The Old Clock Foretells Village Tragedy in Bronze Ruin
In a moonlit village the ancient clock in a ruined tower tolls midnight and none heard it except Gretchen who is spared. Gretchen falls ill and dies while the wedding to Hans Huntsman proceeds with subdued joy. The clock’s mysterious warning spurs philosophical reflections on fate.
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Peter Steiger
Caspar Steiner
Caspar
Gretchen
Ok Becker
Hans Huntsman
Steiner
Becker
Auto and Health: Car Travel Boosts Red Blood Cells
Research described in Scientific American notes A Mouneyrat’s findings on eight day automobile trips at 25 mph producing significant rises in red blood cell counts for normal and anaemic individuals. The study compares car travel effects to alpine altitude and reports increased deep sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mouneyrat
Preach Academy of Sciences
Scientific American
Ir. Legendre
Mouwnegrat
Barrel stand and truck for handling barrels and collecting drips
An improved barrel stand and truck enables easy insertion and removal of barrels, protects the faucet from damage, and collects drippings in a removable reservoir. It rides on four wheels, features adjustable handles, a rocking rear, and an octagonal zinc mood seating the barrel above a drip-collection reservoir. A Blair Wisconsin inventor, Peter T. Herreid, holds the patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter T. Herreid
Blair
Wis
New Steel Cutting Method Patented by Belgian Engineer
A Belgian engineer reportedly patented a process that heats steel with an oxy hydrogen flame and then cuts it with a stream of oxygen. The oxygen forms a fusible oxide that flows away, producing a smooth cut about one hundredth of an inch wide.
Mercury Use Grows in Japan and China
Mercury in the East is increasingly used, with Japan and China consuming more than many nations. The metal’s price has fallen recently, and in the East it is employed to make ver milion and in Japan for a secret explosive compound.
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Japan
China
East
Cold Water Cure Promoted For Bloat In Horses
A correspondent advises dashing a bucket of cold water from head to tail to remove bloat and cramps in horses. The simple treatment is urged as an effective immediate remedy and is shared in an exchange of letters.
Comfortable home with modern equipment and meals offered
Advertising copy promotes a comfortable home with modern equipment and excellent meals. It lists services including two phones, library and reading rooms, reception spaces, German classes, voice, sewing and cooking classes taught by efficient teachers, plus an employment bureau and Saturday offerings.
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Sey
Philoseophy
Ay Mitchell
Stevenson
Bismarck Cafe
Peter
Court Street
THE
First Ward
George Frechtling
Henry Frechtling Jr
D Sts
Bell
L. H. Wente
K. L. Dickerscheid
Bell Phone
Hamilton Electric CO
Electrical Contractors
Motor & Dynamo Repairs
South Third Street
North Front Street
John H. Rogers
L. C. Shafor
Hamilton Transfer Co
Maple Avenue
Bell Phone No
YOUNG
Cincinnati Mortgage Loan Co
Reily
High Street
Edward Sohngen Malt
Canal St
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