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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
8
A garbled clipping cites sayings attributed to Franklin and Phaedrus, mingling with odd notes about a Chautauqua crop and an unreliably rendered numeric string. The fragmentary lines touch on virtue, trade, and social standing, framed as scattered aphorisms without clear narrative or context.
Tharry de Windt recounts a mysterious Arctic district in Sihura called Seedni Kolymek where a handful of political exiles are held. Witnesses describe a scarred landscape with few signs of life and limited access, noting the place exists mainly in Fro sian police lore and exiles who last visited years ago.
The article surveys various faintly plausible theories about leprosy causation, tracing ideas from ancient to modern times. It notes that most favored explanations shift with new evidence and public interest.
In a small Arizona town a man recounted meeting a person who had lived on the plains without clothing or shelter while attempting the life of a 8 gerage to cure consumption. The patient claimed to have regained health and nourishment from go to bed and fruits, and to have lost weight after the journey. he now weighs 170 pounds less than before.
A muddled OCR style note mentions a Yur lawyer and a title fan saving a fallutin pen, with speculative claims about superiority of the pen over butter. The fragment references 44 and a mysterious Webster note about maids and lovers, lacking clear events or names.
A testimonial recounts severe anxiety and insomnia from coffee, then relief after switching to Postum. The writer claims sleep improved, nerves settled, and urges others to quit coffee for health. A young friend also quit coffee and felt better.
Arthur Brisbane argues Armour and big packers dominate wealth while exploiting labor and staging moral harm in meatpacking. He portrays workers as a standing army, condemns wasteful profits, and condemns the killing of cattle as a painful, mechanized process that questions the fate of animal consciousness and the social costs of industrial profit.
The San Francisco Call reports teredo damage near Fort Mason shows the infestation has hollowed wooden piles used in temporary and planned concrete harbor works. Contractors warn of delays as wood supports decay, forcing a race between new concrete breakwater progress and further repairs to salvage the army wharf plan.
George W Harvey, famed since Lincoln era for the oyster house, once faced New York chefs in a dressing contest. He finished with a tiny vial drop that gave his dressing an indefinable something, prompting judges to award it top prize. The anecdote rekindles memory of his famed culinary flair.
In a fragmented note the writer claims membership in a temperance group and contrasts it with Germany, noting a belief that “there is more than” in the situation. The text is unclear and lacks verifiable details or context for precise reporting.
The Exposition recounts Paul’s success in Ephesus, sparking a city riot led by Demetrius as merchants fear loss of business. The crowd cries Great Diana of the Ephesians for two hours until the town clerk counsels restraint and legal procedure, while Paul’s bold zeal clashes with disciplined diplomacy.
A fragmentary quotation notes that when lacking direction we drift until the current guides us. It contrasts steering fear with trusting a guiding force, likening life to a ship of heaven that cannot be steered by a wooden rudder.
A splinter driven deep into the hand can be removed without pain by steaming. Place a nearly airtight bottle over the wound and pour hot water inside to steam the area before extracting the splinter.
Farmers advised to protect poultry from spring rains and avoid sour table scraps. Whole corn helps laying hens in cold weather, keep hens in groups of twenty five, provide warm water three times daily, and separate large and small breeds. Cook table scraps, curb feather pulling by selling affected hens, feed at daybreak and sundown, ensure level roosts, and keep dry bedding. Turkeys need separate housing from chickens and water, not snow, kept fresh. medium birds preferred for market.
A discussion notes African geese are popular for keepers and markets. They are large, hardy layers and thrive where others fail. Compared to Toulouse geese they are sprightly, with a hornlike feature above the beak, and white or dark varieties are valued for the table for their merit across seasons.
Iowa Agricultural College notes alfalfa meal boosts egg fertility and vigor in hens. Readers learn preparing moistened alfalfa meal before feeding, plus mixing with table scraps or grain for palatability. Bone meal and meat scraps praised as strong additions to alfalfa or clover feeds.
A farmer describes a simple system to track eye counts on poultry using a white background near the doorway. He marks daily totals with a pencil to build daily, weekly, and monthly averages and calculate pay. The method requires only a few moments each day.
Glazed milk should be used to mix the mash for better plumage gloss. For evening meals, a blend of whale grain is suggested with more corn in winter than in summer. Corn may be given on the cob as birds tend to overeat.
The Mexican Herald reports a solar powered desert waterworks in Chile using glass panes arranged in a V shape with shallow pans. Heat evaporates water, which condenses on sloped glass and runs into collectors at the bottom, yielding nearly 1,000 quarts of fresh water daily.
An irregular, highly garbled note mocks a newspaper editor and audience. It laments biased editing and urges readers to speak up, insisting individuals should not mind others and should pursue truth despite flaws in the paper. The tone is derisive and satirical.
A father who favors exams asks his sons to name an animal satisfied with least nourishment. The response echoes a saying, The moth eats nothing but holes, and the exchange reflects a playful, instructional moment from Youth's Companion.
Jack Binns files suit against Vine Graph Co claiming $25000 in damages for using his DC rescue fame in a canvasa presentation. He contends the portrayal belittles his renown and seeks legal remedy.
A Dalton Georgia reader describes long kidney pains and nerve numbness, saying daily misery and despair until a regimen of kidney pills brought relief. The testimonial claims dramatic improvement after using the product sold by a local dealer.
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