Heat Ravages England Causing Prostration and Death
Extreme heat in England has led to prostration and death among people, animals, and birds, highlighting a widespread toll of the heatwave on life.
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
3
Extreme heat in England has led to prostration and death among people, animals, and birds, highlighting a widespread toll of the heatwave on life.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria showed mercy to a widow denied a pension after a miscommunication. He ordered a thousand guilders from his private purse and declared that an emperor’s word needs no signature for his acts.
In Grand View Iowa residents report strong satisfaction with Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney related complaints. Lydia Parker recounts back ache and stitch pain diminishing after taking the pills. Dozens of townspeople share similar experiences, noting ongoing popularity and claimed cures.
The column asks playful, rhetorical questions about famous biblical figures and manners of their era. It cites Adam Eve Solomon Ruth Rebecca and the Israelites in humorous, speculative terms without asserting facts or era details. The piece presents light curiosity rather than reporting.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming to relieve uncomfortable nervous cold and damp feet. Promotes 25 cent price, samples free, sold by druggists and shoe stores with address in Le Roy New York.
Gladys and Ethel exchange lines about mind reading and the ease of telling what others think. Gladys claims she can gauge a person's thoughts at a glance, while Ethel asks if that insight isn’t embarrassing.
An advertisement touts Cole's Cough Cure for chest cold coughs claiming pneumonia and consumption prevention with a few doses. It promises money back if ineffective and lists prices of 25 and 60 cents at druggists.
Northwestern inventors receive weekly patents including Helmer O Klosbun Etter Minn shock loader John Lebens Jordan Minn box and buckle device for harness Marshall Lloyd Minneapolis Minn vehicle axle John McGiffert Duluth Minn log loader Nels Nelson Ashby Minn wire stretcher Henry Stahmer Owatonna Minn display stand Eric Streed Minneapolis Minn bevel square Lothrop and Johnson patent attorneys 01 13 Pioneer Press Bidg St Paul Minn and related advertisements and notices from the Northwestern Hide and Fur company products and a Pills and tonics promotion. The item ends with a calendar note about holidays.
Prof Buckley discusses clay origin noting all clays arise from breakdown of igneous rocks. He explains sedimentary rocks form later from igneous material and classifies clays as residual or transported. He describes residual clays forming in place and transported clays carried by water to deposits in streams, lakes, or flood plains.
Wisconsin Experiment Station records 524 bred ewes noting gestation from 140 to 156 days. Peak lambing at 146 days (21.6%), 147 days (15.5%), and 144–160 days covering 77.1%. Extreme gestations linked to dead lambs. 142–164 days deemed normal range. Merinos longer gestation than Southdown and Shropshire crosses. breed maturity affects timing.
The article outlines a July to December molting period, advising breeders to select early molt hens to produce winter layers. It details a systematic diet with specific mash components, fresh water, shade, grit, oyster shells, clover meal, road dust, and lice control. It emphasizes nitrogen rich feeds and additives like sulphur, charcoal, oil meal, and linseed meal to produce glossy plumage.
The piece notes a rapid rise in incubator adoption among poultrymen, with thousands embracing machines of various sizes. It credits improved models and breeder success for erasing old prejudices, urging breeders to keep up with twentieth century methods to maximize profits and show awards.
Dr. George Parkin, American Rhodes commission chair, is in New York after conferring with university authorities. Two hundred Oxford scholarships will be available, usable from fall 1904. Each grant provides 1500 dollars for three years, prompting curiosity about applicant class and competition.
Flagman Durham of the Pennsylvania railroad Camden annex district moved a sleeping man from the track before a train passed. The sober stranger claimed moon blindness caused his confusion, wandered until light returned, and gave the watchman a wary description before disappearing into the morning.
Cassell's Journal notes a publisher urging a composer to finish a song by adding words. The exchange shows quick, improvised lyrics after a singer hums a string of syllables. An advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims teething relief at 25 cents per bottle.
Save scraps of silk and cut into strips. Bind colors, wind into balls, then knit or crochet into curtains or rugs. Abute the textiles onto a foundation to create a rug or table cover. Apply as you prefer for home use.
An exchange ponders why angels rarely appear in stories. The speaker says fear of judgment keeps them from heaven, suggesting a close shave with the afterlife. The rough, dialectal phrasing emphasizes rural or folklore tone.
A Detroit area classified style notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. The ad claims a reward for curing catarrh with doctors and druggists listed, noting price per bottle and endorsements from local businesspeople.
In a clipped exchange, a speaker asks about a scheme for wireless telegraphy while another quips that his wife has kicked his shins under the table for twenty years. The remark hints at long standing domestic banter amid technical talk.
Purporting to cure colds feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething issues and worms. advertised by Nurse Mother Gray at a New York Children's Home. Sold by druggists for 25c with mail sample offer from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. The ad touts bitter medicine as best through experience.
Old remedy advertised as reliable for eye discomfort promises guaranteed satisfaction. Available through druggists at prices of one and fifty cents. Royal endorsement by Sir John Holt noted.
A letter from John O. Atkinson praises Peruna and Manalin for curing his wife’s chronic constipation and life-threatening catarrh after years of illness. He claims continued personal cure and urges others to seek Hartman’s systemic remedy. The notice promotes Peruna as indispensable for the elderly and invites readers to write for free advice from Dr. Hartman.
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