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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1904
Page
5
A fragmentary column describes glass cutting processes with a revolving steel wheel and sand stream, plus steps from cutting to polishing that yield iridescent cut glass. It also notes the use of an insect product in medicine and mentions various curious anecdotes about domestic life and curiosities of glass.
Mrs Hersey laments the torn severity of her new photographs in a humorous exchange. A warm Irish response from Nerab reassures her that the image looks unlike her, joking she would have two aftermoon weeks if it did.
Galveston will become an incorporated town after a Monday election where 101 votes favored incorporation and 1 opposed. Articles will be filed with the Indiana secretary of state soon, allowing local officers a formal town government and its own water works and fire department. Also noted are church and Sunday activities including the Christian church pastor's 10 44 a m service and a C W E M meeting with the pastor speaking on C W E M work. The day includes a junior and senior meeting and a Sunday show schedule.
A testimonial style note extols Miles Heart Cure, claiming it saved many lives from heart disease and turned patients into a living monument. It describes gratitude and a desire to warn others to seek the treatment, noting fear of sudden death without it. The excerpt shows promotional rhetoric and personal anecdotes about life saved by the remedy.
The piece contrasts two groups of weather prognosticators from ancient to modern times. It labels the larger group as amateurs who claim occult methods on groundhog day and celestial signs, deeming them harmless, while detailing a smaller set of professional impostors who market long-range forecasts. It cites U S Weather Bureau figures and quotes from Prof Cleve Abbe and others calling for regulation.
The text traces how Latin and Hungarian terms evolved into military words. It links sentina meaning hold of a ship to sentinel guarding sleeping sailors and notes sentinator as the bilge pump operator. It also mentions bussar as Hungarian for twenty and cites Matthias Corvinus in 1438 arming a land levy by forced conscription known as the decimation.
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