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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
12
An excerpt discusses how proper blood health and balanced stimulants influence wellbeing. It argues healthful blood with correct stimulants supports gentle nervous system stimulation and mild physiological intoxication, yielding a felt sense of happiness and well being.
Jean Francois Raf faelli cites Daudet on stage pathos with a telling anecdote. A woman in deep mourning shares the deaths of four children and a crocodile attack, provoking laughter from fellow passengers and a conductor who hides tears.
A discussion of W E B Du Bois and The Philadelphia Negro notes that Du Bois argues success for Black individuals often hinges on having a white face. It cites a Penn graduate in mechanical engineering who faced repeated, biased rejections, ending as a waiter at the University club. The excerpt closes with a joke about reading a Bohemian book, revealing a humorous patient doctor exchange.
A Loudenapolla Journal item quips that an octogenarian is a man who lights fire at seventy but regains himself at eighty. The remark plays on aging with a humorous twist attributed to Cousin Martin.
Special Correspondence notes the Navy Department dispatching 1825 Manila battle medals to veterans from Admiral Dewey to a sailor boy, plus two civilians who aided artillery. Also covers Senator Cullom and Gates race, Cassimir’s visit, Spanish minister moving to Manchester by the Sea, Newport summer plans, Senator Clark’s Washington debut, and Foss’s European naval study trip with his father.
A Quoted critique argues faith underpins banking and warns that even expert bookkeepers can be deceived by employees who gain long access to records. It cites cases spanning up to 18 years where dishonest methods persisted despite controls, challenging bank officers and national examiners to detect fraud.
A chaotic scene unfolds in a parador as two armed savages threaten diners after a racist provocation. Officers and patrons back away. Blood splatters on the mud floor while the crowd cheers a black man called valiente as the melee ends with the attackers retreating.
A compact composite of quotes from Chicago News and Detroit Journal humor columns. Dizmyth jokes about his wife’s skill with piano covers while Horax queries the flow. A fanciful Easy Promise features a woman seeking a pledge that a future president will fund battleships christened with water.
The text mocks The Cornhill Magazine and similar journals for using odd phrases when addressing four or more people. It cites a laborer reply to a migrant foreman about a fat pig in his sty and a garbled exclamation that reveals the writer's struggle with language and repetition.
A damaged newspaper fragment mentions a local sale and official action with readable fragments. The text references names and places but is incomplete, preventing full reconstruction of the event or parties involved.
Senator Henry L Dawes recounts a Boston area prize fight between Morrissey and Yankee Sullivan. Sullivan paid a $1000 fine after the bout. A man sent a letter from New York proposing settlement terms to the sheriff. Morrissey later met Dawes in Washington and acknowledged a prior meeting.
New York Sun recounts visitors finding a self sufficient New England Madonna of the Tubs in East Gloucester. She recalls meeting Elizbeth Stuart Phelps Ward after the author wrote A Sadonna of the Tubs and accusing her of falsehood with sharp, witty sass.
The Chicago Advance reports an estimate that a church carpet bought for 800 ultimately cost 4000 once direct and collateral costs are counted. The tally includes labor, worry, strain, and heartaches of 100 women and heroic efforts by many, plus demoralization and diverted giving.
A London Telegraph snippet shows a nephew jokingly asking for money and inquiring after an aunt while the old man declines, saying the couple must settle their plans themselves. A Chicago News bit notes a suitor pleading to marry the daughter and being told to resolve it with his intended. Superficial remarks about Toledo sword blades are mentioned, claiming their coils snap back straight.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote recalls a doorway chalkboard at a Fort Feataurant showing items like Bakon Egg 16 and Lam Bite 18 while a Broadway saloon window bore a joke about a free lunch “between 11 and 2.” The piece notes how misread signs amuse patrons and cites a prior sidewalk message that misled passersby.
The text recounts Sir John Adye the Gibraltar governor asking a late arriving office worker about his duties. The worker says he strolls around noon and slips off around two, claiming to attend to the clock every Saturday. Adye questions the department, and the man reveals his odd schedule before the veteran leaves.
Four year old Janet noticed the family helping themselves to mustard at dinner. She secretly dabbed bread with a mustard smear, took a bite, then quickly tasted the burn on her hand. She kept quiet and waited for the jelly to cool.
Fragmented clippings mix humor and anecdotes with medical claims and product advertisements. It includes quotes about onions and a reporter, then several testimonial style notes praising cures from Warner's Compound of Seven Cures and One Minute Cough Cure, and a brief historical puzzle line about Weeping Willow in England.
A famous eagle emblem once adorning the schooner America now marks the Royal Eagle hotel in Ryde Isle of Wight overlooking the vessel's 1851 victory scene. A separate ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe cure for digestive and bodily woes, at 250 price.
They enroll all boyn in the Malagasy school after passing a standard. Sixty adept with this weapon become feared at close quarters more than regular troops with rifles. A patient with long stomach trouble credits Kodo Dyspepsia Cure as lifesaving and digesting what you eat.
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