The Democratic Press in Eaton, Ohio

Strength tests and a curious death sentence in a miscellany

The article lists material strength figures for metals and wood from various tests, noting bars of iron, steel, gold, silver, and oak with break points ranging from 1,000 to 150,000 pounds. It then recounts a judge delivering a mock polite death sentence to a murderer, asking when to hang him. It also mentions a home cure for ingrown nails using hot tallow and provides a census-like note on Freemasons worldwide with regional counts and annual initiations.