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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
3
A New Orleans Times Democrat account describes the minting process where tools and utensils contact molten metal and are repeatedly dipped. Oxidized silver coatings reveal delicate, honeycombed casts that form intricate impressions of screws and bolts before being remelted back to the crucible as part of coin production.
A New Orleans Democrat excerpt explains the refined method of counterfeit money 'hoverers' who quietly circulate bogus notes. A female operatives using subtle purchases and pocketed change distracts clerks while a boy discreetly moves tainted bills through crowds. The piece notes a high success rate and rare capture of the upper class criminals.
The text argues babies should grow if nourished and urges caregivers to inspect feeding, suggesting illness or past mistakes may have weakened digestion. It advises minimal medicine and using common sense to aid nature, hinting at adding a small amount of an unspecified remedy.
An advertisement claims Scott’s Emulsion supports baby digestion when given three or four times daily, promising immediate gains and benefits to both mother and child if breastfeeding but undernourished. It cites twenty five years of proven use and lists pricing and pharmacy availability with Scott & Bowne of New York.
An anecdote recalls Clemenceau as deputy overseeing a dispensary. A visitor asks for help securing his sister a post office job in Algeria. Clemenceau notes two minutes remain, grants the aid, and smiles, reflecting on the day's work.
The Atlantic excerpt recalls Rollin Lynde Hartt on the lumberman’s rough edge and chivalry in open air. It contrasts the fortitude of workers with social manners, noting how authority and community temper harshness while dinners reveal human foibles and monopolists. John Gilmer Speed via Woman’s Home Companion.
A study in Lippincott's Magazine traces the nursery rhyme Jack Horner to a medieval tale. It recounts a Glastonbury abbott and his steward using a Christmas pie to appease Henry VII, with Jack allegedly lifting a stash of deeds.
A fragment from a Washington Star style note reveals a citizen asking to use a city phone in a large office building where two phone systems share space. A female worker’s quip reflects early 20th century gender attitudes amid a brief ad and a cough remedy endorsement from Andersonville Indiana.
A Baltimore style clipping notes a claim from Kenna, Jackson County, W. Va., where a three year battle with rheumatism left a woman bedridden and unable to speak. After using Chamberlain's Pain Balm as directed, she rose and walked to breakfast the next day and has not suffered another attack since. Sold by J.M. Nix.
Report says Dr King's new remedy for consumption coughs and colds has given away over ten million trial bottles and claims to have cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma bronchitis lagrippe and throat and lung diseases are said to be cured by this preparation. Call Pfander and Mackroft druggists for a free trial bottle. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1. Each bottle guaranteed.
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