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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
7
Musk, described as a brain stimulating remedy by Crookshank of London, is sourced from China and sold in grade based pods. The highly valued first grade can cost about $25 per dram or $200 per ounce, with typical brain tonic doses of five grains every two hours or multiple doses to achieve full invigoration.
An observant man argues that true intelligence transcends single tasks. He notes that capable leaders adapt across fields, mastering new work faster than less gifted peers, and that gifted individuals may excel as engineers, writers, or musicians while still skilled at their trade.
The Troy Times notes a claim that a radium clock could run 2000 years and wipe out watch repairers, but questions who would live long enough to verify the guarantee. The item captures public doubt about impossible technological promises and the practical fallout for craftsmen.
Bernard Karfiel, a 19 year old Brooklyn artist, is drawing attention from French critics and artists with his paintings.
A brief quip noting that chickens return home to roost, implying that even birds show sense compared with certain people. The line uses humor to comment on behavior and accountability.
The British consul general in Canton reports rising piracy along the Canton delta and China coast. Attacks on British steams launches and Chinese boats push trade fears. authorities offer scant protection. Local bandits extort from silk districts. foreign goods in transit are pirated with little redress after lengthy disputes. The Kwantsi rebellion worsens as provincial funds run dry, soldiers desert to hillside insurrection.
The New York World portrays Houston Texas life with vivid contrasts. It notes hotel security, street gender separation on Main Street, high milk prices, self-made cigarettes, saffron sugar, and boots in rain. It mentions porches called galleries, mobile baths, biscuits, and scarce sidewalks. Segregation in streetcars is described with a movable screen restricting seating.
A biographer notes Jaco Boehme known as the mystic shoemaker wrote a pamphlet titled Reflections on the Treatise of Teainh Stiefel. The biographer, unsure of the theologian, recalls Stiefel meaning boot and Boehme’s dual role as cobbler and philosopher.
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