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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
8
A midnight patron requests a white cap sandwich in a small lunch room by the bridge. The cook improvises with chicken, roast beef, tomato, lettuce, and sauce, calling it the white cay sandwich. The customer praises it, later asking how it got the name as the chef is joked about being behind it.
The piece contrasts aging brownstone housing with modern New York building trends and cites a Brazilian patent filing for preserving the body as a statue. Inventors claim a marblelike surface, fire resistance, and lifelike detail, shown by a preserved black boy's body kept in a wooden box.
A Washington Star excerpt notes Edison praising a novel adjustable aeroplane idea and a young man’s patent for an engagement ring. The New York Tribune cheers a fireless cooker as solving the itinerant domestic problem. The piece also discusses applying the hatchet to diseased poultry as a practical, though harsh, remedy.
Eyewear fatigue is not from the retina but from the eye muscles and accommodation around the lens. Near focus relaxes muscles to thicken the lens, causing strain and redness at the eyelid rim with possible pain. Relief comes from rest, glasses if needed, or gentle massage with cold-water hands.
Cause of stomach trouble explained with dietary hints and a call to try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a free sample offer. Local ads list boots by Portera the Clothier, harness oil service by Burger and Sons, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by D N Walker of the Enterprise.
A willow clothes basket sized 60 count is listed from Higgins and Co. The item description notes durable weaving and practical storage for laundry or household use. Availability and pricing details are not provided in the fragment.
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