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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
7
A satirical note says a physician is popular among society, noting Latin and Greek naming of a patient. It cites a statistician claiming typewriter invention created 10 000 jobs but disputes stomach health impacts. The piece ends with brisk banter about debt and a line about Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters aiding sedentary workers.
A list of patents insued last week to Minnesota inventors including Unclein B Knight of Minneapolis and Edwin H Montgomery of St Paul for a hammer steam boiler rota ry engine grain bin acetylene gas generator copying press draft-equalizer and other devices, with assignees noted.
A Washington Post anecdote recalls a Porto Rican merchant who narrowly escaped a bull on a Ponce street. The bull tossed him onto a hotel veranda where he suffered no serious injuries, and the man lamented that being tossed onto the veranda was a fate he could not understand.
The text claims cold weather chapping arises from washing with uferiory a poisonous skin ingredient. It urges using Pure soap and warm rain water with Ivory soap to keep hands smooth and white, naming ELZAR Parker.
In a Chicago Tribune describe, a gifted tragedian reacted to a tumbling egg from the gallery by declaring a two person game and tossing another egg. The first egg already shattered on a gallery pillar, splattering across hours time. The spectator incident resembled a recipe for clearing a gallery and a pot of coffee.
A partially readable item notes a new artificial paving stone made in Germany from tar sulphur and chlorate of lime. Tar is heated with sulphur, lime added, then pressed at 3000 psi to form blocks. Also mentions Laxative Bromo Quin ine Tablets and various quotes and anecdotes from local papers.
Fragmentary OCR mentions LJ and MILDLAUB with medical names and a stray reflection on poetry in flowers. It hints at medical practitioners or a dental ear nose and throat context and a passing remark about money security and changing views by a stereopticon operator.
At the Dover science gathering the president likened today’s knowledge to 1799 Davey with empty streets and limited sail service. He noted rapid weapon and explosive advances, a growing war restraint, and proposed global academy discussions with Paris hosting a 19th century world’s fair link. A dairy division chief reports a new rind from skimmed milk resembling celluloid, opening uses from oilcloth to insulators.
Amateur photographers may obtain permits from exposition authorities to take pictures on the Paris grounds. A 10 cent fee applies, and applicants must provide name, age, residence, and other data. Only general views and buildings may be photographed. individual exhibits are barred by French patent law.
The Strand Magazine summarises the Southern Cross Antarctic expedition up to February. The author notes only the ten brave men know what lies beyond January. Scientists deem Antarctic exploration crucial, with global geographical societies spotlighting the subject.
French inventor French Belsnary unveils a patent for universal scissors. The device is said to combine a screwdriver, nail-puller, wire-cutter, glass-cutter, embroidery pattern racer, and, when doubled, a measuring file, hammer, finger-nail file, and can opener. The inventor asserts many more uses remain.
A Savannah inventor claims a new Anth A broom proves inventive American ingenuity. The broom stores antiseptic substances within straw bags, releasing them as the broom sweeps to deodorize and disinfect carpets and rooms. It aims to keep the broom sterile and furniture safe while appearing ordinary.
Land and Water notes both bicycle and yacht motion pose greatest safety risk as they can push metal to within 25 percent of ultimate strength under heavy jolts. It cites Defender, Columbia, Shamrock mishaps and warns that while hulls and spars may save weight safely, vital components like spreaders, steering gear, and rigging must not be overly light.
A roundup of new attachments and devices including quick lace shoes with slotted ribs and studs, a portable telephone writing reel, an automatic elevator safety lock, a painter easel bracket, a motorized whip holder for machines, and a bicycle pump attachment socket. Also a wry note on self made men interrupted before finishing.
A vivid depiction of an Alaskan family dwelling built on earth and ledges with a central fire. Fathers mothers children and servants live in a structured household as dogs howl outside and the northern lights and glaciers loom. The scene shifts to daily tasks weaving carving song and a hopeful suitor.
The pistachio culture could be valuable in California, Arizona, and New Mexico, with most supply currently imported and used for ice cream and confections. The crop, tasty and nutritious, may become a major line in markets. grafts may reach the U.S. next spring. Dates require very dry heat and sandy soils, with water abundance crucial at maturation. Arizona favored for date growing.
A Dutch church in Pretoria witnessed a farmer's wife christening her baby. She carried two slips in a leather purse: one with the infant's names and another with household requirements. The minister read the names and found them unusually long and odd, leading to explanations of the slips.
An Irish counsel recounts a trial where three judges faced a crowded bench. The dialogue turns the count of judges into a pun, with a bystander misreading a hundred as a larger number. The counsel preserves wit about legal minds and arithmetic.
In Saline county near Marshall Kansas H Howard grown corn has a cob shaped like a half closed hand with a marked thumb and fingers. He produced a giant ear nine inches around twenty four grains in the first circle around the cob sixty grains long and weighing two pounds. Howard won the world fair prize diploma and medal for the “rest card” and has many other prizes including Saline county fair state prize for largest yield 14 bushels 10 the acre Chicago show prize for the best twenty ears and the 1808 prize at the Omaha exposition. He farms forty to fifty acres annually with yields of seventy five to one hundred bushels.
A country dance ends with a gilded youth mistaking the young lady for her mother the countess of Ayr. The hostess reveals the daughter is actually the countess's daughter and then introduces the youth to the county surveyor Mr Smith. The tale, though familiar, appears new to many readers.
A jumble of testimonials and advertisements appears from Toledo sellers, promoting Catarrh Cure, Hall's Pills, and Tobacco offers. The item mocks sensational claims and staged dialogues, reflecting a noisy early newspaper page with medical quackery and trivial humor.
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