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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
6
A dated collection of advertisements warns readers against substitutes for trusted products like Cascarets and Onscarets. It extols universal popularity, points to bulk selling scams, and touts endorsements from personal experience. The page mentions health tonics, pills, and remedies, plus trivia about education, military dogs, and early 1900s commerce.
A fisherman argues against forced stocking to explain fish in isolated ponds. He cites brick pits and borrow pits near Pocotaligo South Carolina filled with diverse fish, challenging the idea that humans or birds must seed such waters. He urges natural local evolution as a plausible answer.
An authority outlines three simple rules for pronouncing Chinese names in English. Vowels align with Italian/Continental sounds, each syllable has independent value, and consonants are spoken as written. Examples include Taku, J Wung Chang, Pekin, Shanghai, Tsung Li Yamen, and Szechuan.
A column explores hospital aquariums with tales of a tail-less goldfish named Bob and a white catfish in Hackensack Meadows. It notes a large brook trout damaged by fungi, a saltwater recovery, and striped bass turning black. Behind the scenes, tanks hold injured specimens.
A witty tale recalls a Duke and Duchess in a church who think they are incognito and, pressured by an officious steward, leave together exclaiming they are discovered and never return. Another note suggests thick trees as protection against avalanches by slowing falling snow.
In the crowd after Mafeking relief a London policeman offered a joke to a harassed pedestrian. He told him to call for three cheers for Kruger and promised it would lead him to Charing Cross Hospital, adding a lighthearted Borough stance.
A veteran hunter urges immediate cleaning of a gun before night storage. He recalls his father’s habit of keeping tools in top shape, including muzzle loaders and breech-loaders. The method involved cleaning, oiling, and drying to prevent rust, applied after each outing to keep the weapon in first class condition for fourteen years.
The Brocken summit in the Hartz mountains in Prussian Saxony yields a rare optical phenomenon seen at sunrise or sunset where a giant observer’s projection appears on misty clouds. Sir Walter Scott noted legends of a demon guardian spirit, a wild man with oat wreaths and pine roots, said to haunt the range.
A recipe instructs to flake lobster meat and top with a warm dressing made from egg yolks salt cayenne pepper melted butter hot vinegar mustard and milk. Stir until smooth, pour over lobster, cool, and garnish with parsley lemon quarters and lobster claws.
A cloud of goose and rooster feathers from a burning tenement at 217 Delancey Street swept onto the street yesterday, concealing three thieves as detectives pursued. The men fled upstairs, leaped into the feather surge, and disappeared. Morris Rosenstein and Isador Goodman were later detained on suspicion of pickpocketing amidst the feather chaos.
Pilgrims from Scotland travel to Rome, meeting Bishop Chisholm of Aberdeen in London due to ill health of Archbishops Eyre of Glasgow and Macdonald of Edinburgh. The journey follows a papal decree urging holy year pilgrimages to sacred sites. A mix of ads and notes on products and travel accompany the brief item.
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