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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
8
Des Moines reports. Dr. T. Kepford warns Iowa against fly breeding in rubbish piles. He cites TB and typhoid risks, urges garbage disposal methods with examples from Minneapolis burning garbage to power city facilities. Also lists recent patent grants and state notices on incorporation and Prohibition questions.
In Des Moines May 25 Baptists of the Northern Baptist convention debated church unity with a proposed world conference on faith and order urged by the Protestant Episcopal church. The report calls for commissions from various churches to study union goals and spiritual sympathy while preserving distinctives. Training of Sunday School teachers was highlighted as essential to modern efficiency, and discussions favored dry town colleges with strong faculties to shape Baptists into loyal, God fearing leaders. The talk cited pressure from an educational trust opposing small Western colleges and noted opposition to locating Redlands in Los Angeles.
United States tuberculosis mortality fell from 196.9 to 160.2 per 100000 between 1901 and 1910, a drop of 18.7 percent, while overall deaths declined about half as fast. The data, drawn from U S Bureau of the Census reports, underscore a steady TB improvement since 1904 and a projected saving of about 27,000 lives to date. The piece also notes a sham battle observed by militia and discusses maple sugar flavor and a toilet antiseptic promotion.
A Pompeii tourist exclaims over smashed earthenware while the guide quips that a volcanic eruption is worse than a hired girl. The dialogue shifts to medical remedies noting Gapfield Ten for constipation and biliousness, then a wry comment on world conflict and pride.
An old newspaper fragment touts Mrs Whislow's soothing syrup for teething infants claiming gum softening reduced inflammation and pain and eased wind colic at a price of 235 cents per bottle. The ad mentions Garfield Tea as a simple constipation remedy and briefly notes a North Dakota man with a long beard.
Sikeston Missouri and Murrayville Illinois residents recount relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Dema Beturn of Sikeston says seven years of intense symptoms improved to allow regular work and social activity. Mrs Charles Moors of Murrayville says she avoided surgery after starting the remedy.
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