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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
6
A fragmented ad style notice touts Tostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for bilious attacks constipation headaches dyspepsia sour breath and indigestion. It claims relief from rheumatism kidney ailments debility and general ill health through toning the stomach and recatal casting doubt on medical certainty.
The charter for New York to be created sets mayoral pay at 15000 dollars annually and the corporation counsel at 15000. Salaries for municipal officers will be among the highest, second only to the President of the United States in the public service.
A Victorian style guide extols washing summer gowns at home. It recommends two thirds full warm water with Tyory soup that preserves colors, thorough washing, blue water rinse, wringing, dipping in starch, shading to dry, sprinkling, and ironing on the wrong side to keep gowns fresh all summer.
A rough calculation assumes a world population of 1.4 billion. If each person’s brain weight is included, the total would be about 1,922,712 tons, roughly the equivalent of ninety six typical ironclads in tonnage.
An old time ad promotes Wry Allens Moot Base a powder to shake into shoes to ease swollen hot feet. It claims to soothe smarting and tight shoes, prevent aching, and offer relief from bunions and corns. Available from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Ray NY with a trial package and a sales pitch promising success through work.
Steamers depart Seattle every five days while trains leave Sioux City at 5:86 a.m. daily except Sunday, arriving Seattle at 10:30 a.m. Third Hey Lowest rates. Full particulars from W. B. McNider, G. P. A., Sioux City, Iowa.
The world’s oldest flute, carved from a sheep’s thigh bone, was unearthed in a tomb on the Nile. St. Paul Minnesota notes summer events with tennis contest dates, boat races, and regattas on Minnetonka beach. Also mentions Succotash origin, Hall's Catarrh Cure, hair tonic, and a proverb on faith and mountains.
Robert Barclay, an inventor from Green Bay Wisconsin, devised a simple device to counteract typewriter cramp. The machine aims to prevent numbness and paralysis in fingers and hands caused by daily typing, offering relief to workers and preserving efficiency in the craft.
The device is a small rubber bulb connected by a tube to a rubber hand strapped to the wrist. When the band closes air is forced from the bulb and resistance created, training the fingers through opening and closing motions. The article notes the ruined shape of a hand from keyboard use and praises the invention’s practical exercise value.
Maggie a fox terrier owned by livery stable man Mr McKeever at the Galt House near Cincinnati became ill from a breast tumor. After failed help and a dramatic self treatment she lanced the growth with her teeth and bathed the wound with saliva, then recovered and romped about the hotel. A separate item notes BD Smith in Redlees Isleworth has built ten long glass houses for tomatoes and uses plows under glass to cultivate the crop.
The article reviews Paul’s Thessalonian letters focusing on eschatology and how early Christians combined faith with daily conduct. It emphasizes sober living, brotherly love, and responsible citizenship as outcomes of sound doctrine, urging teachers to balance heavenly hope with practical duties.
The Notre Dame university announces its 107th year beginning September 7, 1897. It offers Classics Letters Science Law Civil Mech and Electrical Engineering with preparatory and commercial courses. Ecclessistical students receive special rates and rooms free. St Edward's Hall is for younger boys. Catalogue by Rev A Morrissey President.
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