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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
7
Jones, a circulation worker, faces dismissal from the Daily Scintilator as heat and poor results plague him. A chance encounter with Fannie in a lunch spot leads to connection, engagement, and renewed purpose as he gains resolve to win back work and subscribers through honest effort and shared support.
Jones defies his boss after being told he is fired. He argues a week’s delay to marry Miss Mortis, presenting his latest work and license. The boss mocks the salary and questions if they can live on twenty five dollars weekly. Jones tells Fannie the news, and she greets him warmly.
A Manchester chemist warns that arsenic used to whiten skin is an accumulative poison. He cites years of use before symptoms appear, noting paralysis and loss of control as effects. He recalls a 5 year epidemic in Manchester linked to arsenic in beer, and a broader danger from long term exposure.
A Cleveland Press report recounts B G Tillotson and a boorish fellow arguing about fly locomotion on glass panes. The bore touts a German lab invention to scrub glass so flies cannot walk, while Tillotson jokes he would install such a machine to quiet a nagging neighbor by smashing his window pane.
A British astronomer notes observatories rose from 0 to 230 since 1859. Currently the United States and the British Empire hold 108, Germany 11, Austria 16, Italy 1, Russia 14, Prussia 12, with others scattered across Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and South American republics. The northern hemisphere hosts twelve times as many as the southern.
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