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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
7
An article notes a terra cotta Madonna and child from Cairo with Isis crown and Horus lock, linking Christ to Horus. It then describes Hallaton Easter Monday in England with hare-pie donations, two-bottle procession, and Hallaton bottle-kicking amid rival Medbourne, detailing a lively tradition and long-used bottles.
A medical note explains that a blow or head impact causes vision to flash with lights due to the optic nerve. The nerve carries only light impressions, not pain, so the sensation of pain comes from other nerves while the brain perceives sparks and stars from the shock.
United States consul at Catania Mr Bruhl describes in detail the manufacture of artificial black marble. White sandstone is shaped and placed in an iron tank with a wire grate. A molten mix of volcanic asphalt and coal tar is boiled for thirty six hours, then the stones are removed, cooled, dried and polished. The process makes the material difficult to distinguish from real black marble though costs may vary.
In London it is declared that the health of employees on the underground railway is superior to any other line in England. The atmosphere is said to have cured quinsy and bronelfitis and benefited those with lung ailments.
Pearson's Weekly recounts small faults and delays that cost fortunes. A broken van halted 35 trams, costing £70 and disrupting schedules across lines. A torpedo destroyer’s steam cock leak cost £600. A telegraph delay caused a stock loss. Inventors suffer most from minor hitches, including a fatal misstep in hydraulic brake design costing £750,000.
An exchange from New York Weekly shows a lovestruck suitor asking a loyal knightly sacrifice while a partner objectes to smoking. A separate note states children under seven generally prefer yellow as a color choice, illustrating simple observed preferences.
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