11 May 1899
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
1
A long warning about kidney disease highlights the dangers of Bright's disease and other kidney trouble. It explains detection by urine analysis and a 24 hour urine test, then promotes Dr. Kilmer’s SwampRoot as a remedy, offering a free trial by mail from Kilmer & Co.
An advertisement by J. R Edberg of Spencer announces repair services for silverware, musical instruments, bicycles, spectacles, and various items. It promises guaranteed work and notes Edberg’s expertise as a horseshoer. The fragment hints at broad repair skills and local business presence.
Passengers can buy round trip tickets on April 18 May 2 and May 16 from B and OC R N R at one fare plus $2, valid 21 days. Sales cover many cities in Alabama Arkansas Arizona British Columbia Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Manitoba Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana New Mexico Nebraska North Dakota North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming. For details contact agents J Monroy GP TL A Cedar Rapids ta.
A collection of curious notes reports on hippo hide thickness and a bloodsucking mosquito's fate. It cites Burns Kansas sunflower bloom record of 238, a Pittsburgh firm winning a London electricity contract costing 450000 dollars, the cow tree in Venean elapra, and various local oddities including Bardstown Kentucky’s happiest Negro Plus Payne with sixteen pounds of tomatoes, Take City Illinois tiny police force, a single misbehaving arrestee paying 2.50, and Catlettsburg Kentucky bee sting fatality.
A scattered spoof of moral maxims questions male vanity and female judgment. It muses that even the virtuous struggle with arrogance, anger, and memory, noting how newspapers reflect youthful folly and how marriage may temper intoxication with love.
The article discusses alcohol cure theories and an observed shift toward a broader cultural exchange between Britain and the Maghreb speaking world. It highlights hopes for a reformed Cuba, urging massive improvements in soil production, governance, and labor to unlock the country’s potential.
A wealthy Pittsburgh manufacturer plans to provide a wholesome noon dinner for hundreds of workers daily at a nominal five cent charge. He expects to lose money on the meals but cites broader gains. He argues well fed laborers work better and become better citizens, hoping capital and labor reduce conflicts when capital acts in workers’ best interests.
General Greely announces a new telegraphy system based on alternation current. The work, earlier discussed as Synchronograph, involved experiments at Fort Monroe and was pursued under The Chief Signal Officer. Results indicate potential for long distance, commercial cable service and rural free delivery implications may follow.
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