08 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
1
A prominent attorney law firm announces that the Distance Physician and Surgeon, now practicing in Kane, Pennsylvania, has resumed active practice at the office located in Magowan's new building, near the Pittsburgh and Western railroad. The item also includes a brief, poetic verse reflecting on distant trains and memories across the years.
David Downing grows from boy violinist to organist despite heartbreak. Rose Cameron's flight leaves him blind from grief yet deepens his music. Ursula Duincourt and Downing forge a quiet friendship until Rose returns with their child, rekindling love and restoring the family.
A Georgia woman refrains from meat for life while a North Carolina editor touts every woman in the state who bears twins. tales span Holland church doors locked during sermons to prevent interruptions, fashion safety ideas, leadville funerals with dancing, and geography notes from Gourash near the Tigris. A Nebraska man claims prairie dogs drink by built wells. cuttings advise pruning tips. a heavy drinker horse tale. Italy murder rates. a royal oath manuscript. Lehigh Valley water-drinker fireman’s death. nutrition myths debunked. Idaho fruit potential. arithmetic of handwriting. Asian temple architecture contrasts with Western ideas. Honam temple statues impress with gilt Buddhas.
Discussion of pencils once believed to contain lead, the Cumberland mine origin, and how modern pencils are made. It explains the misnomer of lead, the graphite carbonate composition, hardness gradations, and the manufacturing process from mixing with clay to forming, drying, and casing in wood.
An English writer recounts a large adder basking by a roadside. When a man approaches, the mother opens her mouth and her four young slide back into her body. Her delay allows a strike that kills the attacker, but the unhatched young perish with her. The recovered body is moved to the road to see what lay behind the scene.
A Dutch passenger bound for Harwich wore a shirt packed with 146 watches to dodge duties. The weight and bulk forced him to stand for days. fog delayed the ship, and guards finally challenged him as he neared harbor, leading to his disclosure and arrest. The tale contrasts with a clever prison correspondence using hair and book lines to signal a planned escape, which the jailer foil ed.
A collection of notes covers glue blends with wood ashes creating oil resistant cement, gutta percha in bisulphide of carbon for tough cement, and testing methods for strychnine involving permanganate and sulfuric acid. It reports Plateau on insect vision limits, tool marking by etching with nitric acid, plant roots stabilizing embankments, citric acid for drinking sea water, and stammering cures. It also notes discovery of a relict town near Adana, milk puddings for dyspepsia, and a timber toughening process via steaming and compression. Includes boiler tube drilling and shaping apparatus improvements.
The article argues home baked bread saves about half the cost of bakery bread and is healthier. It outlines sponge preparation, proper kneading, and avoiding waste, noting how keeping bread under control reduces waste and how potatoes are often wasted due to poor planning. It ends with a call for thrift and practical kitchen discipline.
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