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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1901
Page
3
A collage of cartoon captions and joke lines from Chicago newspapers. It features banter about hair color, birthday cake requests, fowl questions, and social quips. Several jokes rely on puns and character dialogue, reflecting lighthearted society snippets from the era. Notable names include Nellie Flo Ally Sloper and Miss Oldham in situational humor.
The Pan American exposition promises superior machinery and transportation displays. American inventiveness shines in automatic machinery and power development devices. The exhibit will feature modern agricultural and factory machinery, roadmaking innovation, and a transportation section highlighting railways and global wheeled progress. MARK BENNETT.
Acetylene gas lights streets and buildings across towns and factories. Niagara Falls houses the world’s largest calcium carbide plant boosting acetylene production. At the Pan American exposition a dedicated acetylene exhibit rises with a large L shaped building featuring 650 jets, decorative lighting, and illuminated exterior and interior designs including the Ohio State building with 169 jets inside and the rest on the exterior. The display emphasizes brilliance as the sun sets.
A ragged mix of antique verse and catalog-like prose notes. It cites John M. Nix promoting various tonics and remedies, references to Buckler's Ardea Salve, Kodol dyspepsia cure, Dewitt's Little Early Risers, and Rocky Mountain Tea, alongside brief editor’s quotes and misprinted lines.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as life giving for men, women, and children. It claims to restore appetite, lift burdens, and aid weight gain, presenting it as food that eases digestion and strengthens health despite hard work. Distributed by A Bowne, chemists, with price details implied.
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