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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
10
London Spectator reports cod kept in a tank at the Amsterdam aquarium are rapidly developing eye overgrowth from exposure to bright light. The eye changes occur across all individuals, leaving the cod effectively blind as they adapt to semi dark depths.
London Chronicle quotes a traveler describing Sardinia as primitive and lawless. Men wear goatskins with no breeches and women in wool gowns, peasants always armed, robbers and assassins common, making inland travel perilous and shore visits risky without escort.
A Himalayan guide describes a sharp spiked dog collar used by leopards to aid in hunting dogs. He notes that many leopards sport such collars, suggesting they rely on this device during dog attacks and that it serves as armor in Himalayan terrain.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles New Heart Cure as healing seven listed heart disease features and chronic symptoms. It cites testimonials, a money back guarantee, and a free trial package offer with an address for the Dr Miles laboratory in Indiana.
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for fatigue and weak health, citing native roots like goldenseal and bloodroot, glycerine solvent, and no alcohol. It contrasts natural stomach and liver tonics with medical opinion and includes a lawyer anecdote about a "Judicial mind" and reflections on lawn tennis eye focus.
The text describes a spiked collar defending dogs against leopards and floods, noting dogs return in good shape despite mud and yellow crust. It discusses name usage laws across Britisn and German systems, citing court cases and a Dundee Advertiser note.
The article states German machinist Schwartz built many crude guns used by Venetians before modern small firearms. It notes an 1800s marked ordnance stone at Amberg and references cannons used at the Battle of Crecy in Lu. It claims gun production reached England by 1544.
An insurance agent asks a lady her age to verify legal capacity for a contract. The offended woman replies sharply, and the agent acknowledges the need to confirm she is of legal age before proceeding with any agreement.
The passage presents a digressive remark by an author about age and fortune, noting a giver of answers cannot know the exact age of either party. A village setting is implied as the speaker reflects on certainty and luck without claiming precise knowledge.
A forlorn man declares he tried all he could and will seek the Nils to find the wonderfiecho and wake the answer. He hopes to uncover a solution or revelation beyond his efforts.
The incident shows Jim Fisk in high temper when a seedy man asks for a pass. The man quips he does not want to pay fare, prompting Fisk to order a clerk to issue a pass to anywhere and declare the man the first truthful one he has met today.
The piece notes red clay in deep floors of the Maertic and Indian Oceans as vitreous refuse. It includes decomposed volcanic rock, pumice, zeolitic crystals, manganese oxides, meteoric iron, sharks teeth, and carbonates. Minerals are claimed to be cosmic in origin, fallen planetary dust or meteoric fragments, with sharks teeth clustering unexplained.
A mixed report debunks the old tale that Napoleon Bonaparte hid a 100000 franc check inside a silver five franc piece and that the coin remains in circulation. The piece was used to spur demand, but the story lacks proof. The piece has been repeatedly inspected as the legend persists.
An English magistrate tests a Chinese witness by asking his destination after death. The witness replies Peking and is disqualified. In another court a girl says she does not know. The judge admits the same uncertainty but orders the witness sworn.
In a brisk fashion note from London Tailor and Cutter, warm sunshine exposes faded garments and shabby attire. Wearers flock to tailors for fresh up to date styles as bright weather prompts wardrobe renewals.
A woman who bought a 54 piece dinner service for £14 learned from her maid that the bargain had multiplied to 1,125 pieces overnight, as reported by Punch.
Mrs Juet asks for hand embroidered waists but the salesman apologizes for the disappointment after previously helping her, noting stock shortages in Chicago News.
The West Virginia Republican Executive Committee named Harry C. Woodyard chairman and designated Parkersburg as campaign headquarters for the year. The body, meeting at the Chancellor hotel with quorum achieved, agreed to coordinate with Congressional and Senatorial committees to boost voter turnout and push the party’s statewide fight.
During a recent storm near Piedmont a bolt of lightning swung a long wire tethered to posts, striking and killing about one hundred tomato plants in Mr. George E Showers' field. Showers, a large tomato grower, saw three hundred plants laid in rows and tethered, with vegetation touching the wire killed by the strike.
The Barbour County Fair Association plans the fourth annual meet at Belington on August 21 to 23 with enhanced stock displays, a top speed program, and special trains. Bands, balloon ascensions, a carnival, an ostrich race, high diver Capt Hi Wallace, Pontiac horse, and city rail service promise wide entertainment and lodging for attendees.
Freeman Ficke, advance agent for The Denver Express, went to the post office seeking an expense money letter but was told no mail for him. The letter, addressed to Agent of the Denver Express, was returned to the writer. Ficke departed with funds unused, while Mr. and Mrs. B. Ayer left for Minneapolis to attend the National G. A. R. Encampment.
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