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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
3
A passage extols constant growth as essential to progress. It contrasts thriving individuals who seek larger horizons with others who stagnate. It notes how sustained development requires ongoing learning, while resisting complacency leads to failure and obsolescence.
The Lau melomelo is a Hawaiian fishing decoy carved from hard wood and shaped like a club with a knob end. A village sorcerer rites it over sacred fire to grant power, and if desecrated by a woman it loses magic. The decoy uses baked candlenut and cocoa meat to attract fish, guiding them into a net for capture.
A drug clerk laments changes in women and recalls courting Cordelia. The boss asks about his whee l and the clerk reveals his six tenths marriage and his wife hinting he should obtain life insurance. The exchange ends with comic irony from the Chicago News.
The text describes characteristic body odors associated with illnesses. Gout produces a skin secretion scent like whey, jaundice a musk, apoplexy vinegar, scrofula sour beer, intermittent fever warm bread, and diabetes perspiration resembling hay or acetone, with Bouchardat noting a mix between aldehyde and acetone.
A bashful suitor tricks his sweetheart with a pistol claim and feigns death. She mourns, calls him darling, then discovers his ruse and the couple marries. Also a joke about a cow's riddle and a warning against teasing others.
A cobbler in Detroit meets a stream of customers and poets who insist on work. A self styled poet declares he will bring his verse and face offers of poetry from customers, while shop traffic swells with demands from a persistent poet and a concerned woman. The tale shows commerce and art colliding in a crowded storefront, ending with a dramatic outburst from a stern poet challenger.
An old advert promotes Scott's Emulsion as a daily bone strengthening remedy for soft bones in children. It claims correct nutrition from the product stiffens limbs and straightens bow legs, with a free sample offer and a price of one dollar from druggists.
Fragmented notes recount Rome’s attempt to build a stone theater, Pompey’s wooden theaters, and later stone structures like the theater of Marcellus and Balbus. The piece blends antiquarian reference with ads and humorous snippets from modern papers.
A San Francisco Examiner item recounts a mother’s testimony on preventing dangerous Whooping cough outcomes in her three children using Chamberlain's cough remedy. The piece promotes Pewitt's Witch Hazel salve for various skin issues and cautions buyers to select the genuine Pewitt's product from druggists.
Advert text celebrates Perry Davis Pain Killer as a remedy for bruises sprains and sores. It claims quick relief with vigorous rubbing and urges usage based on injury severity. Price listed as 2 cents and 60 cents.
A brittle advertisement style summary noting claims for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Foley's Kidney Cure, with testimonials and advice on digestion and kidney health. It references indigestion cure, stomach troubles, and a fourteen year sciatic rheumatism case, plus warnings about kidney filtration and constipation remedies.
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