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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1906
Page
4
A historical note asserts alum in baking powder transfers alum to the stomach unchanged, rendering some alum-containing foods partly indigestible and unhealthy, according to scientists who argued against such preparations.
A Pierce of Pearson's Magazine argues sharks are not the bloodthirsty villains of popular fiction. They serve as ocean sanitation, scavengers who consume carrion and waste, though their diet is limited to unwary fowl and squids when alive. The piece reframes the shark as a hardworking, necessary creature rather than a murderous pirate.
A reflected column notes jealousy as enmity and warns the club often falls into the wrong hands. It laments harsh husbands worse than stern fathers and recalls love affairs where Cupid fades as Father Time steps in. It mentions sickness, mother in old clothes, and discreet pain under the table as signs.
The first continental glassmaking efforts predate the Revolution. Germans in Quincy, Massachusetts built a manufactory that became Germantown, now the Sailors' Snug Harbor site. Robert Hewes, a Boston notable, is believed to have initiated the first window glass manufactory in North America, moving his works to a forest site in New Hampshire.
A Philadelphia office building superintendent notes rising fears about bling in elevators. The article cites a claimed average of 2,400,000 persons per year affected by elevator use and emphasizes public safety concerns in vertical transit near urban towers.
A disjointed historical clipping recalls Agrippina the widow of Germanicus and her rumored involvement in her husband’s death, then shifts to a mock dialogue about a boy breaking records and a note on Hokusai’s self-mythologizing age progression. The piece ends with Hokusai’s death in 1949 at eighty nine.
A young Meyerbeer composed a funeral march in memory of his father. He urged Rossini to play it. Rossini, moved to tears, played the piece and quipped that he wept because he wished the other composer dead and his father had written the funeral march.
Christine Nilsson candidly judges famous vocalists and excludes Patti from being a singer. She places Patti among the angels saying a Patti only visits a planet once in its existence. The exchange reveals Nilsson's remarkable lack of stage jealousy toward rivals.
The article describes a Bagdad date mark disease said to affect locals in Bagdad and Aleppo, a scar lasting a year, with hyposulphite of soda claimed to affect the mark. It also contains a fragment about a dialogue praising valley lilies and a man moving toward marriage and wedded bliss.
Paria Journal reports a dispute where Bo allegedly refused to pay rent. The account notes a confrontation with accusations and a physical setback described as being kicked downstairs, implying a disputed landlord tenant altercation. The piece centers on the verbal deflection and resulting escalation.
A compact reflection on virtue and effort. The quote emphasizes producing work one can be proud of regardless of public exposure. It contrasts visibility with intrinsic value, urging integrity in every action.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Desperate Cage and Walk O Nights discussing a simple method to ease sleeplessness. A doctor suggests counting to fall asleep, but one person cannot count aloud due to a crying baby, revealing a night scene of fatigue and interrupted rest.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt describes beach sand at Cape May as extremely fine and powdery, forming a unusually deep, firm roadbed when packed. Chauffeurs compare it with sand at Long Branch and Asbury Park, noting the Cape May grains are finer and cube-shaped, allowing closer packing and stronger road foundations, with Ormond noted as the only place finer.
A collection of old adages and anecdotes, including proverbs about honesty, trust, and prudence. It notes Oliver Wendell Holmes facing a harsh critique of The Last Lent and taking a restrained personal revenge by removing the offending paragraph from his scrapbook.
A humorous schoolroom moment contrasts nature with art through a child named Nellie who jokes about her cross eyed eyes. The item urges readers not to judge by appearances and mentions spring rail excursions to Michigan with dates and reduced fares via the Great Western Railway. It also notes readers’ dues and invites payments and notices for wedding invitiations and visiting cards.
Illinois Central announces excursion and home seekers fares through spring. Ticket options include one and one third fare on certificate plan for Fort Dodge Iowa and the Missionary Convention, weekend rates 75 to 150 miles, Friday sales to March 30, and additional weekend and multi mileage rates. Home seekers and settlers routes extend to South Southeast West and Canada with varying sale days. For details contact any Illinois Central Ticket Agent or A J Phelps in Dubuque Iowa.
Business and professional openings along the Chicago Great Western Railway across Iowa Missouri Alcots and Minnesota. Five towns offer a square design for all, with maps leaflets and full information via the railway Industrial Department in St Paul or manager E B Magill in Omaha. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and B J Cheney & Co advertising claims with a sworn affidavit from Frank J Charney.
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