14 Jan 1904
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
1
Hayward university acquires the late Karl Mauer of Munich library, boasting a rich collection of scientific works and volumes on early Scandinavian history. The item also notes a Washington cough remedy advertisement and reports Baltic shark sightings troubling Danish and German coasts.
A Chicago interview captures the actor’s positive view of the country, responding yes to a favored impression and stating a weekly income of $5,000 as part of the note. The exchange highlights the actor’s optimism and financial promise in the context.
The ad proclaims a $100 reward for a cure of hay fever and claims J Cheney has proven trustworthy in all dealings. West & Truax wholesale druggists Toledo offer products like Cures taken internally, aimed at blood and mucous membranes, with testimonials, priced at 75 cents per bottle.
In a Chicago Herald item a blind man's child says his father can tell coins apart by feel. The reply from Old Hardphist mocks the claim, suggesting the father uses smell to distinguish dimes nickels and quarters.
An offer from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes tested Salter vegetable seeds. The notice claims 1000 cabbages 2000 garlics 2000 celery 2900 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes and 1000 flowers, all for 16 cents postage with 20 cents extra for Berliner Cauliflower. Also notes a high speed electric road connecting Antwerp and Brussels and land sales in Edmunds County.
Geoffrey Heathcote narrates a dramatic escape from pursuit across moorland. He and Ieuan slip from an inn, disable a sentry, and flee as Sir John Postgate and pursuers close in. Whitesock, Wind, Enid, and Jack Locking help shield him until a final return home is secured.
Riis describes a rural Pennsylvania church as a preacher links charity to urban squalor. He recalls the Fresh Air movement born twenty seven years earlier in New York, guiding children from hot tenements to homes, with farmers and churches opening hearts. The vision shows love, justice, and broad reach across society.
Dr Alfred Wolff’s wide study of cancer statistics in Europe and America finds cancers common in wooded and well watered areas and linked to beer or cider consumption. He notes Bavaria and Salzburg high in Germany and Austria, France showing contrast with beer regions, and England’s rising cancer rate with increased beer intake. He suggests environment and habit outweigh heredity, and that temperance in alcohol, especially beer, may be a chief cancer cause.
The article recalls Shiga’s discovery of a bacillus linked to tropical dysentery and notes that Guafulua of Shiga showed dysentery could be cured with serum like typhoid. It also cites Duval and Bassett reporting forty two cases of infant summer diarrhoea in Baltimore tied to the same bacillus, challenging its assumed absence in the United States.
An odd breakfast quip in a Chicago column depicts an exchange about a man named Charité Hugelns. An old man and a daughter discuss age and past conversations, with a humorous tone and social tension evident in the parlor dialogue.
Yorktown Arkansas January 11 Leland Williamson M D a leading physician publicly endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills saying he uses them daily in preference to other kidney medicines After twenty years in a malarious region he claims the remedy relieves and cures kidney disease back pain gout rheumatism inflammation and congestion of the kidneys restoring their normal state and purifying the blood He notes prompt cures and cites uniform success A separate note mentions a biologist Conrad discovering sauerkraut contains a microbe exhaling gas that gives the dish its tang and that women are replacing men in the Italian postal service with Minister Galimberti cited for the change
A Gulfport speaker at the Great Southern Hotel recounts the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon and a wreath riddle. The bee test proves nature’s distinct beauty over art, reinforcing Solomon’s famed wisdom in a street corner Mosaic tale from New Orleans coverage.
A woman extols Grape-Nuts as a sustaining breakfast aiding mental and physical effort. She recalls four teaspoonfuls with cream boosting endurance, claiming the cereal provides brain and nerve nourishment and noting Postum Co. promotes it in Battle Creek. The ad mentions Wheat and Barley components and a copy of The Road to Wellville in each package.
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