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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
7
Natives near the Niger source fear a local devil said to dwell in the rock of the spring. They cover faces and walk backward while pointing to the spring when showing the spot to strangers. Mothers are advised about Ore Winslow's Soothing Bump for teething relief.
A compact reflection notes that after countless objections the smallest truth endures unaltered, echoing an ancient maxim about consistency of truth through time.
Quote from Boawell's Life of Johnson describes how friendship grows from a series of minor acts of kindness until one pivotal gesture makes the heart overflow. The passage compares friendship to water filling a vessel drop by drop until it overflows.
The prince described deep sea cephalopods captured at about 14 000 feet. He noted their transparent bodies revealing internal structures and nerves. He referenced past reports of head searchlights and a species with luminous eyes aiding both sight and illumination in perpetual darkness.
The article describes Ecuadorian Indians making blankets from demajagua tree bark. A five to six foot sheet is cut, dampened, beaten thin, peeled smooth, dried, and produced as a soft warm cream colored covering. The bark blanket remains durable for several years when rolled compactly.
A 30-year-old farmer David Davies killed himself at the Welsh farm Talywanda near Swansea. The property has seen five coroner inquests for family deaths over recent years, including a father run over, a mother’s sudden death, a brother’s horse accident, another brother’s suicide, and a former tenant’s hanging.
A Pittsburgh initiative urges action against coal smoke with a series of bulletins from the University of Pittsburgh. The effort highlights economic losses from smoke and aims to improve air quality and resident comfort in large cities.
The Gallipolis Tribune cites historical examples from Napoleon to Rembrandt to claim the eldest in a family is not always the brightest or most accomplished. It notes many lateborns like Lincoln and Washington achieved distinction, while the eldest may merely assume leadership due to being firstborn.
Prof Pierre Weiss tests a magneton as the unit of magnetism and reports confirmation from experiments at very low temperatures. He claims evidence of magnetons in atoms of iron nickel cobalt copper manganese and rare earth metals.
A vivid portrait of the Chicago Union Stockyards detailing 260 miles of tracks within one square mile, the belt line system, and the vast cattle and livestock movement. It explains average stock trains, crew sizes, peak months, daily unloading rates, and the bustling activity of 60,000 workers, with trains arriving, unloading, and leaving in a carefully timed master operation.
A newly rich dowager, recently out of a western packing house orbit, amuses as she climbs society. After returning from a globe voyage, she entertains with boastful travel memories and dramatic hand gestures, claiming playfully to have dined with distant locales.
A thoughtful quotation frames ideals as guiding stars not touchable by hand yet guiding destinies like a seafarer on deserts of water. Carl Schurz presents ideals as navigational guides shaping life choices and fate.
An advertisement for Allen’s Foot-Ease powder claims it cures hot burning feet and sweat, eases corns and ingrown nails, and relieves bunions. It urges buying at druggists and shoe stores and warns against substitutes with a free sample offer.
A prose quotation from George MacDonald envisions giving a cherished thought instead of a gem or flower as a heavenly gift to a friend, likening it to the angels' generosity.
A Denver Republican reprint notes the U S benefits of birds by estimating crop savings at 200 million dollars annually in the United States. It cites tree sparrows in Iowa consuming weed seed and robins eating numerous caterpillars, illustrating birds as productive, if quirky, contributors to farming.
A North Side boy slips into a store on his way to school and asks for lemon drops and beans so his teacher cannot hear him eat. The Holton Signal cites the Kansas City Star quotation about thrift and value in small purchases.
A playful exchange between Calming Her and Mrs Fidget as they react to a mysterious library noise. The line prompts humor about history repeating itself and a gentle request to sleep.
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