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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
8
A Passaic special reports Mrs. William Cheeseman of 421 Paulison Avenue bore five children in one year, twins then triplets, with one dying at birth. Only two of the triplets survived, and the family’s finances rely on husband William’s garden work and winter odd jobs with neighbors aiding.
The postoffice department prepared a ruling classifying cremated bodies as merchandise and charging 1 cent for four ounces. Four airtight tin canisters containing a family's cremated remains were shipped from New York to San Francisco and forwarded from the Washington post office after being held up pending postage determination.
The article argues the twentieth century will unite sciences into a single field, merging astronomical and physical research. It notes world are advancing from macroscopic atoms to corpuscle scale objects, with researchers like J J Thomson Becquerel and Roentgen guiding discoveries and hints at cosmic emanations influencing the stars.
The Adjutant General praises the chief clerk and division chiefs for mustering and organizing 200000 troops in eight weeks. He notes the essential, unseen role of desk work in efficiency and promotion decisions, highlighting the record of no appeals against efficiency ratings in five years of service.
Col Henry Watterson denounces the god-forgetting, pleasure-seeking rich who rule by wealth alone. He mocks their lack of restraint, compares them to Babylonian excess, and notes their influence from London clubs to Newport. He rejects such cattle and calls for lifting hearts against their moral laxity.
A Larper's Magazine piece notes magnetic storms align with sunspots in eleven year cycles, explores elusive emanations behind storms, and discusses new stars that flare and fade into nebulae rather than permanent additions to the universe. It cites Yerkes Observatory and spectroheliograph work while highlighting limits of scientific explanation.
A famed naval hero Admiral Schley publicly endorses Peruna the catarrh remedy after a fellow asked his opinion and notes the medicine has been used in Schley family. The piece lauds endorsements by prominent figures as proof of Peruna merits and includes assorted ads and miscellaneous items from the period.
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