LIFTINGS OF SCIENCE IN THE TIMES OF RADIO ACTIVITY
Edouard Meyer notes that both plant and animal tissues emit X rays with varying intensity. Green parts show strongest signals while flowers are weaker. Chloroform treatment reduces N ray indicators. Uranium pitchblende ore from Joachimsthal yields radium and remains equally active after long storage since 1806.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edouard Meyer
Joachimsthal
Becke
Vienna
Imperial Museum of Natural History
Bad Dreams From Coffee Poisoning Prompts Postum Cure
A man describes severe symptoms from coffee use including restless sleep headaches and bodily distress. After switching to Postum his health improves with better sleep steadier nerves and clearer writing. The ad cites Battle Creek Michigan and a ten day Postum trial promising restful sleep and references The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Constitutional challenge to Temple amendment in Ottumwa case
Des Moines May 14. The Temple amendment constitutionality is before the Iowa Supreme Court in an Ottumwa case. Burlington Railroad Relief Association argues the law interferes with contracts. judge Trimble represented the railroad. Iowa’s McKinley memorial fund receives 1,969 dollars from counties including Audubon and Story as efforts continue to meet a 16,000 dollar Iowa share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
McKinley Memorial Fund
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Trimble
Railroad
Burlington Railroad Relief Association
Iowa
Audubon
Blackhawk
Bremer
Butler
Buchanan
Carroll
Cass
Crawford
Dallas
Delaware
Emmet
Fremont
Grundy
Howard
Jackson
Keokuk
Kossuth, Lee
Madison
Marion
Marshall, Mitchell, Page
Ringgold
Shelby, Story, Taylor
Washington, Wayne, Webster, Woodbury
Wright Counties
Divorces Demand Surpasses Marriages in Polk County
The Polk County district court sees far more divorce petitions than marriage licenses this term. Monthly licenses run in the hundreds, but the docket shows divorces outpacing licenses with many blank spaces for filings.
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Polk County
Increase Pensions to Blind Under General Law
The first four pension increases to $100 for blind recipients have been mailed by Pension Agent Clarkson at Des Moines. Recipients include Francis M. Huck of Minburn, Robert N. Moore of Indianola, Wesley Morris of Rock Rapids, and James Poland of Iowa City. The cases involve total disability due to blindness and other infirmities, part of about 40 cases to be processed similarly.
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Iowa
Auditor of State
Joe H. Byrnes
H. H. Griffiths
Des Moines
Monona County
George Johnson
George Phillips
Omaha
Missouri River
Iowa Island
Clarkson
Francis M. Huck
Minburn
Robert N. Moore
Indianola
Wesley Morris
Rock Rapids
James Poland
Iowa City
Dodd's Kidney Pills Touted After Local Cure
In Harford Mills New York the neighborhood cites a striking case of Mrs. J. D. Wallace who, after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, regained the ability to walk eighty rods and perform work. She gained twenty pounds in three months and credits the pills with her recovery. The report closes with a Panama gag and a Monroe Doctrine note from Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harford Mills
Dodd
J. D. Wallace
Wne
Sewing Machine Offers From Sears Roebuck Chicago
A clipped notice promises the handsomest sewing machine catalogue and low prices on Minnesota Singer Wheeler Wilson White Standard and New Home brands. Readers are urged to cut out and return the notice to receive the book by postpaid. The item also mentions Jersey applejack linked to hydrophobia debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Singer
Wheeler Wilson
Standard
Wheeler & Wilson
White
Sears, R Buck & CO
Chicago
One Night Cuticura Hand Cure Promises Fast Relief
Soak hands in hot creamy Cuticura lather, dry with Cuticura Soap and apply Cuticura Ointment. Wear loose gloves overnight and bandage lightly to treat red rough chapped dry palms. Promises cure in a single application for nail and skin problems often seen in one session. A Chicago Tribune quote warns against hurry.
Foot ease promise and medicine ads in old paper
Advertisements claim Allen's Foot Ease can let women wear smaller shoes and ease swollen feet with a trial package offered. Also included are cautions against Piso’s Cure for a cold and a quip about speaking, attributed to various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Endorsement Spotlight Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Miss Alice M. Smith of Minneapolis shares a strong testimonial claiming monthly pain relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promises no pain after two years of suffering and notes continued use during fatigue as a preventive aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Smith
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E.pinkham
Dean
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alire M. Smith
Third Ave
South Minneapolis
Peruna Tonic Promoted To Help Society Women
A society woman’s hectic evenings and social engagements drain her nerves leading to systemic catarrh. Peruna is advertised as a strengthening tonic that invigorates a run down nervous system, with letters from society women nationwide endorsing its benefits.
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United States
Peruna Promises Health Restorations From Columbus Firm
Letters from Buffalo and Elkton describe dramatic recoveries after using Peruna tonic. Mrs. J. E. Finn claims renewed health in two months and Mrs. J. W. Reynolds credits Peruna with avoiding doctors and sustaining daily work. The ad offers free home treatment directions from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Finn
East High Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
J. W. Reynolds
Elkton
Peruna
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B.B.B
B.B. B
Balace & B
Atlanta
Ers
Ames
Des Moines River
Northwestern Railroad
Boone
N. B. Garver
Engineering Department
The
State Agricultural College
Gov. Cummins
Cornell College
St. Louis
Commission
Simpson College
Fire Department of
S. H. M. Byers
Loyal Legion
Maj. Byers
Sherman
Switzerland
S. H. Harper
Wapello County
Iowa Commandery
J. W. Muffly
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Terminal
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Lanphere Conkling
J. B. Norman
Albia
Springfield
Ill
James B. Weaver
People's Party
State Board of Control
John Downie
Dows
Bermuda
Chicago Inter Ocean
Republic of Panama
Washington
Jersey
N. Y. World
Chicago Tribune
Inter Ocean
J. F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Mrs. Finn
New York
Cascarets
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Red River
Tachmiety
Nichols & Shepard Coo
Southern Foundry CO
Owensboro
Kentucky
DeLoach
DeLoach Mill
Mfg
Liberty St
Third St
Louis
Fitzgerald &Co
Box BM
Washington, D
Montana
America
Daly Say
M. Ritchie
Graften
North Pakeota
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