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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
7
A San Francisco Post anecdote features a painter describing a winter storm landscape titled A Hailstorm in the Adirondacks and a portrait of Gov. Gierkins's Scotch fer mer Snap. He recalls a cat breaking through a studio window, and the dog’s fur standing on end like a porcupine as the governor asks to add a post with the dog chained to it.
The Nickel Plate Road touts clean well-lighted coaches with uniform porters at no extra charge. Dining car service features club meals with menus from breakfast to supper priced from thirty-five cents to one dollar, plus a la carte options. No excess fare is charged, encouraging tickets via the Nickel Plate Route for lower rates.
A Washington Star anecdote recalls Frank Vanderlip as secretary to Secretary Gage who once snubbed a cabinet member. The next day a dignified old man with a beard visited, asked what could be done, and revealed he only came to wind the clocks.
A brief exchange features playful doubt as a would be suitor questions proposing to a woman. She counters with self deprecation on his father's potential reaction while hinting at negotiation and fate in a domestic vignette from Stray Stories.
A Washington Star quip frames Senator Sorghum debating a candidate described as too honest to spend on an election. The exchange weighs honesty against frugality in political campaigning.
A Yonkers Statesman humorous take notes patience and a rice trust as obstacles to marriage. The Atlanta- or Chicago papers lampoon domestic banter with quips about seed catalogs fashion charts and surplus cash and recounts a farm anecdote about a cow that swallowed an almanac.
A former railroad worker describes dyspepsia from fast meals and poor hotel fare. After trying Grape-Nuts, he notes steady appetite, weight gain, and family health improvements. The ad, from Postum Co, promotes predigested nourishment and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
Ralph Erling contrasts Death Valley with Bahrain on the Persian Gulf shore, asserting Bahrain's mean annual heat and aridity exceed Death Valley. He notes Bahrain’s centuries old village life, its water carried by boats, and fresh springs inland feeding a desert village through divers.
In a publicized paradox from Scientific American, a wheel with insulated charged balls surrounds a fixed positively charged M. Water and air layers create an apparent perpetual motion by contrasting dielectric constants, but the fallacy hides in the observer's reasoning.
Dr Gilbert attributes baldness to tight hatbands and notes women and savages are less affected. He proposes small cork fenders around hatbands to relieve pressure, preserve blood flow, and allow air movement inside the hat.
The article notes water turbines used 2700 years ago in Chaldea near Armenia, a horizontal wheel with a vertical shaft grinding coarse flour. Canals near Van remained preserved, with 40 mills once along a 60 mile irrigation canal. Modern Europe adopted these turbines 1750 to 1830.
The article explains rapid body renewal in parts like the epidermis renewing in four weeks and nails renewing yearly while eyelids keep the cornea clean. It contrasts human regeneration with other creatures and highlights leucocytes generating antitoxins and defending against bacteria.
Dr. J A Fowler, a reputed scientist, lists twenty motives for arson. He compares incendiaries to beetles and moths, grouping them into categories such as insurance policy holders, those seeking gain, revenge, released workers, malicious servants, rioters, thieves, murder concealment, youths, reward seekers, conspirators, momentary rage, drunks, firemen building reputations, careless bonfire makers, fireworks handlers, and kerosene manufacturers.
Ernst Rubmer of Berlin develops a commercial photo telephony system sending intelligible speech nine miles via a beam of light. The device uses an arc lamp driven by sound, and a selenium cell in the receiver circuit. A searchlight projector transmits and a selenium cell receives, with Morse signals in misty weather by pulsating light.
A home treatment promises immediate permanent heart rest and renewed vitality without drugs. It claims to improve insomnia digestion appetite headaches and nervous troubles and advertises facial beautification for young ladies. References are offered free with confidential mail, with prices for treatments and a safety note on remittance.
A Philadelphia Record quote recalls a newspaper item about a young man losing a fortune on a Wall Street corner. The exchange features Mrs Crawfoot praising steady study and Ir Crawfoot asking for another lesson. The fragment reflects moral instruction and financial risk themes.
The report lists grain and livestock prices in New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg for June 1904. Wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs show varied quotes with no trading activity noted for some items. Major highs include York state cheese at 10.5c and cattle steers around 5.25 to 6.00 dollars in several markets.
Mrs Rosa Adams of Louisville Kentucky writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her female health ailments and extreme fatigue after two bottles. She says she regained youthful buoyancy and regularity and urges others to use it, with a $5000 forfeit if the letter's authenticity cannot be produced.
Women may write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free medical guidance. She promises understanding, kind treatment, and to help thousands who sought advice. No woman regrets writing, according to the notice.
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