The Geometry of Beauty in Ancient Greek Art
A discussion of harmony in beauty through ratios, harmonic numbers, and geometric figures. It cites eyes, right angles, harmonic rectangles, ellipses, and triangles as foundations for form in Greek sculpture and architecture with examples like the Parthenon and Venus of Milo. Also notes advances in travel times and a mix of local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Club
Peninsylvannia State College
Osmond
Pythagoras
Greece
Amusing Quips and Health Ads from Early 1900s Newspapers
A collage of light humor about men and women, with verses from journals and quips about English and American customs. It also promotes Dr. King’s New Discovery for throat and lung ailments and Chamberlain’s Colic remedy with local merchants advertising trial bottles and full sizes.
Quirky Groundhog Tale and Health Ads
A short man and tall man observe a sausage hook outside a butcher shop on February 2 as they discuss a groundhog mystery. The piece shifts to advertisements praising Olive Blossom and Aunt Fanny's Health Restorer for kidney, liver, and digestive issues with testimonials from Rebecca Wilkinson of Browsvalley and a South American Nervine endorsement from Indiana, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Fanny
Daugherty Bros
Remedy promises weight loss and cures with patent tonics
An advertisement from Herbaan Manufacturing Co offers tonics claiming to remove 12 to 20 pounds monthly without diet changes, plus cures for liquor morphine and laudanum habits and a red nose remedy. It promises insomnia relief and a free family ointment with each order, mailing address Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbaanufacturing Co
Brooklyn
Sleep and brain plasticity discussed by physicians and judge
A London illustrated News piece recalls how the brain can refresh with minimal sleep when nourished, sharing a dining episode where a tired surgeon sleeps briefly and returns alert. Judge Riner of Colorado endorses woman suffrage as beneficial to governance. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised by mothers for cold and cough relief, with local ads listing distributors in Indiana Blairsville Homer City and Marion Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
W. L Moore
Homer City
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
James Crichton Browne
Richard
London Illustrated News
Riner
Judge Riner
Colorado
Chamberlain
Leeds
Sims Bros
Iowa
W. I. Moore
Seasick passenger in L'Africaine provokes exit
A Chicago woman, famed for seasickness, fainted during the third act of L A Africaine as a shiplike stage vessel rocked. The episode recalled her lifelong susceptibility, noted even during Paris panoramas in 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
Paris
Keystone Watch Case Co Introduces Secure Bow for Watches
The Keystone Watch Case Co of Philadelphia, the world’s largest watch case maker, introduces a fixed bow design on Jas Boss Filled and other cases that cannot be twisted or pulled off. It offers protection against pickpockets and accidents from old friction-held bows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Hunting and Fishing Grounds in CMStP Rail Route
Fishing readers are urged to plan trout season trips via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines with a brochure available from John R. Pott of Williamsport Pennsylvania. A public notice also promotes New Sour American Kidney Cure claiming fast relief for kidney and bladder ailments with prompt pain relief and quick urine flow, sold by Hetrick Bros. in Indiana Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
John R. Pott
Williamsport
Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Crab fisherman praises dog in old sea life quote
A rustic quote describes a crab fisherman’s detail of a dog’s value and behavior during crab season. The dog pretends to be dead in water until crabs cover him, then returns to shore to enable quick basket filling. The dog has lost part of his tail and ear but remains focused on work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taylor
Neshaminy Falls
James T. Vansant
Bristol
Prigs
Chicago Post
Tom
Sure Cure for Rheumatism Circulars Ad
Testimonial from Wm McElhaney of Indiana Pennsylvania praising J A Anderson remedy. He states years of rheumatism left after using one package and recommends it to others. Letter dated from Indiana Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalis
Calumet Reredy Company
Chicago
Indiana
Daugherty Brothers
Drveaists
Jas. Anderson
Wm. McElhaney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geometry OF
Around
Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg
Globe
Antwerp Geographical Society
M. E. de Keyser
New York
Yokohama
San Francisco
Siberia
Europe
Pacific
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
Thomas
Narrangansett Company
Caulfield
Providence Journal
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
London School Board
London
Lord Noodle
New York Weekly
Wm. I. Moore’s
Milt G. Miller
Hood
Thomas Keller
Mont Alto
Tommy
Duke
France
Rebecca Wilkinson
Browsvalley
Ind
Obesity
L’africaine
Puock
Munnco
Broadway
Pitcher’s Castoria
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Ce
Work & Young
HE. A. Ancurs
Oxford St
N.Y
Casteria
Castoria
Eowm F. Pampas
125Th Street
7Th Ave
New York City
Tae Cerrave Company
Meemay Sreaer
Kew Youu Core
New York Weekly Tribune
THE
Indiana Progress
PENNA
Thompson
Insurance Agency
Thomas Block
Railroad
Choice Family Groceries
J. A. Johnston
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