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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1890
Page
3
A mixed page item surveys poetry about triplets and a romantic dilemma, then shifts to a science segment explaining nitro glycerine sensitivity to shock. It recalls a Panama incident where ignition caused heavy damage, and notes the chemical transformation to a gas by nitrogen and oxygen substitution in glycerine.
Dr Rutherford endorses Jaeger sanitary wool underwear and its theory that animal fibers naturally exhale and diffuse body excretions. He notes wool garments rarely need washing and simply airing keeps them pure, while linen or cotton absorb odors and require airing before reuse.
A Chicago Times quotation notes the rule that in China the nearest resident to a murder is blamed and must prove innocence, prompting the innocent to search for the real culprit amid social pressure and punishment.
Edward J Smith notes how a 10 percent duty on cut and unset stones reduces smuggling and stabilizes prices. He explains Amsterdam London Paris as key centers, brokers as middlemen, and warns buyers to use test stones, avoid multiple brokers, and seek high grade stones for steady investment.
The New York Sun notes Mount Everest and Mount Godwin Austen are named after English surveyors. It explains satellites around these peaks obscure their loftiest summits from nearby inhabitants, so the highest points remained unnamed until foreign explorers revealed them, while natives assign names to the surrounding satellites.
A medical inquiry argues that longevity has not declined and may have risen. The piece cites eighty years of data showing fewer epidemics, more curable chronic diseases, cleaner streets and water, improved domestic hygiene, and more centenarians in North America and western Europe.
The Epoch notes a new class of thriftier fables and jokes while Scientific American highlights a watch with a Brazilian pebble crystal case that makes the movement visible through a transparent exterior. The piece reflects on authors and ideas borrowed from newspapers.
The piece notes that 7.7 percent of England's workforce works in domestic service versus 6 percent in the United States. It cites a bidding market where at least ten families compete for one domestic position in the U S while only four bid in England, highlighting sharper competition abroad.
A man laments his wife bearing triplets all girls and asks how to name them. Mr. Gilbert suggests playful, rhymed names for the first second and third, turning a family moment into a lighthearted quip.
A discussion on obesity outlines fat as both protective and storehouse, urges gradual fat loss via exercise and outdoor living, warns against fad medicines, and critiques fashionable baths. The piece then shifts to a 1880s United States panorama, detailing population, area, wealth growth, railroads, immigration, and per capita debt, with comparisons to Canada and European nations.
Dick Knowlton awakes to a and night intruders in his home. The two masked burglars enter and search the house while he is bound. He battles back, recovers his revolver, and foils the robbery with quick wits and a weapon flanked by a clever bluff. A second intruder joins, leading to a tense confrontation as Dick defends his belongings.
A poem about love as a subtle force that enters quietly. It describes noticing signs such as a beloved's eyes and a rival’s neglect, and how longing grows until the heart becomes fatefully bound. The speaker warns that once feelings take hold the world alters, and sorrow follows.
In Philadelphia adventures, Dick, Jack, and Tom trap a burglar who enters a home posing as a host. Dick orders the intruder into the kitchen and offers a chance to escape, while the others mistake him for Dick and knock him down. The police are summoned, and the trio secures the culprit before bedtime.
A humorous exchange shows Hushand praising a woman for intelligence while Wife-Professor notes an invitation is withdrawn. The scene shifts to a business man named Brown who faces a backlog of correspondence and an impatient reminder about using a typewriter.
A brief dialogue shows a tramp asking an elderly woman for food and the social tension in the exchange. The tramp asks for a bite while a startled reaction from Tremon-Coll and Roston is noted in the fragment.
The passage echoes an old advertisement probably for patent medicines. It contrasts two life paths from a dubious moral quote attributed to Ben Johnson and then touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as mild cure options. It also mentions Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy priced at 50 cents and a suggested over the counter approach.
A discussion of cicadas including seventeen and thirteen year varieties and annuals. It explains the emergence process, wing drying, and the sound production from chords in their sides. The piece contrasts underground natures with adult life, and ponders natural selection and evolution as explanations.
Dr H C Bernays doubts any single proveable cause for yellow fever barillas and notes Brazilian claims by Dr Domingo Frere lack consensus among sanitarians and physicians. He argues microbes may be unidentified and warns destruction methods could kill patients too. The Globe-Democrat cartoon panel adds light mockery of illness fears.
A cab driver in Aberdeen was prosecuted and fined five shillings or three days in jail for smoking a pipe while standing on the lookout, not while driving a fare, under municipal law. The item notes forty seven bridges over 400 feet and lists bridge types and totals in the United States. It also recalls a light exchange about a girl at the beach whose bathing dress was damaged.
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