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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1907
Page
6
A Laeda England policeman hearing noises in a dark cellar sprinkled cayenne pepper on cotton wool, set it ablaze, and forced the burglars to flee through a cellar grate where they were captured. A Chicago man claims white of egg cures cancer when applied directly, hailed as a potential major human benefit.
At a Century Club gathering in New York Dr Anatin Filot cites a will contest. A plaintiff who lost likens his case to a youth who kept his aunt in an insane asylum for five years to retain her fortune, now needing to prove she was sound mind.
A correspondent recounts a child’s remark while walking through Louisville noting every church bears a cross. The four year old explains, with deadpan humor, that the cross is the churches’ trade mark.
A Montreal Herald excerpt argues mercy in punishment for disobedience, noting health and life come from toil and temperance. It praises sturdy effort, linking strength to hardship as a measure of virtue and dedicating energy to great works for God and humanity.
A Scarborough woman offers free dog collars to poor locals to spare dogs under the new act. A carpet cleaning tip advises French chalk and benzine to lift grease spots. Madrid sits 2,090 feet above the sea, the highest European capital.
Ransom Bucknam a Worcester native rose from cabin boy at 16 to admiral guarding the Dardanelles. He later served as naval adviser to the Sultan of Turkey and commanded ships in the Hawse of Por ns. Bucknam, once the Kid Captain, held patents on navigation instruments and spoke several languages.
The First Church of Dorchester gave a historic chair once owned by John Eliot, famed Apostle to the Indians, to the First Church in Roxbury in Eliot Square. The transfer followed Eliot's years as pastor in Roxbury and honors his legacy with a tablet recounting his life.
A mischievous private from the regiment, told to report to the commanding officer, pretends to be in charge at ten in the morning. He sits in the officer’s chair and continues breakfast, until the real orderly returns with a knock at the door.
Beekman Winthrop of New York, former governor of Porto Rico, has become assistant secretary of the treasury after a recommendation from Secretary Cortelyou. A 32 year old Harvard graduate and Roosevelt confidant, he previously served in the Philippines and as secretary to William H Taft. The remark proposes engineers dig a canal for navy ships to pass.
A garbled excerpt shows Jack asking Eva for a kiss and Eva asking why she should kiss him. Jack, embarrassed, explains he once ran and lost his nerve. The fragment appears from Chicago Daily Nova with readers left unsure of context.
A physician laments the modern habit of social telephone use. He argues the device sparks rude remarks and erodes professional focus, noting patients often offer general chatter over calls instead of clinical details. He fears society relies on a network of callers and questions if people are becoming dumb.
A father and son ride a steamer as the boy floods the trip with questions. He asks if the water is wetter than the Atlantic, what makes water wet, how many could be drowned in such depths, who the gold buttons belong to, where the soap suds come from, and if a train could travel as fast on water.
A fragment from a column recalls a man discussing language teaching in Paris where a friend taught for fun. The anecdote hints at language learning methods and playful anecdotes about tutors abroad.
Evidence from inscriptions and manuscripts shows extensive medical and surgical practice in ancient Egypt. Physicians tended to specialize, treating one or two diseases, with public exposure of the sick to share remedies. eye diseases were best understood and treated both medically and surgically.
A young French girl in a social setting learns the tutor's harsh English and repeats it to the hostess with a charming smile. She models politeness while uttering swear words, misreading the impact of her language on the gathering.
The speaker recalls a dispute where Tom and Nell discuss a refusal. Nell asserts that Tom did not expect a refused reply and reveals that Nell believes the other person would not accept denial. The exchange shows tension and miscommunication between the two characters.
A rich elderly man imagines marrying the beauty he desires. She questions whether he is a suitable match given his age. She notes a larger age difference by implying she could be twenty years older or younger and ponders the possibility with a dreamy, cold tone.
The Papyrus Ebers, dated around 3000 B C and found in Memphis, reflects Egyptian views that illness stemmed from deity anger amid the universal battle of good and evil. The passage notes such ideas persisted across Africa and Asia in varied forms.
A biographer recalls Alexander the Great weeping after a cook overdid cayenne in a sauce, recalling the line do not say so in print. The tale frames his grief as tasting final limits of the known world.
The article states the U S coal reserves total 2.2 trillion short tons excluding Alaska and presents dramatic visualizations a cube seven miles high and a 74 mile length with a 7 mile width or a vast 400000 square mile layer. It argues the growth rate of production is enormous and surpasses prior output in any decade and urges analysis of consumption and quality factors.
Guidance urges dry warm bedrooms and avoidance of damp wallpaper as key to health. It recommends tinted walls that breathe, clean floors, waxed woodwork, and dust control to prevent illness. The piece closes with a Goethe quote and a Mrs Winslow teething claim for children.
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