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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
16
The Reindeer Experiment in Alaska expands livestock and transport options as government efforts under Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson grow. A second item recalls a Trojan-like treasure tale from Podolia with 13 casks valued at 750000 dollars and a lantern-carrying owl in North Norfolk.
A magazine quotes an Englishman on a US trip from New York to San Francisco and questions the coinage ages. London has struck 32 million aluminum coins for Uganda and the Nigerian protectorates, with one or two millicent values and perforated Chinese coins for stringing. Germany eyes petroleum markets, challenging Standard Oil, while Russian reports hint at graft among war supplies contractors and a harsh view of French appetites for blood.
A proposed beacon for harbors uses underwater lamps on a buoyant cable with collectors to project parallel beams. Inventor Leon Dion of Wilkes Barre, Pa, has patents worldwide and aims to illuminate channels while withstanding seawater. The system places lights under water and marks navigable routes from shore power, potentially replacing traditional lighthouses.
The article traces the discovery of eel reproduction from ancient beliefs to 1901 findings by Pross Grassi and Calandruccio, showing leptocephalid larvae as the young of freshwater eels. It explains eels migrate from ponds to rivers and sea to spawn at depths near 560 fathoms, with their skin turning silvery and eyes enlarging during their oceanic journey.
A Connecticut man has invented and patented an insulated screwdriver with a nonconducting handle and a shank reaching near the tip. This design lets the operator grip freely away from live conductors, reducing the risk of electric shock and short circuits.
Assistant Chief James W. Bennett of Trenton Minnesota narrowly escaped death when an overhead electric wire fell and struck his shoulder during a fire. He reported a sequence of powerful shocks and loss of speech but remained conscious and was carried to safety after the wire rolled off.
A Chicago inventor introduces the electrically operated bell piano. The instrument resembles a piano in keyboard layout but uses hammers striking bells hung around the main body. Hammers move by magnets controlled by the keyboard, not by direct attachment.
In July William F Rigge of Creighton University witnessed a bolt of lightning strike a lone cottonwood about a quarter mile away. He described a superb 400 to 500 foot white column with a red base lasting about two seconds. Bark stripped from one trunk and two scorched marks appeared, yet there was no fire. Two Japanese warships will use American turbine engines.
The article reports successful wireless telephony with continuous waves generated by an arc, enabling contact between two stations over more than 50 miles and spanning the Berlin region. A German feature is a photographic recording ribbon that prints received signals even when no audible sound is produced.
Radium acts on chemical constituents of glass porcelain and paper imparting violet tinge changes white phosphorus to yellow ozone from oxygen and affects photograph plates producing many other curious chemical changes.
A concise piece arguing against prejudice toward hypnotism. It contends stage demonstrations mislead, urges medical training, and defends hypnotism as safe when properly used. It asserts hypnotic control does not enable crime and highlights therapeutic potential through directed self control.
A 1907 piece argues hypnotic control blends operator and subject will, enabling healing and moral reform. It warns against stage hypnosis wrecking nerves, defends surgical use, and contends white magic differs from black, with Bowler promising a final summing piece after 25 years of observation.
The New York Evening Telegram recounts a bemused exchange as Col John Bishop, deputy surveyor, recalls a boyhood encounter with a stumbling villager who claimed to be converted. The grandfather retorts that divine influence was unlikely, given the man’s behavior, highlighting a humorous regional tale about faith and lineage.
A reader reports three summers of eczema on the brother, with relief after using Cuticura Ointment. A Michigan mother notes her child’s eczema cure following Cuticura Remedies, with the disease not returning. Source cites Mrs. Sarah B. Lusk, Coldwater, Mich., dates Aug 16 and Sept 2, 1907.
More than likely, W Willie notes automobiles have entered Borneo. He predicts a rise in the number of wild men as a result, suggesting a clash of modern transport with untamed regions and pondering the social impact of new technology.
A long running feud between Browns and Perkinses over a cat dispute shifts when Brown’s servant delivers a note claiming his “old cac died this morning” prompting a sharp Perkins reply that jokes about Mrs Brown’s illness.
Prof Price presents the tariff arguments of both parties to an audience of members of the Woman's Current Hyeats club after a Sunday Magazine talk. A woman compliments his talk and compares free traders to a lover's glints in a playful exchange.
A Penn doctor recommends Grape Nuts to a patient with chronic indigestion. The tester reports rapid relief, improved vitality, and clearer thinking after using the product for two months. The ad cites Postum Co. and the booklet The Road to Wellness as sources.
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