Professor Corwin Brought Home After Ichthyosaurus Fever
Ned Corwin, a college professor and amateur zoologist, becomes obsessed with a two feet square stone found by a farmer. He believes it is a vertebra of an extinct ichthyosaurus and pursues the mystery, courting the farmer’s daughter in the process. Neighbors intervene and he is carried back to campus by students amid laughter.
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Smith
Professor Corwin
Lincoln's Legendary Strength Shown in Whisky Barrel Feat
A Chicago store tale recounts Abraham Lincoln proving extraordinary physical power by lifting a forty gallon whisky barrel and drinking from the bung hole after a bet with a coworker. The anecdote links this display to the later endurance needed to lead during the Civil War and face foreign threats.
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Physical Conditions of School Children Drive Conduct
A New York study finds truancy linked to physical defects. Of 85 truants examined, 90 percent had defective eyesight, 75 percent nasal breathing obstruction, 30 percent bone deformities, 20 percent heart trouble, and two had convulsions. Environmental factors like alcoholism, insanity, tuberculosis, family quarrels, and squalid homes also correlate with truancy.
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Department of Education
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Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism Relief
Reader testimonials praise Sloan's Liniment claiming it cured years of rheumatism in a 25 cent bottle. The ad urges buyers with rheumatism neuralgia backache soreness and stiffness to purchase at any drug store for quick warming soothing relief.
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Seattle Public Utilities Investment Report
Seattle holds nineteen million four hundred thousand dollars invested in public utilities and a negative seven million two hundred thousand dollar adjustment in the water plant pass.
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