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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
5
The notice urges readers to trust Mrs. Pinkham's advice and medicine for female troubles and cites letters printed in the paper. It invites readers to request a recently published book with letters from Lynn city officials confirming her methods, calling for further investigation into her sweeping claims.
A Washington Letter recounts how many famous Americans advanced toward success through toil and persistence. It cites Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, and others who faced defeats before rising to high office, arguing that patient effort and courage forge achievement across generations.
A 17 year old Burmese youth, fluent in several languages, is detained at the barge office in New York after arriving aboard the Bucentaun from Port Said. He faces a ten dollar fine for stowaway status while hoping to locate two Burmese jugglers believed to reside on East Twenty sixth street. He previously worked as an animal keeper with the Abadie circus and sought solace after a rejected romance with an equestrienne.
The hostess notes Miss Jiggins belongs to the smart set. An unsophisticated guest admits he would not have suspected her status after a brief conversation, reflecting social perceptions in Chicago.
English scientist and Sandwich Islands official Mr. J Greene proposes the earth takes the form of a regular tetrahedron with the apex at the south pole and the base at the north. The idea, though extraordinary, draws attention from European geologists including M De Lapparent, challenging centuries of spherical and disk theories. The hypothesis suggests oceans vanish in this model and envisions a solid, cooling earth with a smooth exterior.
In the Alpine region a meteorological observatory at Mount Blane and Janssen's astronomical observatory at the summit of Mont Blanc use partial telegraph links down the valley of Chamonix. Heavy snowdrifts disrupt the wires, so a Marconi wireless system is proposed though wind and mountaintop construction pose challenges.
Sir John Murray notes the deep sea is dark and cold due to sun absorption by surface waters. Plant life is scarce but animal life thrives in shadowed depths. Most deep sea creatures feed on mud, sifting tiny organic particles from above. Many mud eaters are huge, yet preyed upon by predators with grasping organs. Some deep sea fish are blind while others have large eyes.
A German scientist builds a fully glass house and promotes it as bacillus proof. Air is filtered through cotton and directed onto a glycerin coated glass pane. microbes are said to die before reaching the glycerin and those inside the house cannot survive sun rays.
Combe notes boys born in September October November December January and February are not as tall as peers born in other months. November births are shortest. Girls born December January February March April and May are shorter, while those born June to November tend taller, with August babies tallest. Economic conditions partly explain the difference due to summer nourishment and air quality.
A Philadelphia inventor introduces a clock with three globes as revolving dials for hours minutes and seconds while the hands stay fixed. The lower globe shows hours, the middle minutes, the top seconds, with gearing and support designed for easy night or bedside reading.
South Africa’s Cape department of agriculture reports a fungus disease to control locust swarms. Researchers inject infected locusts or bathe nymphs in warm water with the fungus, then release them to spread the pathogen rapidly among swarms. The fungus is sold by the Bacteriological Institute in Grahamstown.
A Frenchman M. Louis Levat injected alcohol through soil into a geranium to study effects. Leaves yellowed and emitted etheric odor, roots blackened and burned, branch circulation ceased, leaves withered. within four days the plant collapsed. The item also notes a cartoonish exchange about young lovers and a witty remark from Harper's.
In a brief exchange the Somerville Journal records Mrs. Sjohnson speaking about you to the speaker yesterday. Mrs. Waggles confirms curiosity and notes she would not have commented if she anticipated the question.
A Yonkers Statesman quip describes a husband and wife moment as a man cannot speak further because his wife is present. The exchange emphasizes a humorous domestic dynamic as told in a story paper.
In a humor filled note the Chicago Daily News says a city has enough soap to serve 150000 people for a year. A Washington Star quip asks who is the most remarkable man in modern history and mocks self promotion.
A quirky exchange recalls a late night stew gag as Crimsonbeak jokes about finding his wife in a box at home Yonkers Statesman style. The brief quip highlights a humorous image of domestic life and comic misdirection.
Puzzling night dust on sailing ships remains unexplained and described like indigestion. The text recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal cure for dyspepsia and as a preventive against malaria fever and ague.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement to maintain health. It claims gentle action on liver and kidneys and cures headache. Price 25 and 50 cents. The note compares Ajax defying lightning with not enduring a trolley car, a quip from City Star.
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