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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
8
A mystery tale opens with a man meeting a frightened woman on a tunnel platform after a delayed train. He helps her escape danger, shelters her in his carriage, and plans to seek aid while navigating family expectations and social proprieties.
A young man struggles to tidy his attire and flee a dinner engagement with Mrs. Parker Bowman. He tries to hide a hat box marked Madame Dollard, retrieve his mother’s raincoat, and avoid the butler as he slips toward a carriage before the reveal of Cornelia’s plans. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as he plans to exit unseen.
A new fish preservation method by Prof. A. J. Danilevsky, Imperial Academy of Russia, claims to keep fish fresh and flavorful for weeks or months. London board of agriculture and fisheries and the Trawlers and Fish Merchants association tested it. a 16 day trial supported the claims. Cost noted as 40 to 80 cents per 200 pounds.
excerpts from memoirs recount Marie Antoinette’s 1785 jardiniere hairstyle using edible vegetables as hair adornments. Artichokes broccoli carrots and radishes were artfully arranged by M Leonard the queen’s hairdresser, delighting the Comtesse de Liameth-Picot and praised as natural and more fitting than flowers.
The article quotes Carrie Chapman Catt en route to a Budapest suffrage congress. It criticizes antisuffragists as blocking progress and uses a humorous exchange about aging. The piece reflects tensions within the suffrage movement and public rhetoric of the era.
A fragment from Tarper's Weekly recalls a dramatic scene where Chollie faces threats of assault and battery after being expelled by his future father in law. The old man finally relents, and the engagement is announced the next day.
Vernon J. Kellogg notes in the Atlantic Monthly that after 1812 the average height of French men born during the revolutionary and imperial wars declined as they reached adulthood. A later generation born to war years showed a rebound, reaching about one inch taller by the 1830s and 1840s.
Early research argues sunstroke stems from extreme heat rather than light exposure. Data notes body cooling is impeded by radiation and conduction, with tropical deck passengers escaping while workers below suffer. Chemical and ultraviolet rays may trigger similar effects, tests indicating seasonal variation in sun exposure impact.
Spiders of Thalassius Spenceri, housed in Durban Natal, are reported by curator H C Chubb to have been seen capturing and dining on fish in an aquarium. A specimen released years ago by Rev N Abrahams at Greytown was observed by a servant boy as it waited by water’s edge with legs spread. A fish later swam under the spider’s outstretched legs and was eaten.
A young Swedish woman named Miss Saller leads two bands in Philadelphia. Daughter of Vlad imir Saller, a prominent European band master, she declines to reveal her first name. She runs a strict, disciplined group with only two men and has performed publicly since age five, including an appearance before the King of Sweden.
Discussion of rural credit legislation as part of the Wilson administration program with focus on Secretary McAdoo and Secretary Houston, Rep. Bathrick of Ohio promoting government lending on farm mortgages at four and a half percent, and the risk to co operative plans from Wall Street. Also reports on Panama Canal Zone governance, Garrison visit, Goethals vs Metcalfe plans, and anticipated anti trust actions alongside ongoing tariff implementation and investigations into large corporations.
A historical note on P and O starting in 1837 from London to Lisbon, facing rival challenges after the Suez Canal opened. It recalls the shift from caravan-era logistics across the desert to modern steamship operations, crediting Sir Thomas Sutherland for adapting the fleet to new demands as ships grew from 209 tons and 60 horsepower to 10,500 tons and 15,000 horsepower.
A window garden highlights flowering maple Abutilon with pell shaped yellow flowers and red veins blooming all winter. Gloria de Lorraine begonia is lovely but challenging, needing careful attention. Fuchsia also thrives in shade, offering pretty pink and red blossoms through April.
In St Paul Minnesota Bob a guide rode a cantankerous moose through waters near a crescent bay while film crews lost their gear. He clung to the antlers as the moose bucked swam and pursued, finally releasing the animal to shore. A separate note reports Mary A Peilly leaving about 5500 to Masses for souls in purgatory.
The Garden City Telegram notes a pamphlet titled How to feed the baby arriving this week. The editor jokes that, as a single man with no child, someone else would handle feeding if they had a baby, highlighting a humorous bias in reception of the guide.
When meat is being roasted and there is danger of it becoming too brown place a basin of water in the oven. The steam will prevent scorching and the meat will cook better.
Mrs Charles Anspaugh of Noble County Indiana writes Peruna saved her life after illness left her run down She states she felt miserable before starting Peruna and now is recovering She notes skeptics of liquid medicines can obtain Peruna and asks doctors for the Free Peruna Almanac for 1914
A vivacious young woman at the New York Horse slow faces a disturbance as an attendant asks her to quiet or remove her dog. She asserts no disturbance, claiming the bark came from a tan bark behind her chair, leaving the attendant puzzled by the scene.
A reader from Otterbein Indiana reports 25 years of kidney trouble with bladder inflammation. After doctors failed, two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills restored health, prompting the writer to endorse the medicine and invite others to write for more information and related household hints.
The fragment hints at opinions on generosity toward a defeated party and underscores material gain as a motive. It centers on attitudes toward a loser and potential money in play. The text cites a sharp social sentiment about fairness and wealth.
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