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Newspaper
Des Moines Daily Leader
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1902
Page
19
A letter from Paris notes Via Mariani wine brightening the writer and boosting faculties. It claims the precious wine provides strength for existing projects and requests thanks from the recipient. The message is signed in a polite, cordial tone from Paris, France.
A political analysis portraits Senator Quay preparing for a final clash over Pennsylvania's governorship. It describes his machine politics, the nomination of Judge Pennypacker, and the rift with Elkin Wanamaker allies, noting Quay's mastery, fears, and potential legacy. Pennypacker seen as reformer who could dismantle the machine. Wanamaker backing Pattison could widen the conflict this fall.
Advertisement for Dr Knapp Medical Co offering a free prescription by mail to cure supposed male vitality issues. Includes testimonials and promises of restoring vigor, strength, and enlarged organs. Appeals to private home treatment with a free plain envelope. urges immediate response.
Harper's Bazar advises against warm or iced water for infants and prescribes specific water amounts by age. In hot weather, reduce milk slightly and substitute water or gruel, avoid forcing meals, and ensure water is pure by boiling twice daily.
The Mother Superior of St. Francis Convent in Baltimore announced Sister Helen Joseph, long claimed oldest nun and possibly oldest living American woman, lived since 1827 church baptism and 1833 nunhood. She recalled seeing Madison and Dolly Madison and events from Washington war years. A July Burlington excursion ad follows the obituary fragment.
An Irregular Air portrays Rock Island No. 6 eastbound from Denver making a remarkable two hour twenty minute run from Council Bluffs to Des Moines covering about 14 4 miles with an estimated seventy miles per hour in motion. Conductor Harry Fox and engineer Harry Bentley piloted the train while passenger Al Miller recounted the journey amid theatrical disbelief and comic incidents aboard the car.
An Iowa ad by Prof. Mill Miller promotes a rupture cure called the Miller Treatment. It claims patients fit support at the office, return home the next day, and use external treatment twice daily while resuming work. It assures the public not to fear strangulation and invites requests for circulars and information.
An engineer recalls a perilous dash from Lincoln to Des Moines with a late Nebraska division run. After staff orders to regain time, the train reaches Des Moines at over seventy miles per hour despite rain and rough curves. The driver emphasizes swift throttle, air brake control, and reliance on Providence to avoid disaster.
Webster City Freeman-Tribune reports M. J. Boughton found a dark polished vertebra fragment in Boone River bank. Ames lab confirms it originates from a sturgeon nine to twelve feet long, indicating ancient waterways and a different landscape in the region.
In Kangay City on June 28 Judge Wofford urged a whipping post for careless fathers and mothers. Two young boys, one Sammy Fayne and another named Joan Lanaky, faced court for minor crimes as the judge lamented parental neglect and called for accountability, urging fathers to keep children clean and supervised.
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