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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
2
A fragmented discussion traces a proverb-like saying to tinkers and their craft, noting the expression’s unclear origin and resistance to attribution. The text reflects on how language evolves from practical tinkering and misremembered lines, with tension between intention and reception.
Brief notice reports three severe cases treated with Foley’s Honey and Tar in Agnew Michigan. The advertisement appears in a local drugstore section, urging readers to purchase remedies from pharmacies.
An old ledger style discussion describes unusual insurance risks and trusts. Statements from Devau Accident Insurance and others discuss contingencies such as assigning property to heirs, ensuring lenders against nonpayment, and preventing premature returns of prodigal heirs. The piece highlights quirky futures in risk mitigation and the fear of calamities, with a skeptical tone about expanding coverage.
Fragmentary tale reports a prowling figure in a dim cellar testing lines of a jelly jar only to discover the treasure is soft soap. The scene shifts to a poetical note about the lark’s song, praising its long, uninterrupted hymn and its persistence through pauses.
A poet asserts he wrote a lengthy poem after many hours and trials, describing his stubborn effort and a resolve to share it for a modest gain. The piece appears in a print excerpt cited as from the Atlanta Constitution.
A garbled fragment discusses magazines and self perception with casual misprints. It mentions ears and eyes in a casual, reflective way and alludes to wellness or medical topics without clear details. The legible portions offer no named people or organizations.
A fragment from the Towne mimicry scene features a boy imitating a professor, with misread dialogue such as Ted me 1 stop weaking and foot of myself, as noted in the Uhage Chronicle.
An account describes the hedge school as a rough improvised classroom built by peasant labor under toleration. A trench served as a trenching wall, green sod walls formed the front, and timber poles with straw ropes supported a sod roof. Earth and stones were packed for stability, creating a functional, if humble, educational space.
A rugged tale recounts a hunting outing in Alaska where warm weather shifts to sudden cold. The narrator recalls facing a large bear with limited ammunition and a beard stained by frost. A dramatic crowd reaction follows the clash and a claim of violent action ends the fragment.
Fragmentary notes describe a dangerous factory near New York City where nitric acid stored in large glassware endangers workers and the surrounding area. Observers stress strict permits and high caution, comparing safeguards to a safe vault while warning of potential disasters.
A scribbled piece from a Chicago or Detroit newspaper page shows children crying about lost coins and adults discussing language and intelligence. The text jumbles dialogue with references to Japanese language and a chair or wheel by a writer from the Chicago News, with stray sentences about education and invention.
A long excerpt discusses wet and dry frying, browning, and seasoning, with instructions on fat use, temperature, and timing. It includes musings on French culinary terms, practical frying guidance, and notes on economy, plus a few short humorous bits and unrelated anecdotes.
A resident near Amenis in Duchess County New York promotes Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for croup in children saying it never fails to cure. He notes it should be used at the first signs of croup or even after the cough appears to prevent an attack and urges keeping a bottle ready at hand.
Pure Food column urges readers to accept only thoroughly reliable foods tested by chemical analysis, ensuring healthful choices.
Black diamonds are described as extremely hard and scarce with explosive risk when heated. They resist wear and are valued for dressing hard surfaces, making emery wheel true, and marking glass in scales and measures. They are used by dentists to drift teeth before gold filling, appearing as ironlike splinters rather than gems.
A Boston Transcript piece argues that rats show greater domestication potential than common cats and could become suitable house pets. It notes urban resident rats today act as enemies of pests yet can be friendly, suggesting a future closer relationship with humans.
Idaville resident J. W. Ner praises Bitters for curing stomach liver and kidney troubles and restoring appetite and vigor. He claims it gave him new strength and a better appetite, saying he can eat anything now. Available for 40 cents at Harry & Alemeyer’s drug store with guarantee.
In a Chancery case in Rocke Inland County the court warns defendant Charles Strand of non-residence and the plaintiff Bix Died seeks a bill of complaint. Summons will be issued and failure to appear may lead to a decree by default at the next term. The notice directs Charles Strand to appear on the first day of the next term or suffer consequences.
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