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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
6
A tale from Stories of the Sagacity recounts a rat in a London workshop who gains fat by drinking oil from an uncorked bottle. Raised in Beaury, he survives by scavenging scraps, then studies the tempting open bottle and contemplates its oily lure.
A rat uses its tail to siphon oil from a bottle then grows fat and bold. It becomes a leader among its kind and grows tame with a human audience. A workman notices the rat befriended by oil use and the tale ends with the rodent’s peaceful death from old age.
A court-like decision interprets a village meal dispute where two Arabs shared bread. The stranger paid money and departed. The judge divides eight loaves and money into equal parts, assigning seven parts to the first owner and one to the second, with proportional sharing of the money by the justices.
In a brief exchange from the Sanctum Sentinel a caller presses for the editor, who has just left the office. The stranger repeats his attempts to reach him, while the sentinel quips about the editor as the greatest man for duck you ever seen.
A devotional piece urges steadfast faith and personal accountability. It cautions against evil, praises generosity, and advises believers to act with courage, contentment, and love for enemies while facing temptations and moral tests.
The Cramp shipbuilders propose an experimental use of cornstalks to make a swelling cofferdam material for ships. A Rockford plant is planned with potential sowing of stalks by farmers at about 1.80 to 3.20 per ton after loading. Analysts note possible modest farmer profit if the venture proves viable.
A young American traveler in Southern France helps two peasants with a donkey cart on a steep hill. He steadies the wheel and guides the cart, giving the donkey renewed courage to reach the summit. The grateful peasant thanks him, saying he could not have managed with one donkey.
Aluminum heel zips are expected to become common in Fosue, England, offering better protection and reduced slipping on wooden pavements. Reports claim snagles are pried and bored at Site Waehinn, with a capacity of up to 6,000 per hour.
A fragment describes a creature called Truly a Freak from Patagonia. It claims a birdlike beak and carnivorous traits with rainbow plumage and feathered, yet animallike legs and taloned toes.
The fragment describes a bird nicknamed dono with a raccoon like leg, reptile shaped tail ending in a sharp point, and scaly feathers creating a scale like appearance. The odd features suggest a misread or mythical species rather than a known animal.
A vintage adverturial message claims Stomach Riders cure ailments like amaniria and dyspepsi. It urges action against delays, warning that neglect lets problems grow from mole hills to mountains and touts the medicine as invincible against many.
A British styled lament describes a small gunboat of about LATT tons with rapid fire guns, sent by Uncle Sam to back demands in Siam. It notes 2 U S ships over 500 tons, 10 000 trained soldiers afloat, and a 20009 strong reserve, with marine infantry from maritime provinces at 13 000, arguing the boat must bluff to show who sent it.
Advertisement from J. Cheery & Co of Toledo Ohio claims total deafness cannot be cured by local treatment but by constitutional remedies. It describes deafness as caused by inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers Bull's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward if it fails to cure deafness caused by catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The account notes a meteorite strike in China around year 616 that shattered a cart and killed ten men. It cites Captain Willmar reporting two sailors killed at sea by a nine pound meteorite, a monk killed near Mila by a meteor, and a meteor near New Concord in 1860 that split a railroad line in two.
An assortment of advertisements and brief items includes a northwest atlas offering for 25 cents by W. S. McNider of Sioux City Iowa, a standard for apple barrels from the National League of Commerce Merchants in Boston, No-To-Bac tobacco cure claims, Princess Beatrice pension note, hair restorer ad, a child’s joke moment, Pico’s Cure for Consumption endorsement, irrigation note from ancient China, per capita living costs comparisons for New South Wales United Kingdom United States and Canada.
An ancient port, once closed to steamers due to shallow water, was visited by an earthquake year causing changes in its accessibility. The event is linked to the Trans-Caspian Rail war of Samarkand and mentions the Caspian region as a notable point in the upheaval.
The Wor men's Trame at 42 Custom House Place announces a Free Labor Bureau to aid thousands of unemployed men in Chicago. It offers to furnish workers to farmers and others nationwide at the employer's expense or as agreed, with details on work type, wages, and possible railway fare advancement. Contact Adibe Lasor Beztav at 42 Custom House Place, Cairage, Ih, Tel Harrison.
A fragment notes candles and sparing use of electric lights or oil at the Prince of Wales casual club in London. It mentions shaded candles in rooms and a vague reference to stimulating area activities. The text also shifts to San Francisco calling it the Golden Gate City with bay views and surrounding hills. It ends with garbled names and phrases about Mrs. Winstow and a Seething event.
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