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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
7
A medical note warns that combining tobacco and alcohol can cause nicotine poisoning and potential blindness. Experts explain the retina is affected first with gradual vision loss, and abstinence from tobacco and alcohol is the main remedy. Moderate use of either alone is not cited as dangerous.
Charles Eugene Ongley of Mots Belgium proposes using incoming tides to compress air in a shallow sea chamber. Air is stored and later released to drive an air motor, with a slanted roof chamber near low water. The plan remains untested and its viability and cost are uncertain.
Prof Alexander Agassiz summarizes 25 years of coral reef observations for the Royal Society. He describes reef types in Fiji, Hawaii, the West Indies, New Caledonia, Australia, Florida, Honduras, and the Bahamas, noting volcanic bases, land connections, erosion, and denudation shaping barrier reefs, atolls, and platforms.
The article contrasts Darwin's gradualism with Hugo de Vries's finding that new species can arise abruptly. It cites observations in the onagre biennial from Amsterdam Botanical Garden 1886 to 1900, noting 1 new species in 1887, 2 in 1888, and 800 individuals of seven new species from 50,000 seeds in 1900. Evolution appears as both sudden and gradual according to the evidence.
A discussion distinguishes two groups of exercisers. Some begin training promptly and follow directions whether or not equipment is available. Others require constant equipment changes and strong persuasion to maintain effort for health benefits. The article introduces a machine akin to gym pulleys designed to aid muscle work.
A Farmers' Review summary of Cornell experiment station guidance on building a celery storage cellar. It explains keeping celery in a very slow growth state to preserve vitality, avoiding freezing, and using a snug insulated design with ventilation to exploit cold intervals for chilling before sealing for warmer periods.
A mechanical system suspends the body from a carriage by a large spring and uses two smaller springs on the legs. Hands pull cords wound on a drum connected to the forward wheel, propelling the carriage. Downward force rotates the drum and lifts the weight, then release rewinds the cords for reuse.
In a Philadelphia Ledger exchange Hicks notes Growell’s grumbling about the weather and Wicks comments that Growell prefers weather they are not currently having, revealing a light political or social mood item from the era.
Orchardists debate ideal tree height with eastern preferences for higher heads clashing with western conditions. West winds and sun favor low headed trees to reduce borers, ease spraying and pruning, and facilitate harvests. Low headed peaches minimize ladder use while maintaining manageable cultivation, notes Midland Farmer.
A tree near the New England railway arch on Middlebury Road in Connecticut has pushed through solid rock, creating a fissure that would require dynamite to replicate. The enormous tree weighs many tons and stands as a remarkable natural phenomenon along the roadway.
The fourteenth annual Trans Mississippian Congress at Seattle urged national state cooperation for road improvements. Director Martin Dodge supports a shared funding approach with the United States contributing up to half the cost on highways in states lacking navigable rivers.
A method to cast stone fence posts using a mold and cement. Posts are formed in an open mold with flared sides for easy removal. After setting, pull pins to create holes for fence wire. Dry gradually to avoid cracking.
Water requirements vary with diet and labor. Concentrated feeds reduce thirst compared to coarse fodder, while green feeds lower water needs further. Horses may drink 25 to 90 pounds daily, depending on work. at an Oklahoma station a pair of mules drank 250 pounds in a hot day when fed kafir corn, field corn, oats and bran.
A Pontoon resident, Mr A S Turner, over seventy one, suffered nightly trips from kidney trouble until he tried Dodd s Kidney Pills. He reports quick relief and permanent cure and urges others to seek the medicine, claiming dealers nationwide stock it and it has no equal.
The Buffalo Commercial lauds The Four-Track News as a driver for travel, noting its illustrations and articles encourage readers to explore diverse scenery and climates. The publication aims to aid ticket agents and travel industries while living up to its illustrated educational travel magazine image.
A collage of 1900 era notices includes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents and testimonials praising Wise's Cure for Consumption. Railroad ads promise three daily trains from Chicago to California, Oregon, and Washington via Union Pacific and Northwest lines. Quotations reflect snippets of humor and fate from various periodicals, with remarks on luck, marriage, and economy.
The report lists commodity prices and livestock values in New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh on October 6 1903. It includes flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes cattle sheep hogs and hay with ranges for steers bulls veals lambs and primes across the cited markets.
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