Origin of Fahrenheit thermometer as Newton’s idea
The article recounts Isaac Newton’s original thermometer design and its duodecimal scale based on human body heat, freezing and boiling points. It explains Fahrenheit’s later refinement by doubling divisions to 24 degrees and then subdividing each degree, leading to the modern thermometer used today per the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Wilke
Ahrenhelt
Sir Isaac Newton
Newton
Philosophical Transactions
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Complete Cuticura Treatment Promoted In Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Complete External and Internal Treatment for skin and blood humours. It claims cures for bad blood, acrofula, scrofulous conditions, loss of hair, and various skin afflictions in infants and children, asserting remarkable results and wide adoption by parents. The text mentions Catloura Soap, Olotment and Pills as part of the regimen.
Breeding Cats and Cures Highlight Odd Newspaper Snippet
A fragmented U S newspaper fragment mentions breeding short haired cats amid other oddities and a homely tale of a sick child reportedly cured by Dorlds Kidney Pills. W S Taylor of Sedgwick Arkansas claims dramatic dropsy relief in eight days. Also notes on books and Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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Sedgwick
Ark
Taylor
Dorld
Dodd
Doedda
A Race of Mothers in Japanese Households
The article argues the Japanese wife is respected and central in the home. She is called Okasa ma and governs domestic life with authority, overseeing economy, home upkeep, and child education. The piece contrasts Western perceptions of Japanese interiors as bare with a view of Japanese purity and minimal decoration.
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Okasama
Made for the Dry Fears for Newspaper Longevity
Librarians warn that wood pulp newspapers, unlike linen paper, deteriorate quickly. The Congressional Library faces thousands of fragile volumes, with 15 to 20 year old sheets tearing easily from light and air. Experts fear public access may be restricted within fifty years due to material fragility.
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Congressional Library
Grape Nuts Proclaimed A Brain Food By Sufferer
A former court stenographer recounts brain and nerve collapse eight years ago. After using Grape-Nuts regularly the person recovered, credits the cereal with rebuilding strength and preventing another breakdown, urging others with similar troubles to try it. The testimonial is presented by Postum Co. and Battle Creek, Michigan.
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State Hospital For
Lincoln
Neb
Warer
Kuroa
Lee
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Little
Regina
Eae
Forest Fires Sweep Eastern and Northern States
Fires raged across Maine to New Brunswick amid drought and dry timber. Thousands fought to contain them as vast tracts burned, soil and timber alike destroyed, costing millions and threatening hotels camps and even state reserves. Firefighters toiled for weeks, aided by railroads with crews and foremen guiding operations.
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Adirondacks
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Long Island
New Brunswick
Iass Ia
Crop report shows widespread cool, dry conditions hurt grain
The weekly weather bureau crop report for the week ending June 15 notes abnormally cool weather east of the Rockies with light frosts in the Missouri valley and as far south as Tennessee. Corn and spring wheat show slow growth while drought relief arrives in New England. Cotton lags, hay yields are mixed, and winter wheat harvests begin from Kansas to Virginia with variable prospects in the Pacific states.
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Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Missouri Valley
Tennessee
Central
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
Dakotas
Saissouri
Weber Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Virginia
Hingis
Ohio
Oglfornia
Oregon
Washington
Kidney Pills Claim Free Trial Cure for Farmer
A farmer from Trenton Missouri describes severe kidney and back pain that left him bedridden. After trying multiple remedies, Dodo's Kidney Pills bought from Foster's drug store eased the pain and eventually eliminated the backache. A free trial offer is advertised by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY, with pills sold at 50 cents per box.
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A. A. Boyce
Trenton
United States
Foster-Milburn @c
Buffalo
N.Y
The Fable of the Young Man
A young aspiring writer imitates George Ade and plans to surpass him but finds no topic to write about. The tale mocks inflated ambition and ends with a moral that to be as good as must surpass the original.
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George Ade
New York Times
Low Rates to Boston by Lake Shore Line Tickets
Ticket sales occur June 25 to 27 with extreme return by August 1 and July 1 2 4 5 with extreme return by September 1. Stopovers allowed not at Niagara Falls Chautauqua or at New York on the via route. Full rate details and routes available at city ticket office 180 Clark St or from C F Daly Chief A G P A Chicago.
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Boston
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern By
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua
New York
City Ticket
Clark St
C. F. Daly
Chicago
Prejudiced Critic Spars Over Poem’s Rhymes
A Chicago Tribune note records editor’s wary stance on a submitted poem, citing faulty rhymes such as yonder and anaconda and voicing concern over pronunciation and fit. The remark reflects editorial caution in poetry evaluation.
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Chicago Tribune
Chronic humor column fragment in Chicago News
A garbled OCR fragment from a Chicago News humor piece references Teeter Meter and a Central America mule joke with a rural dialect. The readable bits suggest a satirical blurb about rebellion and a horseman, but many words are unclear.
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Chronic
Byatander
Central America
Chicago News
Dapper-Looking Man Abandons Flirting on Street Corner
A Chicago Inter-Ocean item recalls a dapper young man who vows to stop ogling pretty women after a comic street encounter on a downtown corner. He admits past missteps and an awkward meeting with a girl who pretends not to know him, leaving him unsure of her identity and promising to curb his gaze.
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Washington Street
May
Kate
Frank
California
Guarl-By
Daffy
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Gains Wide Acceptance
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York testifies to the vast number of women cured by Lydia E Pinkham's remedies. Skeptics once doubted the claims, but year by year the cure have spread, drawing attention from scientists and physicians to the medicine's value for women nationwide.
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Frances Stafford
Lydia
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