Arabs in Encampment Fight for Arabian Independence
A view of Arabs in a typical encampment at the Red Sel showing rebels against the Turks and making progress in their bid for Arabian independence.
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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
3
A view of Arabs in a typical encampment at the Red Sel showing rebels against the Turks and making progress in their bid for Arabian independence.
Dominion immigration figures show 144 759 new arrivals to Canada in the year ending March 31 1915 with Britain contributing 2 278 and 132 622 last year and the United States 50 700 vs 107 590 148 14. The report discusses postwar settlement for returned soldiers and other overseas residents as well as notes on biblical word counts and the Boruto people as tallest in the world at 0 feet 0 inches.
Johnny Evers recounts a years old incident with umpire Rigler in St Louis when Cubs led 7 1 in the ninth. Fans jeered, Evers claims Rigler cursed at him and ordered him off the field. Evers says such episodes explain his mistrust of umpires.
James Rottway, curator of the British Gulgna museum and eminent botanist, argues plants have at least three senses. He cites tropical trees that smell water from a distance and move toward it, and says non tropical trees can do likewise. A Scottish mansion resident notes a waste pipe stored under a floor was encircled by poplar roots from a tree 300 yards away, slowly moving the room toward the house and breaking a cement join.
The Danish flag is a plain red banner with a white cross and is claimed as the oldest national flag. A 1219 Livonian battle legend notes King Valdemar seeing a divine light in the sky, guiding communal strength and linking the cross to national identity.
A fragment recounts a man described as 46 years old on Oblu paper showing odd behavior at a table. He yells at a waiter, uses a finger bowl with unusual sauciness, and counts his fortune while his companion remains unimpressed as nothing ultimately falls from the table.
Des Moines reports that Iowa will open a six week canning season for corn and other vegetables. There are fifty three canning factories statewide, employing thousands of men and women, with past outputs valued at over 1.7 million dollars and capital nearing 3.7 million. Factories are listed in multiple towns, and Iowa and Illinois together account for a large share of world corn canning, though European buyers know little about canned corn.
Des Moines hosts the new farm loan or rural credits board from August 27 to 29 to hear representations from Iowa cities including Sioux City and Orange City and possibly others. The board will then travel to Ames, and to South Dakota, with Frank Wilson arranging hearings. Ackley residents report Adler-i-ka remedy causes quick bowel cleansing and relief from constipation as advertised by F. D. Weaver, a local druggist.
The text describes an electrolysis method to remove moles and warts by running a tiny current under the nose skin to destroy the discolored surface. A red scar remains for a short time, then fades to white and disappears. it also notes acids as another method for wart and mole removal.
Weaver reports customers greatly pleased with the simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture in Adlertha. A single spoonful relieves constipation and sour stomach. the remedy is said to drain old foul matter from the bowels and work in appendicitis without griping and with instant action.
An old advertisement promotes Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a compound for piles or hemorrhoids available in external or internal forms. It claims one application brings relief and lists pricing of 25 cents and 1.00 with samples offered by mail or druggists.
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