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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1896
Page
12
A Kingston scientist Professor C Coles demonstrates the Electric Eye, a humanlike magnifier, showing rainwater micro life and epidermal parasites on a volunteer arm. The device also images Mars details and promises medical and energy dreams, including sourc es of suntight storage and future devices.
Angry voices rise in a room above as bystanders burst in to find a man alone with a sobbing woman. The intruders accuse mistreatment, but the woman protests he is teaching her how to express emotion. The would be rescuers retreat in silence.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes Challie and Mies Kean discussing women. The snippet mentions pocketbooks made from monkey skins and a claim of nudity, reflecting a dated and provocative aside without full context.
Text fragment imagines divine aid to humanity amid struggle and wrath. Repeated pleas seek guidance and renewal, referencing heavenly light and old words of hope as a path forward. The lines echo a plea for mercy, vision, and uplift from a higher power.
Special correspondence from Winnipeg describes Portage la Prairie and Brandon as thriving grain hubs with vast elevators, thriving mills, and rising wheat yields. It notes Charles Cuthbert's 21 acre field yielding Lisa bushels, extraordinary Manitoba crops, and the growth of railways, Mennonite settlements, and mixed farming.
The article notes wheat and oats ripened earlier than usual in Manitoba due to extreme heat and dry winds. It describes days lasting sixteen hours, praising the northern location, fertile soil, and prolonged sunshine plus generous rainfall that support extraordinary grain yields.
A garbled science notes item references Moorish use of cannon in 1043 at Algesias Spain and mentions false teeth from paper, ancient oats in Greece and wheat origins. It oddly surveys fashion hair, dust protection, gold finds in the Vaal river Grange Free State, and a claim about nervous individuals resisting new ideas with a dubious age note.
Fragmentary verse recalls a betrothed placed in a churchyard where memories linger among ivy and clover. The speaker walks through a meadow toward a grave, describing a child’s grave and a sorrowful, unnamed era as winds drift and robins sing.
An old advertisement touts Seventy-seven as prevention and cure for colds and grippe. It claims to avert bronchitis pneumonia and head chest troubles with small pleasant pellets sold by druggists and Martin V. M. Company in New York.
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