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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
6
Frances Fenton Sanborn writes in the Boston Transcript of a poem where a sparrow at a rain soaked window pleads to be admitted. The refrain "Tam in" echoes as the city outside broods, blending rain and human cries into a plea for shelter from the dark streets.
In a San Francisco fishing tale, the Padrone saves Louis from a fogbound sea. He leads the younger man to a rocky ledge as seals gather, but is killed when the seals roll him into the surf. Louis returns, blamed for the death, while Nita mourns her father and prays by the Madonna.
The schooner John Palmer under Captain Delano stopped at Pitcairn Island on its voyage from Australia to Honolulu. The inhabitants, about 150 people, welcomed fresh fruit and provisions and heard news from the outside world. Miss Young remains a leading figure as the island’s school thrives.
The wombat, a marsupial from Australia and New Zealand, is hailed as the durable fur for auto coats. Trials show it withstands dust and gravel better and resists gasoline and grease, with brown proving the most colorfast. The fur can be dyed, and wombat pelts are highly valued for automotive use.
A brief note observes how some commentators overpraise the deceased while casting disparaging terms at the Lrylug, reflecting lingering bias in posthumous discourse and memory.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat feature recounts bakers judging oven heat by touch. An expert with 25+ years in the trade claims the door handle can reveal temperature within a fraction of a degree, with other tests like browning paper or cornmeal used to verify heat levels for various baked goods.
A brief note on why owls look wiser than other birds, citing air cell-rich frontal bones that give the forehead a majestic appearance. The piece praises the owl's quiet, unnoisy demeanor as a model for boisterous youths and asserts the animal’s own wisdom without fault.
The article lists famous figures across arts and sciences as examples of bachelors. Names include Beethoven Schubert Bel Hint Cinavosa Donizetti John G Whittier Kant Erasmus Leibnitz Humboldt Galilei Hugens Letbig Hahnemann Gall Guericke.
A physician claims a strong smell signals death within forty eight hours. He notes a peculiar earthy odor appears about the dying, even in apparently healthy individuals. He attributes the sense to physiological causes and cites a case of sudden heart death after smelling the odor.
The article notes Spain furnishes most US oranges, naming Catalonia, Valencia, Alicante, Malaga and Seville as key growing areas. It mentions orchards thriving in jamon huerta soils, with trees yielding up to 1500 to 1800 fruit per tree in peak years, beginning around six years old and increasing with age.
The piece notes two Bavarian students piercing the Hinterela glacier to 400 feet. It discusses friction in ball bearings, reports on luminous ocean phenomena in the Indian Ocean, and details Western Australia tellurides and Kalgoorlie mine yields. Expedition accounts from Kozloff in Central Asia and Tibet are summarized alongside Dominica soil analyses by the West Indies Agriculture Department.
Dr Virchow comments on Albanians claiming superior intellect while fearing their right to exist. The Albanian philosophy is that dying is acceptable, while living is only half a plague. Separately, seven railroads voted to issue 230 million dollars in new securities.
The Royal Society commission on malaria, led by Captain H. P. James, notes that malaria spread depends on anopheles species and nearby breeding grounds. It cites that most infections occur within half a mile of a focus, altitude under 4000 feet has little effect, and proper mosquito protection can prevent fever without quinine.
A man on Twenty third Street and Sixth Avenue tries to change a two dollar bill with a newsboy. A stranger aids the boy by giving a canvas bag and whispering to take change from it. The boy takes 199 pennies and keeps one for himself. The bag seller is a collector for a penny in the slot machine company.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note discusses England lacking state funded defense for the poor. It cites bench appointed counsel in serious cases but thousands go without legal aid. A Commons bill proposes voluntary barrister involvement without state payment.
A four year old boy in a New York suburb fishes minnows with a bent pin on a string. A nursemaid leaves briefly as a policeman passes. The boy proudly reports catching a "little fish" that wiggles its tail with delight.
The hydroscope will soon be used to locate sunken riches at the sea bottom. It aims to recover the lost fleet of Rerxgs, buried for about 2300 years, and the Pompey chartered ship with Roman art treasures wrecked 1950 years ago near the archipelago.
A party of thirty shooters raided a camp of foxes in Monmya Australia. The queer animals were found hanging from branches across a four square mile area. At least two thousand foxes were killed, with as many as twenty bagged at a single shot.
Hotels and restaurants in London supply antiseptic toothpicks free of germs and plan to serve sterilized food in chemically cleaned dishes.
A mosaic of curious notes on recruitment delays in the British Army and a series of exotic tabs from Reading to Hoxton, including umbrella statues, lunacy inquests, and unusual communication methods. It highlights expressions about poisons, New Holland scar practices, Moslem etiquette, a desert lighthouse, and the drum language of Kongo tribes.
The Philadelphia Press argues for a broad east side expansion in New York City including street widening, new parks, and especially many child playgrounds. It says adults plan and control city growth, but children’ s health and education require spaces to play outside school hours. It laments loss of village greens and urges reserved play space for youth as a right and necessity for future city welfare.
The text argues that fatigue may stem from waste products in the air, affecting schoolchildren as readily as workers. It suggests businessmen are more prone to fatigue due to their tissues’ greater saturation from a confined atmosphere, with railway travel fatigue linked to crowded or poorly ventilated cars.
Treland records the highest children per family at 5.20 while Vraneg reports the lowest 8.03, highlighting regional demographic differences.
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