Odd Science Tricks and Poetry Fragment Collectanea
A mixed OCR page offers social verse lines about the moon and love with scattered science notes. It includes a chemical demonstration using muriatic acid and ammonia to produce colored smoke, plus concise physics tricks about inverted water under a paper seal and beetle jaws acting as saws. The fragmentary text preserves experimented methods and whimsical verse.
Fire and sagacity in a badger lair tale and Tullahoma wedding ends a family
A seapiece incident reports a practical joke with a burning grass bundle to a badger lair. The animal quickly quenched the fire, showing skill and alertness. In Tennessee, John Newberry wed Patsy Barrom in Tullahoma, absorbing the entire Barrom family after a long sequence of previous marriages and losses.
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Badger
John Newberry
Patsy Barrom
Tullahoma
Tenn
Newberry
Ballie Barrom
Judy
Martha
Patsy
Barroma
Experimental Glow and Turtles in Africa and Puzzles
A noisy mixture of notes on glowing phosphoric oil and bottled moonshine, plus observations on African turtles and a string of puzzles. It mentions phosphorus experiments, turtle acclimation in East Africa, and a Greek cross puzzle with conundrums and jokes about independence days and everyday items.
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Ant
Europe
Moana Fortaln
German East Africa
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective for Back and Kidney Pain
A reader reports relief after two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured severe back and kidney pain. She had poor sleep and fatigue before using the remedy, and now feels well and able to work. Testimonials also claim others benefit from samples and drugstore purchases.
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Louisyuir
Joan B. Kanen
Main Street
Foreman
Merican ‘Tobacco
Doan
T. Govan
Lake Street
Stoat Kills Numerous Poultry in Pennyhi Incident
A stoat caught at Pennyhi killed eleven turkeys thirty ducks and twenty chickens during the night. The record of veracity belongs to the creature in reports tracing its deadly spree through the farmyard.
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Pennyhi
This Will Interest Mothers Gray's Powders for Children
An early 20th century advertisement notes Mother Gray, a nurse in Salientome New York, offering powders to cure fever and teething disorders in infants and relieve stomach bad bowels and worms. Sold by all druggists with address in Alto NY.
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Gray
Salientome
New York
Laltoy NY
Judge Puller’s salary tale stirs reform counsel in Sioux Falls
A Sioux Falls judge is recounted as prompting lawmakers to avoid raising judges salaries after a political adviser warned it would lead voters to elect real lawyers to the bench. The anecdote underscores caution in political influence on public pay.
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Sioux Falls
Puller
Supreme Court
Fuller
Pierre
New York Sun
Postum Cereal Coffee Aids Health Says Davenport Teacher
A Davenport Town teacher explains how switching from rich coffee to Postum Cereal Coffee relieved heart palpitations stomach trouble and headaches. She notes recovery enabled attendance at social events and long term health with no heart disease signs. Her father, 78, also praises Postum’s daily use. The testimonial is provided by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Davenport
Town
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad and Multiple Vignettes
An assortment of short items notes Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, a veiled report on peculiar lightning photographed in Switzerland, Allen’s Foot-Ease promising relief for feet and new shoes, a Rutgers chemistry scholar dead, butter color in creameries, Boer leader in Baltimore, a kitchen stove trademark, and Joseph Chamberlain not writing a book on South Africa.
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Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
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