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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
3
A poor French mountain family receives a Christmas fairy gift after Esther helps Widow David. The fairy leaves a bag of gold on the hearth, enabling the family to live in comfort and to aid neighbors in need, fulfilling their dutiful charity.
A German authority notes wireless operators suffer anemia headaches and poor digestion from high frequency electric waves and ozone in the air. While direct causation is unproven, multiple incidents suggest a probable link to powerful telegraphy currents at electrical works like Niagara.
The article notes Spain in 1901 as a country where bullfights incurred high costs. It cites thousands of bulls and horses killed, many toreros and banderilleros employed, and large sums paid by spectators. It also mentions famed espada Muchaguite and the overall bullfighting economy, including bull values.
Fragmentary report notes a woolen industry and shoe wearers facing harsh conditions. Mentions long hours and wet work, with references to labor and industry possibly in an early period. Details are garbled but indicate a local craft or trade concern and workers’ plights.
A domestic asthma remedy uses blotting paper soaked in a solution of ultrate of potash dissolved in water. The paper is dried cut into pieces three inches long and half an inch wide. Light one piece and inhale the smoke for relief during an attack.
Century survey shows growth in population industry and production from 1800s to 1918. U S population climbs from about 63 million to over 103 million excluding territories, with sharp gains in coal iron copper oil grain and manufactured exports. Data from the Statistical Record of the United States by the Bureau of Domestic Commerce.
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