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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
3
An unreadable OCR passage depicts a patient touting a patent medicine, claiming cures for kidney trouble and alcohol issues, naming Mr Gray and a schoolmaster as speakers, with references to Doey Pills and Bright’s Die medicine amid dubious medical claims.
A damaged fragment from a 1908 notice touts Dean Kidney P. O. Box 90, Balen Washington Ca, with claims of curing back pain and a range of kidney ailments after previous medications failed. The odd text references forged endorsements and a sensational cure promise, typical of early patent remedy promotions.
A quick lunch stand exchange features Waltrees asking if one should get a candwich there or take it to go with a gentleman named Toth, reflecting casual street chatter.
A 18th century coronation relic in pale velvet with gold bullion embroidery and a 16th century Spanish crucifix were donated to Ot. Mark's Church in Philadelphia. Other notes discuss alphabets of nations and a new two motor automobile truck raising a freight to a seventh floor, reducing labor from eight men in two and a half hours to three men in six and a half minutes.
The ameer imposes a cap on essential goods during cold weather, banning price rises beyond eight per cent. A London corporation launches a plan to feed masses with two penny meals daily. Glasgow seeks parliamentary powers to borrow £150,000 to build 400 three story tenements for 3,000 families.
Henry J. Mathie of Pouedelo phia Pa describes a magil fire chamber with an endless cookery shelf and roller carrier for rapid baking. The text notes an electrical setup with a soil bed conducting current to plants, claiming forty percent taller growth after eight weeks, based on barley and wheat tests.
A French inventor Baron d'Alesan dro designs a dense four inch square buoyant net that weighs 150 grams per square yard and costs France the square yard. It promises calm sea surfaces for fishing stations, remains undamaged in rough weather, and can stabilize a station with 1,000 square meters of net for about $5,500. Also reports an aerial torpedo by Prof Carl Myers exhibited at St Louis, driven by aluminum screws and electric power from 110 volt lighting, controlled remotely via dial switchboard. A US resident in St Petersburg, Barton B Hill, pitches a magnetic traction wheel with internal magnets for rail use. The piece ends by describing a novel quick shoe fastener shown in a drawing, enabling rapid fastening with one hand motion.
An illustrated description shows a thin fastening device for shoes allowing easy alteration from laced to laced-less wear. Protruding studs on each side of the upper engage a telescoping slide that tightens the opening as it expands. Grasping the outer section and pulling upward causes inner sections to rise and draw edges together without ankle binding.
Lord Rayleigh reports experiments using elliptic instead of circular patterns with major axis about four times longer than the minor. Findings show sound spreads best toward a horizontal direction when waves are vertical. Unclear if the effect arises from direct sound or reflected waves from the sea. Attempts to recover sound by moving the flower above the sea failed aboard the Drene.
Rudolph C. Krutschke of Duluth Minn patents an acetylene lamp worn on the head. The unit includes a reservoir with a small generator and a front hat lantern that feeds gas to a lamp mounted at the hat front. The light is bright, directs along the line of sight, and keeps the wearer’s hands free for gun handling during hunts.
The article extols Western Canada as a thriving destination for settlers from the United States, highlighting simple farming methods, high grain yields, and strong profits from mixed farming and ranching. It cites a North Dakota farmer, John Mears, whose 250 acres yielded about $4,596 in a single season with crops including wheat oats flax and spelt, illustrating money to be made and urging readers to contact federal agency offices listed in several Midwestern and Great Lakes cities for authentic guidance on lands and rates.
Mr Frederick Baldt of Penn Brook Casting works Chester has devised a new molding method using a master mold and fusible patterns. A box of molding sand is filled by compressed air, dried in an oven, and castings are produced without skilled labor. Chains and other parts come out seamless and identical.
Mount McKinley, North America’s highest peak, was visited last season by a United States geological survey party. White men have reached the slopes, with altitude measured from a distance in 1899. The dome shaped mountain rises over 20 000 feet above sea level and is likely less difficult to ascend than Mount St Elias. Routes of approach will be printed by geological survey officers.
Cambridge University lecturers announce a series of lectures and practical exercises for aspiring explorers. Topics include the history of geographical discovery physical geography map making Europe anthropology ethnology geo morphology geology surveying and photography. A note adds lemon juice as a remedy for bilious headaches.
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