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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
7
Old Time Theaters discusses eighteenth century Garrick era lighting. Four overhead chandeliers provided light directly over actors, lowering as scenes ended. Faces and features appeared natural while the rest of the stage remained shadowed, contrasting with today’s uniformly lit stages.
The article notes Adams proposed BE Pluribus Unum as the national motto taught by John Prestwick in England. It recounts adoption by Congress in 177? and describes the Great Seal's thirteen arrows originally, later reduced to six in a newer seal. It questions whether the change was legally ordered.
The article notes how common expressions originate at sea. Phrases like shoving in, fast rate, sailing under false color, skyscrapers, close quarters, first rate, aboveboard, derelict, and full speed ahead trace to wooden ships and naval practice.
A clergyman who tried bathing in the Dead Sea reports severe pain and danger. He describes feet whipped from the water by jagged stones, skin torn by pebbles, and burning sensations from salt and bitumen. The remedy is a quick return to the Jordan River for a second plunge to rinse the salt away.
An advertisement offers a rose cut diamond ring plus a free complexion recipe claimed to erase pimples and improve color. It touts a secret method from Orientals and Greeks, says many American women praise it, and urges orders with two dollars by mail from T. C. Moseley in New York City.
A vintage medical advert touts Dr Miles New Heart Cure for weak hearts and related symptoms. It promotes quicker blood and nerve health, claims to revitalize the system, and offers a money back guarantee for the first bottle. Readers are urged to request a free trial package and symptom diagnosis.
Sleep needs vary with age and health, and should be judged by effects rather than hours. Busy people in intellectual work often misjudge sleep duration as mere convenience. Deficient sleep harms may not show until later life, but will hasten decline.
Mrs Cakebread hosted a refined five o'clock tea with guests in high spirits. Bobby, unusually well behaved, asked for tongue only to be told none remained. He recalled hearing his father say there would be plenty.
In a Cincinnati Times-Star report, a New York courier testifies a longshoreman is not the kidnapper. The judge directs the man to go downstairs for four days to straighten up after the emotional hearing as the mother clings to her child, and the crowd witnesses the tense moment.
A reflective piece on fame describing it as the total of a person’s advertising and perceived superiority. It notes fame arrives before or after death, often after, and is unrelated to religion, wealth, or politics. The essay argues fame grows posthumously and urges relentless work and courage to create while living, then wait for judgment after death.
A conversation records a domestic scene where a young stock broker’s engagement to a woman is announced to a doctor. The dialogue includes quips about implyed social tension and humorous jests, with a commentator remarking on a “chatter girl” weighing unusually much.
Daniel Webster writes that he does not seek professional work on contingency alone. He notes he sometimes engages in such matters but refuses to be a mere party to a lawsuit.
The article explains diamonds and glass are collections of moving atoms. Diamond atoms move rapidly and force glass atoms aside when the edge is pressed, creating a passage through the glass.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues most criminals act from choice not hunger. It says few steal to eat, most prefer crime and idleness to steady work, exploiting others’ gains and spending loot quickly in cards and dives, regardless of general prosperity.
A diminutive vertebrate called sipgrapan is found in mountain lakes in Luzon Philippines. The largest individuals are under an inch long, with about 6000 required to make a pound. Caught with coarse muslin nets, dried in the sun, and seasoned with pepper, they form a prized native delicacy.
A Denver hotel story recounts a bride and groom accusing the clerk of overcharging. The six dollars a day rate meant twenty four dollars, clarifying the misheard price. The groom later takes a picture to prove he is a “real sport” in Denver as the couple departs with their telescope. The piece also notes the Washington Monument cap in aluminium, the first practical use of the metal in 1884, and its square pyramid cup weighing 100 tonnes. General George W. Davis led final construction and first handled aluminium in a practical way.
The article notes gold as the earliest known metal likely found in its native state. It cites a royal Nagada tomb in Egypt linked to King Menes with near pure copper wire beads and a bead that are at least 6,500 years old. It mentions ancient gold’s silver content giving a light color and ancient sourcing from Pactolus and streams in Asia Minor.
An early 20th century advertisement urges readers to cure dandruff to prevent baldness. It promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor as the solution with claims of an improved formula and easy use, urging relief from itchy scalp and hair loss.
The ad asserts Ayer's Hair Vigor destroys dandruff germs and aids nature to restore the scalp to a healthy condition, with a quoted testimonial from Awan Qn Lowall of Mase. The language reflects early 20th century patent medicine advertising.
A Brooklyn court case shows General Ben F. Butler turning a conductors practice of collecting fares immediately into a sharp cross examination. He reminded jurors the company would not trust a conductor’s word for 5 cents yet sought $15,000 in damages against it. Butler’s client won the verdict.
A Chicago News account details a mail carrier who uses tobacco dust in a dog's eyes as a deterrent. He explains this method, noting it silences biting dogs and earns owners respect for the postal service. The tale emphasizes practical hazards faced by carriers.
A New York Bon anecdote recounts a woman trying to lift an ink blot with blotting paper and making it worse before a friend demonstrates a clever trick learned in a stationer's shop in Low. The method involves dampening the blot to start and then applying to absorb the ink, yielding a surprisingly clean result.
A London Mail story describes a vivid chain of coincidences linking a railway opening in Bulawayo, a friend’s fatal fever, and a hair turning white at the moment of death. An eminent engineer reports that on returning to England he learned both parents and sister independently dreamed of the death and whitening hair, though each kept their own counsel.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls the old high feather bed, climbing in with a stepladder, waking to frost on window panes, warm griddled cakes and sausages, and the comforting scent of breakfast as a child. Feathers may upset doctors, yet the memory remains evocative.
The Kiowa tell of a fertile desert once filled with pure white buffalo herds. An old medicine man vowed to build a tepee from sacred skins, despite chiefs' warnings. A great white light appeared at night, a white buffalo calf descended, guiding the herds northward, and since then Kiowas have not seen a white buffalo.
Engraving eggs requires delicate tools and precise technique. Varied depths create light and shade on the smooth shells, yielding surprisingly beautiful lines. On the first day of spring, eggs are exhibited, with shops of all sizes stocking them, including a map of South America on one side and clasped hands with a sherry cap and rising sun on the other.
A society sketch unfolds with Mrs. Jay visiting a wife at home and overheard exchange about a club address. A shopman quips with a blunt sale line as two elderly characters boast aged misfortune and a single boot sale.
In a brief exchange a society devotee asks about entertaining the family this season. Mr. Cumrox replies that his mother and the girls seem amusing, but he notes someone else was to take them into the station name ington Star.
A garbled excerpt centers on a jest about a wife claiming deafness and a doctor’s sharp reply. The fragment references Houston and a theme of fortune or power linked to merit, but no coherent event or identifiable figures.
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