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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1896
Page
12
An article endorses Dr. Leslie E Keeleys Keeley cure as a scientific treatment for alcoholism. It argues that the disease model justifies state intervention, urges public funding for the poor, and claims 93 percent recovery among those treated, contrasting with ineffective imprisonment and moral reform.
A study from the American Dialect Society surveys how terms and phrases vary across states. It lists doughnut preparations, regional names for foods and objects, and colorful expressions from Vermont to Georgia, highlighting shifts in words like dingbat and goober gruber.
A cobbler in a Cumberland town declines inviting Tom to a dance saying it would be a rowdy shutin event. Tom presses, they joke about fights, and the cobbler admits he might invite Tom at the end of the road after the event. They end with an invitation for a drink.
The text lists celery lettuce watercress peanuts onions spinach carrots turnips and tomatoes as remedies for rheumatism nerves indigestion insomnia asthma and other ailments. It also mentions eggs beef soup and apples as supportive foods for digestion energy and health, noting various traditional uses and benefits.
A Tribune correspondence from Genoa describes narrow, eight story palaces lining the streets near the wharfs, the Via Garibaldi and Balbi, and the rich interiors open for a small fee. It notes Rubens and Van Dyck works, a Velasquez alteration of a Balbi portrait, and a moss covered renaissance fountain in a palace courtyard. The Bank of St George, harbor growth from duke Galliera's endowment, and busy modern commerce are covered along with an excursion to Villa Pallavicini showing town duties and universal price stamps.
A compendium argues comets have signified great events across eras. From Horace and Cicero to Napoleon, Timour, and Charlemagne, rulers and peoples saw comets as omens. The piece surveys ancient predictions, biblical deluge theories, and modern skepticism, noting superstition persists but wanes.
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