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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
6
An article explains a simple magic trick using domino spots. A spectator picks a domino, you perform a sequence: multiply a chosen number by 5 add 7 double the result add the other number. The spectator reports the total, you subtract 14 to reveal the two digits showing the domino. The piece notes the step by step to mystify others.
A gardener while digging for tulips finds two toads. one is injured and the other helps him reach safety. The disabled toad dies the next day while the healthy one vanishes. The gardener reflects on the act of kindness shown to a fellow creature.
A tribute to Josefa Osborn, inventor of the feminine shirt waist, credited with birthing a world changing garment. The piece extols her innovation, rise from modest means, and impact on fashion and women’s labor, noting a $3,500 start, 850 employees, and an estate near half a million.
A described trick uses two yard long strings arranged around the wrists of a girl and boy. The boy passes his string to free the captives by looping it through the girl's wrist loop and over her hand, releasing the four hands. The tying around wrists must be untied separately.
A Chicago News note explains milk sours during thunderstorms. It cites lightning triggering air gases to form nitic acid that may sour milk, while another view points to angus growth in milk aided by atmospheric conditions.
A playful, fragmented item contains punny questions about Santa Claus entering chimneys and thieves in the outskirts. It notes a joke answer about life sentences and ends with an unfinished line about a house and an eagle.
A fragment presents a riddle style clue about a person who led with a curl and made a mouse, with a purchase noted. The unreadable text hints at a ciphered first line and indicates a historical or literary puzzle fragment. The snippet lacks clear names, dates, or events to specify a full news item.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson argues babies dislike bright light and should not be kept in sunlit direct glare. He warns against deep, padded strollers and insists on shielding eyes with hoods or shade to prevent headaches and irritability. The piece also notes powerful searchlights in warfare dazzle and exhaust opponents.
Washing lace curtains to dry flat without pins and preparing parsley for garnish by blanching and oven drying. notes on a small kitchen hinged table with a foldable board for feeding utensils, pies, and hot dishes, plus oilcloth to match kitchen paint.
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manpoag Iowa writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of female ailments and costly treatments. The ad claims the product cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms, urging others to try it.
Willie searches for his lost dog Fido and bursts in crying to report sightings. His mother dismisses it as imagination, and Willie retorts that his imagination isn’t white behind, reflecting a child’s distress and pride in truth.
Wimbleton and Simpelton discuss a recent asylum visit. Simpelton reports the superintendent’s curt response to an introduction letter, saying merely to “make yourself at home.” The dialogue preserves the period tone with dry irony.
The notice records on November 27, 1908, Arthur P. Schmidt of Boston deposited rights for Children’s Pleasures Easy Compositions for Pianoforte No. 8 Soldier Boy’s March by Julius E. Muller. Renewal term 14 years from December 2, 1908.
A dense register listing renewals and deposits for piano pieces and vocal works. It records dates from 1908 to 1909, authors such as Julius E Muller Georg Fred Luck G W Chadwick and publishers Arthur P Schmidt in Boston, with registrations by Thorvald Solberg and the Library of Congress.
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