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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1895
Page
7
A jumble of comic snippets, theatrical notes, and social quips from urban life. Characters like Madame, Minon, and Mingo appear in stagey vignettes, with jokes about bicycles, candle candies, and a two-scanes reading. Public life items reference theater, testing suitors, and social mores.
A collage of light gossip and quips from Judge Peterby’s residence and various columns. Jests about sermons, hats, summer vacations, left hands, and domestic life mingle with brief public notices and humor from Texas Siftings and Philadelphia Record style wit. Notable names appear in scattered fragments, with dialogue aimed at gentle humor and social satire.
A fragmented children poem fragment describes puzzled young minds and a playful scene. It mentions little Jips, teachers, and girls going wed, with stray phrases about waking, play, and caretaking in a period voice. The readable text preserves a quaint Victorian tone and character names like Zhelly Ucone in Youwh's Companion.
A historical note describes a simple electricity based dice illusion using glass cover and warmed woolen cloth. Three dice inside a box rise to the cover and allegedly adhere, enabling spectators to tally sums without touching, while hidden changes alter face values. The text outlines how to perform the effect twice, with attention to setup and verification.
A description of a mysterious Ischia cube that loses adhesive force when its face touches glass. The cube shifts under edge attraction, then another face pulls away, turning until it settles bottomward. The过程 can be repeated by rubbing the cover, revealing the hidden mechanism to observers.
Report from Lezhenich near Cologne details a German Red Cross dog program, led by Jean Bungartz, training collies for ambulance and hospital duties. Dogs carry first aid gear, brandy, lanterns, and a safety harness, aiding wounded in nocturnal evacuations. The account notes the dogs’ role in locating missing or unreachable injured, and the hopeful use in battlefield care.
A Providence Journal report recounts the death of Charles Gil Jen a native of Providings Rhode Island who was killed by a revolver discharge while on a hunting trip in Big Tale county about 110 miles from Butte City He had purchased sheep cattle and ranches and moved to distant ranches exchanging payments for purchases with checks but when far from business hubs he preferred cash trades.
Javed Hig Haatra is mortally wounded when his revolver fires while his hip boots snag on a saddle horn. He drops the weapon, is hit in the groin and shoulder, and falls. A trained shepherd dog retrieves help, guiding horsemen to the nearest ranch for aid as the wounded man clings to life.
A travelogue sketches the organ bird of the Upper Amazon region near Ponlo with uncanny notes that suggest a human musician. The piece contrasts the bird with lower Amazon sightings and native indifference, then shifts to a humorous tale of a cucumber growing inside a glass bottle, explained by a father to a boy as a garden trick.
A late 19th or early 20th century reminiscence offers home canning guidance. It covers kettles and materials, vinegar choices, alum in vinegar for color and crispness, and proper packing with brine and spices. Anecdotes include ginger, mustard seed, and general methods to preserve flavor and strength. Local humor closes with a Georgia governor anecdote from a Chicago newspaper.
A Boston Herald feature recounts Mr Ware’s recovery from paralysis after a six year illness. He credits Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring movement and health, describing decades of weakness and nerve damage, then renewed vigor and daily routine at age seventy.
A garbled OCR collage of 19th century ads and proverbs including Royal Baking Powder claims and numerous patent medicine pitches. It references home remedies, tonics, syrups, and elixirs for coughs, digestion, and general wellness, with stray brand names and dubious testimonials. The text intertwines proverbs, misprints, and fragmented product pitches lacking coherent narrative.
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