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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
6
A report notes that fish lack developed ears but detect water vibrations via nerves. Experiments by Kreid and Exzar show fish respond to attention cues and alarm sounds differently, while whistling or bells in air provoke no response. About 86 fish species make sounds possibly to attract mates, suggesting tactile-like perception may exist in some fishes.
The piece extols cities as preservers of public health education and welfare. It praises libraries museums free schools and colleges and public baths playgrounds and athletic fields. It notes prisons reformatories workhouses and hospitals under municipal care. The narrator likens the city to a grandmother guiding citizens from birth onward.
A celebrated lawyer en route to the Supreme Court chats with a farmer who explains cows lose horns due to owners harvesting them for handles and the cold weather causing the stumps to fall off. The lawyer reflects on learning something new.
The Paris Cosmos reports French scientist Becque refuting Sir William Thompson’s theory that life may have originated from mesonic sources via ultra violet rays. He exposed hardy bacteria to UV light for six hours. none survived, arguing UV rays would destroy life during transit.
A garbled OCR snippet contains unclear names and phrases. The readable items mention possible personal names and cryptic quotes, but no coherent event, date, place, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas reports severe lumbago in 1900s style letter praising Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. He says two bottles cured a long illness and helped a poor woman walk again. He mentions age seventy three and urges others to try the product with a sample offer and booklet about kidneys and bladder.
The text explains oysters grow mainly in warm summers and reach full size after seven to ten years. It notes enamel bumps and winter sinks mark each year, while older oysters show fewer growth clues. It states oysters can live up to about 20 years.
A discussion of the phrase kicking the bucket traces its origin to 1723 when Ohne volsover hanged himself from a beam with a bucket beneath, after which the bucket was kicked away. The saying, once tied to suicide, widened to cover all deaths over time.
Read like a misread OCR note about a German proprietor in Brook Tym Gellentesaen posting a window advertisement claiming The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst. The text appears garbled with foreign place names and phrases.
Dialog snippet shows a tired husband offered to shop and jokes about a counter worker. The wife deflects and asks him not to trouble himself after a long day. The exchange hints at domestic fatigue and humor without concrete actions or outcomes.
A dialogue displays mock earnestness as a character plans to wed a band member, opposing a polite request. The exchange contrasts old fashioned expectations with bold insistence.
The text appears as fragmented lines about stubborn effort and miscommunication. It mentions a rock and honey as metaphors for perseverance and insight, with playful wordplay on negatives and affirmatives.
A local historical note recalls medical practice in Marshall County Iowa from 1870 to 1851 and endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as effective for kidney trouble. The testimonial credits Foster Millburn Co. Buffalo New York and marks the product at 50 cents a box.
A snippet shows Mayhem style bargaining with lines about delaying consent. The speaker warns of punishment or containment while another character counsels caution or risk of being marginalized. The dialog hints at power dynamics and control negotiations.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a tense exchange with slang and unclear speakers. It hints at a confrontational scene involving Whiddy Castitgan and Michael Diatan, with mentions of whiskey and eggs in a rural setting.
City prosecutor John Burns of St Paw argues to Judge Finehut that some men should be fined for testing pickets near Mrs Jus Geess fence. Burns cites Mike Chrcket tearing a picket and the offended lady, but the judge retorts no lady is charged and denounces poetry in court.
The remark contrasts Gotrox’s vast wealth with his perceived lack of brains. The dialogue questions what someone so rich would seek brains for, implying a disconnect between fortune and intellect.
A humorous slice shows a woman’s idea of a brave man is one who ventures into a dark closet where a mouie may lurk. It notes a wise man cannot tell when a woman’s hat is on straight and playfully questions a girl yawne.
A vintage free booklet offer from Coca Cola of Atlanta Georgia promises to explain why Coca Cola is delicious cooling and wholesome. The ad urges readers to visit soda fountains or bottles and to request the booklet The Truth About Coca Cola.
A humorous exchange shows a frail patient insisting he is fine and retired grocer. The doctor presses about weight and activity while the patient cites a motto about doing it himself. The dialogue reflects wry lines attributed to Puck and Wellington.
The piece follows Jimmy's early popularity in his hometown and his distress at boarding school, where he felt behind in studies and athletics. A later letter shifts to a hopeful tone as he adapts, gains confidence, and notes personal growth and longer hanging strides.
A Sabbath school teacher, Miss Harts, continues the lesson after a student asks if God dried man in the sun like mud pies. The exchange occurs as Slartz and Jan e listen during the ninth day of creation. Cleveland Lender reports the scene with a humorous note.
A framed notice in a Hoboway shop, previously frequented by Germans, announces the death of Mr Credit. It describes him as a noble soul who was helpful but had been failing for some time, and ends with a final blessing and a farewell line.
A street scuffle prompts a married man to reflect on home life and the pull of domestic comfort. The incident underscores how public conflict can trigger personal reassessment and restraint within family bonds.
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly features Binks and the Philosopher discussing humor and language. They joke about not understanding English or French jokes, highlighting a keen vision to see humor across languages.
A fragment tells of a young man asking for a dime to make change. He mumbles that he has no cent and has changed his ten. A young lady blushes while searching for her purse and responds softly.
A shop dialogue shows an obliging clerk offering to send butter to a lady who has bought two pounds. She declines, noting she will manage the weight herself and the clerk awkwardly stumbles over words in the reply.
A humorous note asks why ships are called she and replies that a vessel can become very attached to a buoy, reflecting nautical superstition and playful banter among mariners.
The Spains posed the puzzling question Why does it always rain the day you wove She asked. The ancients offered this uneasy explanation as a tradition in response.
The piece argues the brain rebuilds daily from food and drink, citing minerals like potassium phosphate and phosphate of potash as essential. It asserts brain function depends on specific nutrients, with references to authority figures and mineral content in foods to support dietary brain repair.
Marie Dressler known for wit and generosity recalls epigram at a party. In a Rochester Herald item she quips there will be no cake and no torchlight procession, inviting friends to a birthday with humor about treats.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation shows a mother consoling a daughter over a strained relationship. The girl fears her partner’s distance while the mother explains that alcohol altered his behavior, noting that love would still show in a kiss if present and urging the daughter to continue learning.
A fragmented drama scene shows a wife lamenting a vow of love as Harold accuses her, pointing to imagined faults and leaving in anger toward his club. The text resembles a melodramatic exchange with harsh tones and tense domestic conflict.
In a fragment from Harper's Weekly a Sunday school superintendent asks Johnny about what caused the prophet Elijah to go up. Johnny replies with a garbled line referencing a Payn tar bill, reflecting a misread or misprint.
Upton Sinclair praised his novel Among the Cannibals at a New York vegetarian banquet saying he aimed at the public heart and stomach with beer talk. A Bangala missionary quipped that he failed to move cannibals to tears but did make their mouths water.
Fragmentary lines describe creatures teaching their young to walk on their hind feet, likened to performing dogs. Text references Pela Mele and hints at playful, anthropomorphic behavior without a clear event or setting.
A fragment notes a saying about wives and husbands in different regions, contrasting a man who never sees his wife after marriage in one locale with a wife who never sees her husband after marriage in another. The text highlights cultural quirks without naming places or dates.
An excerpt shows a spoofed Shakespeare line about the proper study of man, with eccentric spellings like iz and bat and a nod to Eton. The fragment hints at playful linguistic distortion rather than a full context.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a fairy mid at tek ball part and a player named Jack explaining a shirt to prevent injury from a ball hitting teeth. The exact event, teams, and context are unreadable.
Fragmentary text shows a physician encounter with payment amounts 60 and 16, plus unclear references to a motor car and loan terms. The legible parts imply a medical context but the overall content is garbled and lacks coherent events, people, or places to define a proper news item.
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