Science notes and a salt rock discovery and social trend
A compilation of scientific observations covers eye color discrimination, brightness perception, plant activity cycles, and human nerve counts. It notes Ithaca New York’s salt rock layer at 1 000 feet thick nearly 300 feet, a German inventor using coal dust to drive a piston, and iron rope strength scaling with diameter. It closes with a Boston crusade against engagement rings, arguing some women seek rings to secure a breakup.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Boston
Tight Lacing and Tender Feet Remedies
Old medical notice explains the dangers of tight lacing for women with tender feet and swelling. It advocates a treatment plan including tepid ammonia water soaks, a linseed oil lime water mixture, camphor spirit drainage, gentle rubbing, linen wrapping, toracic acid powder, and arnica lotion for inflamed feet.
No-To-Bac Miracle Cure Promises 100000 Cures This Year
An Inter Ocean illustrated supplement touts No-To-Bac with testimonials and guarantees to cure or refund. H L Kramer at 45 Randolph St Chicago asserts rising demand and widespread physician support, promising dramatic health improvements and substantial savings. Sold at $1 per box or $2.50 for three with a lifetime cure guarantee.
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Curcaco
Chicago Inter-Ocean
H. L. Kramer
Randolph Street
No- Yo-Bae
Canada
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Sprites Street
Laboratory
Indiana Mineral Springs
Budget of Fun and Follies Across Humorous Bits
A collage of jokes and sketches from various sources. Mock headlines and snippets cover misheard phrases, domestic squabbles, a bachelor Colonel, suspicious neighbors, and quick anecdotes from life magazines. It blends humorous dialogues with brief comic setups and punchlines.
Place of Interest in Northumberland Tied to Priestly Legacy
Northumberland Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Susquehanna north and west branches is famed to chemists as the former home and burial place of Dr. Joseph Priestley the discoverer of oxygen gas and a leading figure in early chemistry He declined the University of Pennsylvania chemistry chair around 1794 choosing rural life and settling there He died about ten years later His house remained standing at the Northumberland centennial of chemistry in 1874.
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Northumberland
Penn
Joseph Priestly
England
America
University of Pennsylvania
Detroit Free Press
Words of Wisdom and Witty Observations from a Bygone Era
The snippet offers a collection of maxims on honesty, ignorance, progress, and social norms. It includes quips about betrayal, the value of common sense, the cost of cleanliness, and reflections on aging, marriage, and gender roles. The lines mix humor with moral aphorisms from an older voice.
Athens Disc Dispensary Commissioners Elected
Athens council selects O. W. Baldwin G. H. Hulme and H. R. Palmer as new dispensary commissioners. The news sits among Georgia updates from Milledgeville to Atlanta with notes on railroads mortgages and crop prospects.
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Athens
Messrs. O. W. Baldwin
G. H. Hulme
H. R. Palmer
Georgia Railway Commission
Georgia
Hunter’s Quiet Reverie Ends in Fatal Shot
In a deep wood at dusk a hunter sits contentedly among his game when a small red squirrel alarmingly nears the gun. A sudden click from the lock fires the weapon, ending the hunter’s calm reverie as he falls among his quarry. Donahoe's Magazine recounts the grim scene of a hunter's death in a tranquil forest setting.
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Destiny
Donahoe’s
Eccentric Millionaire Rouse, Bankroll of Southern Art, and Wiman Gift
The Atlanta Constitution profiles CG B Rouse a New York wholesale jobber who rose from ten cents and a park bench to a multimillionaire. After wartime poverty and debt prison Wiman sent a Christmas dinner inspiring a prophecy of future wealth. Rouse now funds art student prizes and aids recovering ex drinkers. He treats employees well and observes his diverse typewriter staff.
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CG. B. Rouse
New York
Erastus Wiman
Rouse
Wiman
Rouss
Exastus Wiman
Atlanta Constitution
Bacteriology Rethinks Bacillus Forms Casts Doubt
German bacteriology findings challenge the idea that disease bacilli have fixed shapes. The same species may vary under conditions, with virulent forms arising from previously deemed harmless forms. Experts warn against ignoring polymorphy and overemphasizing textbook normal forms, a shift that unsettles the field.
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New Orleans Picayune
Maine's State Election Signals Republican Sweep
From Augusta a dispatch reports Republicans call the Maine state election a historic victory for the party. They predict Cleaves's vote near 70,000 as the GOP claims wins in all sixteen counties and in Waldo County the entire county ticket, with every city likely Republican.
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Cleaves
Augusta
Maine
Waldo
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two in West Knoxville
A dynamite blast in the Knoxville sewer works in West Knoxville on Tuesday killed Nelson Woods and mortally wounded Ruby Reddin. Authorities investigated the cause as a major industrial accident with rescue crews responding to the scene.
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Knoxville
West Knoxville
Nelson Woods
Ruby Reddin
Trade Topics Review of Past Week by Don & Co
Don and Co. report a mixed business outlook with alternating improvements and declines across branches. Strikes shift workers, garment makers strike intensifies, cotton mills push prices, large mills resume operation, and overall trade shows varied activity. August failures reach 10,139,477 dollars with 215 U.S. and 47 Canada cases.
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Bessemer
Pittsburg
Chicago
United States
Canada
Lightning Ravages Illinois Towns Leaving Widespread Damage
A DeKalb dispatch reports severe lightning fires Friday night across Illinois towns. Malta's business district is ash and losses reach 50 000 dollars. Henrietta erased. Caledonia four buildings destroyed. Elmhurst barn burning and schoolhouse saved. Rockford, Belvidere, Huntley, Herbert hit with multiple structures lost. Railway track washed out at Trout Park and Air Line roadbed damaged at Geneva.
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DeKalb
Malta
Henrietta
Caledonia
Elmhurst
Rockford
Belvidere
Huntley
Herbert
Northwestern Railway Company
Trout Park
Geneva
Twenty Three Indians Dead in Forest Fire Route
A courier reports from Pokegama Minnesota that twenty three Chippewa Indians buckes squaws and papooses lie on sands between Pokegama and Upstead along Lake Mille Lac. The group led by Chief Wasconta built a hunting camp two months ago. remains span ten miles with scattered corpses amid ashes, tepee, birch shanties and fused gun barrels.
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Pokegama
Minn
Bucke
Squaws
Upstead
Lake Mille Lac
Oklahoma Territory Divorce Ruling Sparks Bigamy Concerns
The Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court nullifies all probate court divorces since March 1893, affecting about four hundred cases. Many divorced individuals had remarried. residents from various states sought liberal territory laws with thirteen causes and 90 days residence, a decision likely to create nationwide uproar. First Cotton Clearance From Galveston Sails to Liverpool. The Sierra line steamer Maria departs for Liverpool with 6,100 bales valued at $227,248, all from a single Houston compress.
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Supreme Court of
Territory of
Oklahoma
Galveston
Texas
Sierra Line
Maria
Liverpool
Houston
Proper table manners start at home with patient training
Teaching children to use utensils requires calm, consistent guidance and early practice. Mothers should devote time or hire trusted help, as good manners benefit later years. Also notes Mayaslipmam temples in India and care tips for removing inks, plus a claim about Hos teller's Stomach Bitters and a statistic on seafarers.
Sash Curtains Solve the Curtain Question
Two sets of sash curtains for upper and lower window halves offer a neat, adjustable solution. Upper panels hang longer to overlap the lower, and fabrics vary from muslin to silk with neat hems or lace. Suitable for small bedrooms and kitchens. Tetterine cures eczema and skin irritations, 50 cents at drug stores or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine. Methodist University construction to begin this fall in Washington.
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J. T. Shuptriné
Savannah
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