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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
8
The Thrice-a-Week World touts its broad news service and fair political reporting while promising prompt coverage of world events. It highlights serial fiction by top authors and offers combined subscriptions with The Wom en for low annual rates. Additional notices promote travel discounts, new subscriber gifts, and a De Witt’s salve advertisement.
Story of the Guatavita gold treasure myth in Colombia. Contractors' Company drained the lake to reach a sacred hoard said to be offered to El Dorado. With rain scarce the bottom mud remained 56 feet deep, delaying recovery as natives' ritual gold and gems were once cast into the waters by a gilded king and procession.
George A Sheridan faced an awkward interruption at a New York area meeting. He defused the moment by recounting a loan tale involving Mr. O'Brien, revealing the heckler had sought ten dollars but received seven. The audience roared as Sheridan turned the sting into praise for the chairman.
A fragmentary dialogue evokes grandiose thoughts on the universe and human fate. One speaker pleads for cosmic insight while the other, Chariss, admits fatigue and self‑worth through the line about earning a Kyvin. The mood shifts from metaphysical to personal humbler reflection.
The article notes thoughts travel rapidly in nerves as Helmholtz showed a thought wave crosses a mile per minute and Hersch found a touch is recognized and responded to in one seventh of a second, illustrating brain response speed.
Montreal Herald notes Cholly gained two hundred pounds during his vacation. The unusual weight change is listed as a health note in the regional bulletin.
A Swiss luxury upgrade allows travelers to reach the Burgenstock summit via an electric elevator. A 150 foot shaft, a 40 foot top platform, and an eightperson wooden car shorten the ascent to under three minutes at 190 feet per minute.
The article describes peanuts as a trailing vine with yellow flowers and a pod that grows underground. It notes many regional names including goober and pindal, outlines harvesting, curing, and market packing, and mentions oil production and culinary uses in Africa, South America, and Spain.
A physician notes that common fallacies surround body weight. People misjudge their own heft as body weight constantly shifts with influences like temperature and meals. Small fluctuations are healthy. large gains or losses are misleading. Ads tout Kennedy laxative honey and tar and other remedies as cures, while warnings against mercury in catarrh medicines appear. Patients are urged to read ads and consider bowel health for overall well being.
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