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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
1
A clipping discusses life’s dependence on water and its temperature limits, noting Earth's 212F top and 32F bottom for fresh water. It then summarizes Etruscans’ influence in ancient Italy and mentions a touristic English phrasing error in Germany about operating electric lights.
The piece notes Icelanders are said to be the longest lived, and cites Arctic travelers as immune to pneumonia. It suggests the pneumonia and grip germs struggle in the frozen north, and imagines sending them northward as a remedy for global unhappiness.
The Sabine Lake canal, 15 miles long, links the Sabine and Teches rivers to create a Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic route via Sabine lake between Louisiana and Texas. The first shipment, a lumber load to England, demonstrates the canal's potential and the broader plan to develop deep waterways for cheaper, easier transport and expanded trade opportunities.
The article notes Claridge's famous hotel in London, once Mivart's, opened 1808. Mivart introduced the first hotel bathroom. It later passed to Mr and Mrs Claridge and is now run by a company. The piece also references US marriage age laws, a parson, and Vanderbilt income comparisons to a noble American heiress match.
An Indiana farmer recounts a Sloan's liniment remedy for hog cholera that saved pigs he cared for five years ago while working for J. D. Richardson in Lafayette. He reports persistent success using the treatment and urges readers to request Dr. Sloan's free book on treating horses cattle hogs and poultry.
Edmund Clarence Stedman famed as poet and banker once threw a book at a servant. The book vanished with a passerby, later found in a second hand shop. Stedman bought back the very volume for about $40 after paying $50 originally, and noted the sender’s card in the pages. The incident cured him of tossing books at workers.
W H Pawson Jr writes from Coaldale Alberta detailing 348 acres of grain for 1907 including 197 acres spring wheat and 152 oats with average yields of 38 bushels per acre for wheat and 74 for oats. He notes prices of 1.00 per bushel wheat and 0.50 for oats, hay and potatoes yields, and describes 1906 breaking work and the use of a four horse team to raise about 19,000 bushels of grain worth 12,000 dollars.
Warner Alta Canada January 9 1908 letter from BF Lefping Well to Dear Sir notes first year farming results. A L Warner raised 2515 bushels winter wheat on 100 acres and Tenny brothers yielded sixty acres at thirty bushels per acre. Spring wheat thirty, oats fifty to eighty, barley fifty, flax ten to fifteen on sod. Settlers pleased with country stock fat on grass. Information to reach districts and rates available from Canadian government agents.
A comic exchange features a salesman urging a talking machine and a husband retorts that he already married one. The gag highlights domestic humor and a Mrs Grouch contrast.
An old surgeon describes quitting coffee due to tremors and insomnia. After trying Postum, his nerves and circulation improved, his friend also praised Postum, and the pair urged boiling Postum per directions and making it a national drink. The advertisement cites Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich., and promotes Road to Wellville.
A minister visiting for tea asks guests which Biblical figures they would meet in heaven. Mrs In the swim remains silent until urged to answer and cryptically quips she would not speak to Eve, adding she would rather not meet her in heaven.
Wilfred sits on his father’s knee as his mother fixes her hair. The father jokes about Marcel waves while Wilfred humorously remarks there are no waves, it’s all beach. Harper’s Weekly notes a playful family scene.
An Iowa farmer with 100 acres reports selling 800.00 worth of seed and 300 tons of hay from a single crop. The notice advertises the John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offering the original seed catalog and samples such as Billion Dollar Grass and Victoria Rape for 10 cents, plus an extra package for 14 cents.
Mrs Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York recounts a five year illness after a fall that damaged her kidneys and caused back and hip pain weak ness and discolored secretions. She credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with rapid relief and full recovery. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A father chides his daughter Katherine for lingering with a young man in the vestibule. She replies that she is saying good night, claiming light is wasted or that love makes the world go round. The exchange ends with a humorous quip about the Bas meter.
A Philadelphia Press remark quotes Grafton calling himself a professional man while noting he engages only in politics. The dialogue asks whether politics is a profession or a business, contrasting power and nonpower periods.
Police headquarters received a call from a woman threatening to strike a drunk man with a gun. The patrol wagon rushed to the scene but found no trouble and returned empty, according to the Kansas City Star.
A tramp seeks aid from a farmer’s wife. He flatters her with compliments about her voice and asks for mercy. She appears interested but ultimately offers only a half loaf and a chunk of cold beef to the wanderer.
A distorted OCR passage references Dost thou and Turgenev with stray phrases about spring grace and shaving fatigue. It mentions the Atchison Globe and a storm, suggesting disrupted routines and characters, with unclear narrative linking to wives and timing.
A fragment from Lancet discusses cooking as more than hygiene. It argues cooking is an esthetic process that enhances the appearance of food, making it more attractive and stimulating the gastric glands to aid digestion. The excerpt emphasizes the mental initiation by sight of pleasing dishes.
A periodical argues that women drive stage success, as men follow where women attend. It contends that plays must first appeal to women to succeed, citing domestic country examples as proof.
Fragmented OCR notes reflect a Tennessee sentiment praising churches schools and happy laborers. It quotes Louis Stevenson and urges gratitude through rain and memory. also includes a disjointed proverb about finding unlucky days by the full moon.
Short fragments present notable quotes from Cicero and Longfellow cited in a Baltimore Sun page. The items read Afflictions are the best blessings in disguise and a remark about fire-to-fire-Greek and Goa imagery.
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