Home Of Payne and Old House Of John Howard Page
A lyrical tour recounts a two story village home linked to John Howard Page. The writer describes the antique threshold, Revolutionary kitchen, and dreamlike upstairs, blending Mother Goose echoes with Egypt legends as the scene shifts to a sunset and lingering shadows in a quaint New England setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciariot
John Howard Page
Old
New England
Mampton
Ker
Shinar
Mother Goose
Mother Wise
Egypt
Cleveland
Nowal
Strong Room at Eltham Guards Jewels and Riches
At Eltham the late Colonel North's seat houses a strong room famed as one of the strongest in the world. It stores gold and silverware and even jewels of visiting ladies are secured there at night. The room features a cement floor several feet thick and granite walls.
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Eltham
Colonel North
Weighing a Live Fish Explained at Aquarium
A visitor learned the method for weighing a live fish. The fish goes into a weighed pail of water, then removed and the pail and water are weighed again. The difference reveals the fish’s weight.
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The
Aquarium
New York Sun
Jumping Beans Amazed Researchers Insect Study
Dr. D Sharp describes cocoon jumping behavior observed in entomology notes. Cocoons eject from a tumbler like mechanism, forming a loop and releasing their pupa by a rapid forward thrust. The phenomenon suggests an anomalous lepidopterous insect linked to trichoptera, with further study needed.
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D. Sharp
Omologist
Seine
Sharp
Nature
Puritan Thanksgiving tables and Glasgow clocks mixed in excerpt
The piece contrasts Puritan Thanksgiving dining with benches and pewter platters and notes later shifts to chairs and forks. It also mentions Glasgow municipal clock trials, Morley’s fondness for dogs, and a quip about canine fidelity versus humans.
Oxygen as a Healer in War Time Observations
Report describes oxygen therapy tested on wounds and ulcers, tracing to native practices of exposing wounds to pure air and water. Dr. Jing and colleagues conducted experiments with Baroness Burdett-Coutts backing, detailing a hospital setup and devices to deliver oxygen. Early cases show rapid healing, deodorizing benefits, and hair regrowth, with modest cost and unknown long term results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jing
Stoker
Treason and a Mockery of Conscience in a Detroit Tale
A fragment recounts a conversation about treason and fame, with a dry goods merchant guiding a new drummer through tangled prior business and the chaos left by a former successor. A Detroit Free Press flavor hints at fleeting symbols like a pair of boys boots and the weight of atmospheric pressure on a man.
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Fae Moss
Hopetut
Detroit
Mud Baths Show Promising Relief at New Mexico Springs
The Denver Republican describes mud baths similar to Carlsbad in Germany. Mud from local springs is dried, sieved, mixed with water, and applied to patients for about ten minutes. It is claimed to draw impurities and aid neuralgia, rheumatism, and skin diseases, with many visitors seeking treatment.
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Carlsbad
Germany
New Mexico
Carle
Las Vegas
Lithia
Denver
Fragmentary OCR News Note with Unclear Details
The readable text shows scattered phrases and numbers such as MONROE BRANCH and DES MOINES VALLEY, with unclear names and times. It resembles a damaged news snippet or transit/office notices, offering no coherent event or person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogg
Setiahi
Kidney Pills Promise New Life for Diseased Organs
Public health ad touts Kidney Pills for nervous strain and kidney weakness with pains in loins side back and bladder. Claims toning of system and revival of vigor. Sample free by mail. Price six cents per box. Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio. Sold by J J Skiff Druggist Newton.
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Illiams Myc. Co
Prop's
Cleveland
J. J. Skiff
Newten
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Glasgow
Westminster Gazette
Miss P
Savora
Miss BP
Philadel
ALA
Arnold
Clements & Arnold
Ens Bik
Newton
Earn County
Meredith & Ogg
J. Salmon
aAlttorney - At - Aw, Ancery, Newton, Lows
W. C. Melroy
H. S. Winslow
J. A. Metcalfe
aND_ counsE Ab LAW
Solicitor Chancery
Clarks Care
George Koenig
Wnat
Snton, la
West Lambert Howse
Jasper County
Srvicurs
Hutler
Timothy
Bergman & Mc
Ainley
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Rock Island
United States
Canada
Mexico
John Sebastian
G. P. Au
Pullman
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
ST. Louis
Kansas
Cit
Peoria
Lows Central
Thos. P. Barry
Marshalltown, Iowa
Iowa
Chicago
Sovynnousn
Valeria
P. Tranter
Saat
Jong West
Newton An
Murphy
Kiddutl
Artis
Akalovoa
NOKIA
Ccale
Mustrated
Ee Munn & CO
Broadway
New York
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