Ancient Tarsus Adopts Electric Illumination
Tarsus in Asia Minor, birthplace of the apostle Paul, now features 450 electric street lights along with about 600 incandescent lamps for private use. Power comes from the Cydnus river.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
3
Tarsus in Asia Minor, birthplace of the apostle Paul, now features 450 electric street lights along with about 600 incandescent lamps for private use. Power comes from the Cydnus river.
A patent medicine advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises one hundred dollars for any uncured case and directs readers to send for testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A dialogue shows Howard asking if Mrs. Howard was informed he would be detained until midnight. The office boy confirms the call was made and Mrs. Howard said she blamed him not at all, as she had an engagement to go to the water theater herself.
A nurse with twenty years of experience touts Resino Ointment as a universal home remedy for skin troubles and eczema. She praises its cooling healing effect on sore nipples and endorses the product to Albany readers.
The personally conducted tourists viewed the Egyptian pyramids as Mrs. Newrocks exclaims it must have cost a pile of money to build them. Mr. Newrocks adds that no single tourist agency bore all the expense, calling it likely a jackpot affair.
A Brooklyn man describes a lifelong struggle with a severe skin disease from childhood. After unsuccessful treatments from many doctors, he tried Cuticura remedies and reports a dramatic improvement, saying he is now cured and happy with the results.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapep sin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims five minute relief from sour stomach, belching, gas, heartburn, nausea and headaches, with a 60 cent case available at local drug stores.
A clipped remark opines that the subject carries an inflated ego. The line suggests public perception of vanity or pride, with a humorous or ironic tone about his self importance.
Miss Innes guards Sunnyside as intruders target the estate. Gertrude Armstrong, Halsey, and Jack Bailey swirl in a web of secrets with disappearances, a banker’s embezzlement, and a looming murder inquiry. Detectives press, ladders are placed, and Sam Bohannon is hired to watch the night.
Mrs. Tate covers for a missing boy while Jamieson investigates clues at King Co. He contacts a mothers group, suspects four Wallace women, and plans a city trip to the hospital. Ines resists revealing a revolver found in a tulip bed as the case tightens.
In Chapter XxXIII Halsey sleeps after golf while the narrator suspects Gertrude meets Jack Bailey. He quietly follows her from the lodge, skirting the hedge to the open road toward the country club and a footbridge over One. The tension centers on Gertrude’s involvement and the unresolved danger.
Late at nine, Liddy reports housemaid saw two men near the stable while Gertrude frets, suspecting Warner and Alex. Liddy asserts Warner is in the kitchen and requests her wages as she plans to visit her sister, amid rising tension in the household.
A conversation shows one partner insisting the other attend a poker party tonight. The tired speaker cites fatigue and waiver of a five dollar debt meant for shopping, while the other accuses reluctance to support a wife.
A young man named Staylate received a delicate hint from the young lady he visited. She found staring at clocks and familiar devices pointless and ordered refreshments while her mother sent breakfast foods, signaling a change in the visit.
A humorous exchange between Mrs Crow-William and Mr Crow about aging and an absurd image of becoming quail on toast at a distant table d hote restaurant.
A Washington woman describes how stopping coffee and drinking Postum improved her nervous system and energy. She says she recovered from years of illness, now runs a household and cares for two babies, and credits Postum as the reason for her vitality. She urges others to read The Road to Wellville and notes “There’s a Reason.”
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