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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
2
A business man recalls poker superstitions in a social game. Players shift seats to match the cards with the table grain and avoid foot ticks on chairs. Others dodge luck by avoiding chips when winning, while slang like bluff and standing pat reflect the culture around cards.
The New York Herald notes that early coverage shows cancer is highly amenable to surgical treatment, with cure rates surpassing those of other cancer forms.
The New York Sun notes rare botanic curiosities in the Philippines including bamboo nodules called tabaccer that resemble opals and cocoanut pearls from sun pulped sponge. Eight to ten pearls, size pinhead to pea, are held in European museums.
A fragment suggests botanists and entomologists warn that a dead swamp or dead tree near living trees serves as a breeding ground for timber borers and insects, threatening nearby healthy trees.
A police commissioner recounts what he calls the most ingenious murder he knows, committed by a young physician named Dr. Smith in a past hometown. The crime involved betraying a wealthy planner, Colonel Jones, as Smith told a woman, who then blabbed, revealing the details.
A fish dealer's shop audience provokes oysters by speaking to them. The bivalves open briefly then close at the slightest disturbance. The dealer explains the creature is simply taking in a fresh supply of air and remains easily startled by sound.
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