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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
2
A brief verse reflects a singer who endures storms and sighs with morning songs. It speaks of the everbright day beyond shadows and harbor bells guiding ships, ending with a note of hope from F L Stanton quoted in the Atlanta Constitution.
Louise faces a life in art or a wealthy engagement as she recalls a past romance with Bruce Blanchard. In Chicago they drift between memory and present choices, leading to a last chance by the lake and a plan to marry or stay together.
Translation of Chamfort maxims and anecdotes as rendered by W G Hutchinson. Notable lines include sleep as a palliative and death as cure, wit needed to avoid ridicule, and society as an exchange of interests. The collection notes lively social satire and references to French figures such as Richelieu and Madame de Stael, with garbled OCR text of examples and a few quoted witticisms.
Fragmentary text presents obstructed dialogue about a woman named Mrs Benham and a man discussing marriage and wheat. It includes scattered phrases about attempting to “tow her peas” and company when they have none, with unclear local context and setting.
A brief exchange questions daily sleep, noting one says I sleep at night. The dialogue hints at a person named Hewitt and a remark about managing life, ending with a cryptic line from a New York Herald dispatch.
A poem attributed to Carolyn Wells from Success notes a child seen as fretful sulky and bossy yet claims persistently cheerful. The speaker defends a willful temper and desire for personal choice as the cause of misbehavior while maintaining a bright outward demeanor.
The article explains how snow forms glaciers and how ice behaves as it moves. It details a classroom experiment using a wire, ice block, and weighted pail to show ice cutting and recongealing, and notes cracks, flow, and recongealing as glaciers bend, merge, and travel down valleys.
A wealthy Brussels owner held an elaborate funeral for his St Bernard. A costly coffin and 200 employees attended the ceremony, viewing the dog in its coffin before a procession to a garden grave. The master wept, and workers were told they could spend the rest of the day as they wished.
A double glass water experiment shows wine moving from a small glass C to the two larger inverted glasses A and B, driven by capillary action and pressure changes. The passage also extols memory cultivation and includes light humor from a cartoon dialogue.
A tale of buried mischief centers on a jewel ring said to be linked to a theft involving Lady Alfons vale. A prisoner named Boghievl, held for three years, claimed a pet jackdaw stole the ring. Two years later a skeleton was found under a garret, and Fergus was pardoned.
The patient recalls surviving three weeks on milk punches and brandy while unconscious, as an incident described with terse, fragmentary dialogue and a grim tone.
Ainslie's Magazine explains sleep involves active voluntary muscles while brain and senses may stay awake. Studies show nearly half of men and over a third of women talk in sleep. many can answer questions, especially younger adults. Instances include walking during sleep, even while dining or socializing, with memory absent the next day.
The article reports on French and Schneider twin cannons that mount two guns on one carriage to save weight and space. The paired guns can fire together or separately, with both percussion and electric ignition, and are stabilized on a steel ball bearing mount.
A curious note explains that in a sealed room with enough air for one person for an hour a lit candle will cut a person’s life by 15 minutes while a passing man burning will shorten life to ten minutes, illustrating a strange life expectancy effect.
The forests of the Philippines offer the greatest variety of wood in the world. Some hard woods are unmatched for beauty and durability.
In a public lecture Mr Marconi described a new detector that overcomes lag in magnetic wave reception. He outlined two setups using an outer coil around a wire to eliminate lag and enhance conductivity. A telephone replaces the sounder and a recorder is planned for unattended message capture.
A German scientist proposes a scare skeeter method using lifelike dead dragonflies hung around beds on wires. He claims the dragonfly’s swift, sunlit hunting makes mosquitoes avoid the guarded zone, offering a simple protective device for summer pests.
London Science Siftings notes a successful eyelid graft replacing four lids from the lip to restore sight after fire damage. It also reports meteorologists finding a possible link between thunder storms and moon phases, citing Greenwich and Madrid records with varying storm frequencies across lunar stages.
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