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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
3
The piece recalls ancient Greek lore on sneezes guiding fate and luck from signs about timing to which side one sneezes. It also mentions a Duluth banquet where Jerome McWade quips about a servant’s wife and a stump speaker declaring politicians are slaves of the public, reflecting period humor.
The text argues theory and experiment must advance together, stressing right kind of work over sheer refinement. It notes one bad theory can hinder knowledge more than many flawed experiments, and discusses how time should be spent deciding the right problem.
A Kansas column recounts humorous incidents from school life. A girl plans Venus de Milo material art, her brother suggests a playful misstep, and Parsons girls share a prayerful debate about tardiness as they hurry to class. The tone reflects light local humor and ordinary childhood moments.
A North side family feigns sleep to teach their son a lesson after he forgets to return home for his bedtime. The boy asks his mother to tell Benjamin’s father that he wants to come in, prompting a humorous breakfast exchange about his lateness. The piece contrasts light domestic humor with satirical targets in Hebrew satire.
An echoing maxim from Emer nou about recognizing the neighborhood of the great and honoring high causes as a path to fortune and virtue. The aphorism links personal fortune to awareness of noble purposes and the influence of surrounding greatness.
Diet and health hints discuss how toasting and sterilizing injure preprocessed wheat products and note that while some preparations rival fresh bread for children, they lack full nutritive value. The piece advises using country mill wheat, fireless cooker grain, and warns about overprocessed oats reducing nutrition.
Diet and health hints discuss monodiet effects on disease resistance endurance and cancer prevention. Experiments by Dr Acid Hunt show mice fed oatmeal resist poisons better than those fed eggs crackers and milk. Ehrlich findings suggest rice diet aids cancer recovery in mice, implying potential human relevance.
The wife sister testified about the couple's troubles at home with the judge prompting light humor. The witness denied serious trouble, saying they just had spats like any couple. The scene highlights a county court proceeding and ongoing efforts to report county news.
A garbled dialogue from a Cleveland paper depicts five lords of creation in a hotel lobby. The chatter speculates on a St Paul resident winning a prize for embroidering cloth as talk turns to wives, bridge, and a future card sharp hoax.
A partially legible wartime era item mentions local figures and events with missing dates and places. Readable names include several individuals and a few organizational hints, but essential details are obscured by garbled text and OCR errors.
A Russian mulberry tree on A. D. McElroy’s farm near Ajites Forte yields about seven bushels. Berries resemble blackberries but are larger and sweeter, shaken from the tree daily with a canvas sheet to collect ripest fruit until the crop withers. report from Lawrenceville correspondent.
A London Truth piece laments changing tastes as two famed socialites choose menial hospital duties over glamour. It recalls historical icons like Georgiana, Lady Dudley, Langtry, and Anne of Austria to argue beauty no longer commands public fascination. beauty is seen as a fading vocation.
A nostalgic reflection on newspapers as a solace for lonely hearts and a binding force for home. It praises the press as a beacon of sympathy for the bereaved and a steady companion for readers indoors.
In Pornlo Italy a tomato pressing waste oil is refined into varnish and fuel. The province reports 4000 tons of tomato press waste processed last year with about 15 percent yield. Cold compression then yields a small quantity of a golden Fellow byproduct.
A National Magazine excerpt recalls Old Gaul beliefs about parchment made from human skin used for thirteenth century Bibles and Decretals. Abbe Rivas theorized a beauty’s skin supplied the parchment, while a Paris Sorbonne figure alleged humans were dressed and finished for parchment.
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