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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1881
Page
7
A detailed note explains how Reese’s circular iron saw can melt and project molten metal toward a steel bar without touching it. The article describes the apparatus, speeds, and the theory involving molecular velocity, atmospheric pressure, and latent heat driving fusion.
A mix of clerical arrests, revised New Testament editions due mid May, and socioreligious observations across cities. Topics include a Miles Platting rector jailed for contempt, Harvard and Williams college stats, Judson's mission work, Columbia College caps, Italian church schools funding, and a Scientific American reflection on heat and electricity.
A collage of humorous quips and sharp sayings from multiple papers. Notable bits include critiques of professors and science, remarks on spring sewing, exhortations to work and play, stage lights, and light political banter. Absences of coherent events denote a miscellany of clipped quotes.
Two Searcy county men, S.R. Trewathan and Robert Monter, quarreled while riding in the Boston mountains. Monter struck Trenathan with a whip, then Trenathan hurled a stone, sending Monter over the cliff. Monter was found dying at the base with severe injuries after the fall.
A Geneva dispatch describes Russakoff and Jaliboff being tortured by electricity before General Loris Melikoff. The piece notes that British and American inventors proposed electric punishment, detailing coil tests, wet sponges, and a scorched skin effect, with experts conceding the method risks death and compels confessions.
Dr. LebBonne reports collidine and prussic acid in tobacco smoke as highly poisonous. Nicotine amounts and absorption vary, with Havana and Levant tobaccos richest in prussic acid. The article notes that smoke inhalation increases absorption and that carbonic oxide levels are present but not the main cause of toxicity. Also mentions civic notices for Baptist anniversaries in Indianapolis in May.
A list of European steamers that vanished after departure. The President sailed from New York March 11, 1841 with Tyrone Powers aboard. the Great Britain lost off Ireland September 22, 1846. the City of Glasgow left Glasgow spring 1554 with 480 lives lost. the Pacific left Liverpool January 23, 1856 with 200 dead. the Tempest left New York February 26, 1869. the Connaught burned off Massachusetts October 7, 1860. the United Kingdom left New York April 16, 1869 with 80 lives lost. the City of Boston left New York January 25, 1870 with ~160 dead. the Hibernia foundered November 29, 1868 but was heard from. the Carolina wrecked Irish coast November 20, 1863 with fifty dead. the Ismalia left New York September 29, 1873 and is yet unheard of.
In Dayton Ohio during Lincoln’s era a heated battle over the local post office ends when Lincoln instructs weighing petitions. The heavier bundle determines the appointment, selecting the favored candidate. Also noted is Bavaria’s king avoiding visitors and a child at table asking for more food in a humorous domestic scene.
A diary of Victorian remedies touts Hop Bitters as a cure after years of medical failure. Includes sensational claims about Fellows' Syrup and Cuticura for illnesses, and notes on beer drinking feats and Akron lighting. The tone mimics a sensational newspaper brief from the era.
The text touts Malt Ditters as the best bitters and sleep aid, with claims of curing nerves, liver and kidney help, chills, and nursing benefits. It quotes Parker's Ginger Tonic healing, cites Cincinnati theatre bans, Reno weapon law, and praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with a campaign-style endorsement.
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