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Newspaper
Ione Independant
Location
Ione, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1928
Page
3
An old directive advises giving a six month old baby three ounces of liquid per pound daily, with eight pounds needing 24 ounces. It promotes Fletcher’s Cantoria as a remedy and claims a vegetable formula regulates bowels and aids sleep, touting a Motherhood book and a Chas T Fletcher signature on the package.
Readable fragments indicate holly wood valued during the holiday season, with notes of its high price by makers of decorative items. The text references Indiapensatio and mathomaticn matry in garbled form, suggesting a trade context for seasonal decorations.
Marvin bursts into the William Penn schoolhouse to confront his father Mr. Creighton and Miss Amelia Schwenckton over a bribery scheme. Creighton had offered Amelia five thousand dollars to leave the town and relinquish all claims on his son, while Marvin fears a deeper plot involving Lady Sylvia St Croix.
A Newburyport record recalls a 1680 witchcraft case in which the old man’s wife was hanged after witchcraft suspicions. A grandson and later his grandmother faced trials with fatal conclusions and later reprieve or dismissal as the case evolved amid strange nocturnal happenings.
An English inventor tests a apparatus that cleans scratchings and metallic sounds from a phonographic mole by guiding signals through over fifty feet of tin tub labeled with poms, seeking clearer recordings.
A fragment suggests a slender shrub bending under pressure as a metaphor for yielding to a storm. The line hints at resilience and surrender, portraying nature as an adviser during turmoil.
A new type of dark goggles for outdoor wear, including tennis and golf, is said to be ideal for motorists facing glare from headlights. Produced by Zeles Orme in Jena, the two wedge glass design shades the sky while keeping the ground visible. When headlights glare, users tilt their heads to view through the dark upper portion until the car passes.
A Kansas City Star tale describes Charile Chaplin performing as a circus entertainer before each night’s show. He hid peanuts for an elephant in his hip pocket, prompting the elephant to snuffle and shake loose the trunk. The joke peaks when he adds popcorn and the elephant cannot free itself.
At Purdam farm in Paoville Virginia an electric tomato moth trap is shown to control the pest. A Hewat lamp in a three-quart pan with kerosene beneath the reflector attracts moths which fall into the kerosene, preventing egg laying.
Bronze and Brass explains bronze as a copper tin alloy used since ancient times and its lasting popularity. It notes its resemblance to brass, an alloy primarily of copper and zinc, though text shows some OCR gaps.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a back and forth where a speaker asserts chivalry and directs someone to the door. The odd phrasing suggests a conversation scene or stage cue rather than a full narrative.
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