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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
7
An old tale recounts Charles XII of Sweden fearing beauty’s power. He would dismiss a young, lovely plaintiff appealing for her blind octogenarian father unless she wore a veil, revealing his resolve to avoid attraction.
Mrs Chappell of Grant Park NL praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after suffering inflammation of the ovaries and womb. She urges other women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s free advice and information from Lynn Mass.
A Youth's Companion note describes a pneumatic balance lock system at Lockport New York replacing traditional stone locks. Two steel chambers manage ascending and descending boats using compressed air to raise or lower water levels, enabling movement between chambers.
The article surveys political constitutions across nations, noting the English and American influence, then shifts to rubber production by region totals with the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe accounting for major shares. It reports falling natural gas in Iola Kansas and potential losses for Rockefeller and Standard Oil. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and features a local Indiana house built by a woman near Fountains Ferry Park.
A veteran showman recalls a circus dispute over inventory and a rival’s aggressive press mangling of exaggeration. He contrasts fiction and fact in promo posters, noting how fake hype drove his show from business and that he now writes only honest notices for a major comedy company.
A young man described urban nervousness at an experience meeting, noting symptoms triggered by city noise and crowds. He recounted headaches fatigue and a driving urge to rush, dodge, and avoid the crowd, insisting the remedy is to leave the street and seek quiet.
A Chinese sanpan brought by the sternship Acura from China via Japan arrived in New York. The 80 foot boat features a bow painted with a large green eye. Sailors explain the eyes symbolize a boat’s ability to see its way. Longshoremen laugh at the tale of eyes that can scan from Hongkong to Singapore.
Science notes discuss gulls warning sailors of land in fog and a Swiss cloak that floats a fully equipped soldier on water. It covers lake experiments, grafting bark science, animal postures, meteor activity led by Denning, and Lord Rayleigh on sound versus light wave sizes and eye focusing efficiency.
Damp weather worsens weakness and triggers symptoms across bodily systems. Sore spots hurt more, suppressed coughs reemerge, nerves ache, and old rheumatism resurfaces. Pulse slows, heart weakens, vessels and muscles sag, and general vitality declines as septic and typhoid risks rise. care includes fire, warmth, nourishment, and mild stimulating drugs.
A new portable dehorning device described for cattle handling features a three foot tall stool unit with two sharp knives and a sliding design. When opened it grips horns. when closed it severs them cleanly. A five man crew can dehorn 850 cattle daily. Horns are shipped from Atwonn and New Mexico. manufacture and phosphate processing cited.
A fragmentary report notes the funeral of Charles Mickeng Dowdle and describes John Baird of Hatha at Gad's Hill near Gillingham. The Westminster Gazette mentions Baird dying in his 91st year, long chairman of the local water works company, and likens his features to Dickens and the novelist's life.
Dr Greene, discoverer of Nergura, will provide free counsel to all who write or call at his office in New York City. He claims his skill and experience will shorten the road to health. Thousands seek his help and many write to him daily. Do not delay getting the right advice if you are ill.
A Dublin manufacturer uses Trish peat to furnish a room including carpets curtains and wall paper. He has long studied the material now exported as fuel and says it can yield almost any fabric. In Hong Kong Queens College hosts 1160 Chinese pupils aged up to 23 amid many family and life challenges.
A historic note highlights New Zealand sharing with Iceland the distinction of being free from all forms of cattle disease, setting them apart from other regions of the globe in animal health and agricultural stability.
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