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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
7
A scientific note by B. B. Barnard discusses why dynamite shatters rock while gunpowder does little. It explains explosive gas expansion, time of reaction, and atmospheric resistance, noting dynamite exerts force downward due to air inertia and rock cohesion differences.
Paris dispatches report four American gun swindlers arrested for fleecing wealthy tourists at European watering places. Naples police jailed a former U.S. government employee and a Montana cattle baron for cheating. After a Chicago victim lost 40 000, the pair faced prison, later released on European terms. The ex-official died in retirement, broken in health and spirit.
A dated account notes agents watchful for opium smugglers at oriental ports and U.S. cities amid heavy tariffs. Chinese sailors caught with hundreds of dollars in smuggled opium aboard a Canton cargo steamer illustrate how promoters profit from cross coast trafficking.
A mother recalls a breakfast accident where boiling grease scalded one side of her baby's face and head. After initial treatment, a Cutiura ointment healed the skin in about five weeks, leaving no scar. The account ends with a grammar lesson by Hetty’s uncle and a Lutheran mention.
The article extols Quaker Scotch Oats as a model of purity amid strict food laws. It claims Quaker Oats removes husks and chaff specks and remains clean before and after packaging, touting its suitability for hot climates in hermetically sealed tins to preserve freshness.
A Kansas farmer recalls eavesdropping on farmers telephone lines. He explains that he can hear others receivers click as they listen, but asserts his own line never clicks because he holds the headset and lowers it quietly so no sound is heard.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a family that never vacations but attends every lecture at the assembly grounds. The dialogue contrasts summer rest with continuous civic or intellectual activity.
Fragments touch on familiar remedies Castoria with a signature and long use, a domestic scene about a servant with her hat, a dilemma in a morning visitor, and a Hicks headache remedy advertising in Harpers Weekly. The extracts hint at common 19th or early 20th century newspaper lines and consumer notices.
The White Steam Car company staged a 2650 mile Glidden Tour to prove kerosene can replace gasoline. Observers, Pinkerton guards, and a public test backed claims of lower cost, clean burn, easy availability, and 15 percent greater efficiency, with kerosene adjustability and strong demand for both models.
A faded anecdote recalls Thomas Simpson of Detroit and a smoking umbrella joke at a social gathering. The piece shifts to Brooklyn Naval Yard flag production with 80 to 100 women making official flags for ships, consuming 120000 yards yearly and costing 90000 annually. Additional items include wartime ad blurbs and a note about St Pauls Cathedral being sold for 475000.
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