolte Tanker
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