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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
12
Harry Canning saves Rose Wilcox after she slips from a raft during a rough sea. He ferries her to safety, they bond over the rescue, share notes on common friends, and plan a yacht cruise as a potential honeymoon. Both introduce themselves and acknowledge mutual admiration.
A bank facing a run after a bogus post-raid robbery news story applies a odd tactic. A fresh coat of paint on doors walls and counters before sunrise calms customers who approach with caution and delay withdrawals, buying time and averting collapse.
The article lists Judaism as the oldest religion still practiced, Brahmanism second, Buddhism third, and Mohammedanism fourth. It notes the Buddha was born in the sixth century B C at Kapilavastu near the Himalayas, and was named Siddharta and Gautama, son of a wealthy Sakya chief.
The text surveys beliefs about Buddha Brahma and other deities, notes Mohammed born in Mecca in 570 and died in Medina in 632, and reflects on the origins of worship. It suggests earliest humans may have worshiped an unknown power and that Chaldean religion predates Judaism, with Noah and Abraham worshipping God and Judaism arising late in Abraham's life.
In 1842 John Draper then a University of New York professor made the first portrait photograph of his sister Elizabeth Draper. He experimented with flour to outline faces but failed until removing flour produced success. He sent the image to Sir William Herschel who shared the news with European scientists.
A simple test dissolves two ounces of salt in a pint of water and immerses the egg. Fresh eggs sink to the bottom, three day old eggs suspend mid water, and five day old eggs float. The shell vacuum from evaporation explains why older eggs float more.
Wall Paper News argues that dado panels offer economical wall decoration. They protect lower walls from soil, refresh rooms without repainting, and create a furnished look, especially in halls or stairways with open space.
A stark observation notes that Sikhs, when dying in conflict, choose to expire on bare ground with no rug between their bodies and the earth. The remark reflects on equality in death beyond rank or age among the fallen.
Joseph Severn suggested the epitaph for John Keats’s grave in Rome. The inscription finally read This grave contains the mortal remains of John Keats A Young English Poet who died at Rome Feb 2 1820 aged 23 years His life marred by discouragement and illness inspired the phrase Here lies one whose name was writ in water Time later changed to marble in 1869.
An Atlantic City auctioneer recalls a rainy day when a set of Audubon Birds of America, misvalued at $25, was bought for $500 by a Pittsburg friend who urged its shipment to New York. The first edition later sold for $1,700, illustrating the buyer’s intervention and a shipping mistake.
Samuel Hopkins received the first U S patent in 1790 for making grant pearl ashes, marking a milestone in early American patent history and chemical innovation.
A Berlin send up in 1895 carried self registering thermometers and barometers. It descended in Bosnia with instruments intact. The barometer read 53,872 feet and the thermometer showed 5 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
The Madrid mayor launches a vaccination lottery offering tickets to all residents who receive a shot. The program aims to boost turnout and immunization rates across the city.
A simple eye bath uses table salt added to water. Use one teaspoonful per pint of water to reduce stinging when the solution reaches the eyes.
Instructions advise boiling a wisp of hay in new iron kettles to remove a disagreeable taste. Repeat the process until the taste disappears, then rinse and use as normal.
A twenty four hour guide recommends warming oils to saturate the scalp and careful brushing each night to promote healthy hair. The instructions emphasize consistent daily practice for best results.
A proverb equates a woman too busy for her health with a workman too busy to sharpen his tools, highlighting how neglecting self care or maintenance hinders effectiveness and outcomes. The comparison warns against overcommitment risking efficiency and well being.
A note explains the largest sheet size called antiavarian with dimensions 53 by 31 inches. The description frames it as the maximum practical paper size used in certain contexts.
Two Madrid residents Senors Cruselles and Bueno travel from Madrid to Paris on donkeys to protest car speed. The piece notes the term koe penick ed as a German verb Koepenick applied to victims of jokes or fraud.
The brass industry supports 70,000 workers in Waterbury Connecticut. Port Limon Costa Rica ships about 10 million banana bunches yearly. The US census cites 4,299,738,048 buttons made last year and projects 5 billion this year and 6 billion next year based on decade growth.
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