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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
7
A survey of historical women in astronomy, from Hypatia to Dorothea, highlighting their contributions to star discoveries and the rise of female scientists. The piece notes the dangers of mercury-based remedies and includes assorted anecdotes about famous performers and medical cures of the era.
A collection of reflective lines urging repentance, inner uplift, and active faith. It emphasizes motive over money, personal obedience over preachy piety, and that genuine ministry requires self-sowing to save others. It also warns storm preparation beats passivity and links daily virtue to gospel truth.
After four daughters, Professor Shawe of Canby Academy had twins Darlun and Richard. Nicknames formed from mispronunciations and mix ups led to "Little Maria" and "Big Maria" for Darius and Richard, while others like Rickshaw and Jinny stuck, prompting teasing questions about his twin boys' feminine monikers.
The article surveys natural observations and inventions including a parasitic egg-eating insect Tetrastichus xanthonelanium and its egg inside elm beetle eggs, a German turbine ship stabilizer reducing roll, the Kusel electric lamp filament process, and Miss Rina Mont on alpine lake life beginning with diatoms and rhizopods.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a chauffeur on trial who says he tried to warn a pedestrian with a failing horn before striking him. He confesses he did not slow down, realizing too late that he had misread the situation.
The Sun responds that the public spectacle of comets waned as such displays fell out of fashion. The piece notes fewer bright comets in recent decades and hints at occasional future appearances, inviting readers to share their own memories and await notable celestial events for their children.
The fragmented quotation questions whether an old man settled property on his daughter and her husband, with a reply asserting the settlement involved the man himself. The text then criticizes policemen as biased, noting a perception that officers are petty yet diligent in their duty.
An American woman in Rome lends Mary Wilkins Freeman’s New England tale to an abbe familiar with Hughan. He praises its faithful life portrayal and then returns it with a sad, sympathetic remark about the charm and sorrow of New England life.
Envelopes trace back to Louis XIV era with De Vallver 1653 private penny post boxes placed at street corners for fettered mail in envelopes. Also notes a cheap postal service origin. Mothers trusted Winslow's soothing Syrup during teething. Women admire English landscape, one saying nature adds so much.
Thousands attribute good health to Brandreth's Pills taken nightly. The pills supposedly cleanse the stomach and bowels, stimulate the kidneys and liver, and improve the blood. Marketed as a purely vegetable laxative tonic suitable for children and the elderly as well as adults seeking vigor. Available everywhere in plain or sugar-coated forms.
The heavy tragedian, aged eighty, feels low while a comedian notes the singer’s birthday. A friend sent a cake with frosting, and the star prepares to begin an eastern tour despite spirits not high.
A South Chicago man on his first Central Michigan trip remarks on a rural landscape fence made from old pine stamps, calling it the worst attempt at decorative fencing he has ever seen.
Egyptian king Rameses I is shown to have a marriage story drawn from Abu Blubel temple inscriptions found by James H. Breasted of the University of Chicago. The expedition’s first report notes a forty one line inscription describing the event. A line references the word for snow in Egypt’s snowless region, marking a historic linguistic glimpse.
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