Rock Mountain Tea and other patent remedies advertised in Ackley column
An assortment of patent medicine notices and endorsements appear, urging readers to buy Rocky Mountain Tea from Madison Medicine Co for vigor, Dewitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments and piles, One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and throat trouble, Dewitt’s Little Early Risers for liver and bowels, Raven’s Poultry Food for poultry diseases, and related household remedies. The column cites claims of immediate relief, preventive benefits, and stockist Franz Higenstein in Ackley Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puoy
Madison Medicine Co
Snc
City of God
John M. Nix
Dewitt’s
J. M. Nix
Dewitt
Raven’s
Franz Higenstein
Ackley
Iowa
Remarkable New Rays Detect Diamonds in Dark
United States Consul General Guenther reports a German journal article on Becquerel rays caused by a new element. Berlin tests show the rays illuminate most substances in darkness and distinguish genuine from artificial diamonds. Researchers aim to use the rays for wireless telegraphy with secrecy and a forthcoming imperial presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guenther
Frankfort
Kirchhoff
Technische Blatter
Demarcays
Berlin High School of Technology
Berlin
Tombs of Lost Race on Pacific Northwest Coast
Scientist Harlan I. Smith of the Jesup north Pacific expedition reports newly explored stone tombs in British Columbia and Washington. Each mound contains a buried individual from a vanished race with no identifiable remains or traditions. Smith suggests the people were a lower form of civilization extinct before white contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
State of Washington
Harlan I. Smith
Jesup North Pacific
Smith
Smith Beleves
New Era for Italy Points to Franco-Russian Alliance
The article reports Italy moving toward a triple alliance with Russia and France under new premier Giuseppe Zanardelli. It notes King Humbert's shift away from Crispi’s policy, Zanardelli's long reformist record, and the widening of suffrage to 2,000,000 more voters while tempering Radical and socialist currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giuseppe Zanardelli
Russia
France
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Crispi
Hoever
Uumbert
Germany
Austria
Humbert
Bismarck
Latvia
Rus
Sia
England
Zanardelli
Nasmuch
Zangrdelli
Brescia
Garibaldi
Raw Meat Cult Swells as Chicago Adopts New Diet
Chicago residents gather to watch Professor Byron Tyler promote a raw meat regime aimed at curing dyspepsia and nervousness. He plans a Chicago restaurant near the stock exchange, touting a regimen that blends raw meat with select vegetables while followers savor cold blooded bites in public to counter anti-raw meat prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita
Professor Tyler
Chicago
Bond of Trade
Tyler
Tylerites
Myes
la Tyler
Alaska exploration and a cheap Yakima Valley rail offer
Government expedition funds seek Alaska discoveries next summer with routes to Bergman and Kotzebue Sound and Copper River. Arctic river descent to the Arctic Ocean planned. Concurrent ad promotes cheap rail trips from Chicago and St. Paul to Yakima Valley Washington for irrigation prospects, ranch land, and mild climate plus facilities. Contact O W Mott for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Government
Geological Survey
Congress
Alaake
Arctic Ocean
Bergman
Wheatward
Koyukuk River
Kotzebue Sound
Copper River
Bilakaki
Divide
Chicago
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Ry
Yakima Valley
Washington
United States
Pacbfic
O. W. Mott
Pac
Minn
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as solution for deafness caused by catarrh with claims of curing nine out of ten cases. Offers $100 for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by the remedy. Mentions Toledo company and local druggists selling Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toleto, O
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Eggert & Thoren
Cooper
John M. Wix
Dewittt's
Chey
Ted Ie
STE
Francé
Rosaia
Andrew Rath
Hoosevelt Fros, Knickerbocker
Ackley, Iowa
Als
Alex
Siylag
K. Heinz
F.d. Carstens
Hardin County
Trey
Beverr
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