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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Leach's Virgin Oil of Pine Compound as a curative mix with whisky for coughs and colds. It instructs a teaspoonful every four hours and claims genuine preparation by the Leach Chemical Co. of Cincinnati Ohio.
The New York Press notes eyes remain unfrozen in extreme cold while other tissues suffer. In harsh climates people bundle up to protect skin and ears, but eyes resist frost bite though strong winds carrying irritants can sting them.
The passage traces the term Kaffir from its Arabic use meaning unbeliever to its spread by Portuguese and Arab traders to Africans and Europeans. It recounts a Kaffir slave in Kabul and notes Afghan Xaffirs claiming Greek descent from Alexander, framing historical attitudes toward identity and religion in a compact excerpt.
A short writing paper draws a geometric figure and floats on water. Water is added to fill the space inside the figure while the moistened pencil lines hold the ink. A pin placed near the edge sinks through the water without touching the paper and causes the paper to reorient toward the figure’s center. The text invites reader to discover why.
The Egyptian cobra is the most poisonous reptile in northern Africa yet a favorite of snake charmers. Charmers render it unconscious by pressing the neck, causing catalepsy. Similar acts are noted in biblical references to Aaron and the rod.
Field and Stream explains how to identify venomous snakes by their hollow curved fangs. The fangs lie against the mouth roof when not in use and hinge forward when extended, with venom stored in a sack beneath each fang.
A Connecticut clergyman trapped on a pond cut his last will into the ice with a knife. The will, written as he faced a quick death from cold, was later found, sworn to, and recorded as his final testament.
A customer notes a grocer keeps a hand on the scales while weighing out five pounds, contrasting with others who weigh sugar more loosely. The exchange underscores concerns about fair measurement practices at the shop.
A reflective meditation on the value of simple, humane behavior. It argues that truly good people are defined by their humility and kindness toward others, suggesting that genuine humanity arises from innate sympathy rather than status.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a dialogue about love and restraint. Mentions a man in affection, an auntie, and a term pacemaker as a metaphor or reference. Text is garbled with missing letters and punctuation.
The excerpt discusses how German domestic workers live under strict employer rules and police oversight. It notes a dienstbuch used to record a girl’s age appearance and character, controlled by authorities, with consequences when misdeeds occur.
A New York hotel keeper laments vulgar restaurant stories as diners loudly complain about steak and fish. Waiters deflect with humorous replies, revealing the quirks of service and misperceptions among patrons.
A Sunday school scene features Rosie asking if God created Adam as a baby or a man. Betty answers by noting Adam would not need a mother if created as a baby, concluding God made Adam a mature man from the start.
London scraps note rediscovered titles from the Commonwealth period. One work mocks Jesuits with a double dance comparison, another quips tavern signs as holes in the wall. Both reflect popular satirical book lore.
A remark on the unseen origin of butter on bread praising a simple dish as more wholesome and popular than any academic invention. The quote attributes the idea to a "genius" unnamed, highlighting enduring appeal of a common food combination.
Mme X seeks a new waiter and carver. The applicant boasts skill to carve well. He notes ten years as a surgeon's servant in a dissecting room gives him business understanding.
In a Baltimore American quip the amusement questions what horse type ruled the era. The line suggests a “knightmare” as a playful pun on knight and nightmare.
In a playful dialogue, Dora asserts her sister is not in love with Mr. Simpkins, noting she lets the children stay in the parlor during his visits. The exchange hints at underlying affection and social play within a household.
A torn Kansas City Times fragment references burglars who blew up a store and shoplifters, with phrases quoting Pa and remarks about suspects. The readable lines imply a crime context but lack full details or dates.
A selection day pits two soldiers in a contest of drill and gear. An adjutant checks rifles belts and boxes and then compares uniforms. Haarscher loses the fancy underwear edge to a newer suit carried by the rival, while Haarscher waits in shade.
An Outdoors column extols woodcraft as essential for campers teaching outfit, land selection, camp setup, ax use, fires, cooking, mending, navigation, hunting, fishing, dress, boating, and improvisation. It praises self reliance, resourcefulness, and the pride of a lone woodsman confidently proceeding as a sailor sails away.
The San Jose scale pest likely came from China around 1870 on plants imported by James Lick and placed in Santa Clara Valley. By 1880 it was recognized as a serious pest near San Jose and described by Professor Comstock as Aspidiotus perniciosus, a name later seen as cumbersome to locals.
A Philadelphia Bulletin note quotes a naturalist on how diet and environment affect living beings. It cites bullfinches darkening from hemp seed, coal mine horses growing fur, Tibetan mastiffs shedding coats, and ermines losing whiteness in warm climates, illustrating remarkable adaptive changes.
The unusual community of Jatte meet Culoz near the Italian border houses about 200 reformed men women and children known in Paris as Culs de Jatte. They travel by dragging themselves with wooden devices and use a flatiron shaped block of wood to push along.
The managing editor pushed a wall button and ordered outsiders' directions to be carried out. The office boy gathered the papers and disposed of them in a large wastebasket as requested.
A tourist visiting an ancient castle allegedly did not tip the guide, who then tossed the stranger into the moat. The story is presented as an idle legend and not verified as fact.
The fragment hints at a Punch cartoon about George III on his deathbed with humor by a small boy asking for peace. It references George I and the Pelham ministry and includes quoted lines about relief and a master. The context is a satirical 18th century political cartoon caption.
A damaged article fragment provides limited readable content with stray letters and incomplete phrases. No clear event, names, places, or dates are identifiable to form a full news item.
An Irishman feigns a count during a bedside examination as he struggles to breathe. The physician, yawning, checks pulse and lungs and asks him to count aloud, prompting the patient to rattle off exaggerated numbers ending in success.
A mild man on Sixth Avenue stood by a balcony railing and watched a boy chased through counters by a large woman. The boy pleaded not to be spat on as the man, caught in an awkward moment, turned away reddened and confused.
A caterer in a New Orleans Times-Democrat humor piece quips that intimate lifelong friends eat more than strangers, charging 20 percent extra to cover the extra consumption. He argues friends feel at home and eat like a horse, while guests who do not know each other eat less and are nervous.
The article explains moving picture cameras as remarkable mechanisms and films as three quarters of an inch wide used in 800 foot rolls. Cameramen un reel films onto a canvas at ten to twelve frames per second. Moving pictures present many views in rapid sequence so the eye cannot perceive gaps.
Mme d Arblay better known as Miss Fanny Burney held a key place in eighteenth century literature. She had a strong aversion to washing and water. Dr Sir Henry Holland treated her in her last year and she told him she had not washed for fifteen years.
A note traces the seventeenth century Suffolk families who carried the peculiarly Suffolk pronunciation to America, shaping the modern seminasal Yankee twang as described by the London Spectator.
A teacher and student exchange a playful dialogue about Earth being empty and the word hok low ground used as a pun. The snippet shows a humorous back and forth highlighting curiosity and wordplay in a classroom setting.
A reflective note compares life to an anvil and a blacksmith, where repeated blows shape us. It laments the pain of this process while acknowledging its shaping power and inevitable impact on character.
The notice lists daily trains from St Louis to New York and to Toledo with departure and arrival times. It shows No 2 and No 4 routes to New York, No 6 to Toledo, and No 28 from Kansas City to New York with times around 3:42 am and 4:08 pm.
Detailed listing of train numbers, routes, and times across Chicago Louisville Cincinnati and Loganport segments with sleeping and parlor car notes. Includes daily schedules and exceptions, with notes on which trains offer dining and sleeping cars and connections at major hubs.
Frank J. Reed lists mail express service details with a traveling schedule noting on time departures at 6 13 a m and indicates service by the G P A.
Logansport connects with Indianapolis trains. Early morning and evening interurban departures listed with limited trains. Service extends to Tipton and Muncie with connections to Hartford City Montpelier Bluffton Farmland Winchester and Union City. Interchangeable coupon books offer $12 value for $10 on three traction lines across Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
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