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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
6
A Christmas Day 1908 letter from Mrs R F at Aisfey Forthall, Newfoundland describes a four month old with widespread eczema. After trying Caticura Remedies the child improves in two months and is well in six months. The note is paired with news of Lieut Hino’s automatic pistol design firing eighty rounds per minute with a 1,000 yard range.
A vintage note extols Beandreth’s Pits as a universally safe laxative for all ages. It claims precise dosing, pure extract ingredients, and ongoing availability in drugstores. The piece ridicules competing remedies and urges trust in Brandreth’s Pills as the time-honored laxative grandparents used.
In a bustling Daytona hotel, famed actor Richard Mansfield encounters a barber who mistakes him for a jail inmate. The barber jokes about Mansfield’s allegedly unserious mood, while Mansfield clarifies he has just stepped out of Jolthia morning after a prior incident.
A fragmented dialogue mentions interest in an operating contest and praise for a food article. The speaker asks to nab business while asserting they are an actor, attributed to Cleve land Pino Dealer.
An old advertisement argues caffeine weakens the heart and nervous system, urging readers to quit coffee or tea and try Postum. It claims many dismiss the facts, while promote reading The Road to Wellness from Dosturny Co of Battle Creek Michigan, touting a healthier beverage alternative and a self improvement message. The piece mocks common objections and cites the author’s experience.
The article blends meteorological work and global forecasts with regulatory food packaging rules, Cuba diplomacy fallout, and a wave of investigations. It notes plans for daily weather reports, political resignations, inspections of public health at asylum sites, and the U S response to Cuban unrest, plus graft probes and military spending.
Records from Manila show 218000 people vaccinated in the last year, with only 27 pullipox deaths in 1904 among a population not exceeding 220000. Spanish and American policies affected vaccination, and officials plan a corps of 360 vaccinators, though treasury limits delay full deployment.
Prof Felix Adler addressed the Society for Artistic Culture on a present moral crisis in American life. He criticized editors and speakers for claiming the people are noble and able to set things right after revelations, doubting mass rule will fix issues, and urged new laws and principles amid Democratic platform debates on labor rights under the factory system.
Mrs Sally Morris Corey urged club women to reject mere popularity asks and embrace original thought. She argued businesswomen must win merit not pose. praised educated modern women yet urged parity with men through women judges jurists and legal equality.
Dr A T Mitchell warned at a Chicago railway surgeons convention that popular hostility to wealth and corporations signals neurasthenia sweeping the nation. He attributed unrest to perverted nerve action enabling a few to profit from the many, noting lobbies of capital as necessary for self preservation. Kansas City official Jackson filed fifty counts against International Worvestor Co for alleged state antitrust violations, with fines up to a thousand dollars per count, funding state schools.
The Shah of Persia opened his parliament with great show while the throne speech, read by the Governor of Tehran due to the ruler’s health, urged national unity and government support. Festivities lit the capital as officials welcomed the new era and promised restraint and order.
Morgan of New York bought the illuminated parchment Bible from Cluny monks for a $25,000 value. Brokers protested the $4,000 duty, arguing the 20 year old printed manuscript should be duty free. The book measures about 20 by 24 inches and three inches thick, bound in stamped feather covey.
Obituary notes the death of Judge Joseph B.K. Gary of Conk County Superior Court Chicago on Wednesday at age 82. Born 1821 in Pottsdam, he moved west, formed a legal partnership with Murray I. Tyley, joined the bench in 1868, and was famed for sentencing sardists. The piece recalls his long service, public esteem, and a notable 1887 speech defending law and order. Also mentioned are Wright on opsonic index, church conversions in Germany, and wheat market dynamics.
Mexican authorities announce establishment of markets across Mexico City to price goods at cost or below to drive the trust out of business. The move follows the trust raising meat prices, aiming to aid poorer classes amidst the dispute. A separate item notes Miss Jonnie Wietcher of Leicester Dunkin, a 9 year old girl, beating the world swimming record of 100 goody with a time of 1 80 48 0.
A compiled list of notable dates and events from 1063 to 1914 including battles such as Agincourt and Hampton, political shifts like Massachusetts governor, technological advances with steamers and the New York subway, natural events including Vesuvius and Saint Maria eruption, and figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Dewey.
Columbia University faculty unveiled a novel 1907 08 plan paying tuition based on a five dollar per point system. Points reflect one hour of work per week for half a year and could reduce total tuition by up to six hundred twenty dollars with deductions for poor scholarship. Students earning 94 points could gain an extra point toward a higher degree, while failing courses and delinquent exams incur five dollar penalties.
The $500 Wards prize for the best painting at the nineteenth annual exhibition of American paintings, now open at Chicago, has been awarded to Harry O. Tanner, a Pennsylvania Black artist from Pittsburgh, for his work titled She Disciples at the Tomb. Tanner has studied in Paris studios and his works have hung at Luxembourg, the Carnegie Institute, and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
After the executive board approved the plan the methodist Episcopal church consolidated with headquarters at Cincinnati. The union includes the Board of Education Society the Bundeg School Union the American Tract Society and Freedman's Aid Society.
A Rudsiin government under Prime Minister Stolypia tightens control with mass arrests and exile of those opposing the program. An AQ report claims 25,000 in Yen are targeted as imperial decrees strip wages and state jobs while declaring all people equal before the law. Citizens formerly in the communal system are freed to seek work where they please.
The Philippine assembly will replace the present commission with two houses, creating a Philippine commission and a Philippine assembly of 50 to 100 members. Voter qualifications from Spanish rule will remain, and Secretary Lac plans to observe the installation next spring as the administration directs a general election.
The Great North reports nearly seven million in gross earnings, with 4.25 million net. Baltimore and Ohio posts 82.5 million gross, up about 10 million. net earnings 20.1 million. Denver and Rio Grande grosses 17.8 million, net 8.87 million, up modestly. Illinois Central shows freight gains but lower passenger earnings. total rails push ahead with new electric locomotives, expanded stations, and major capital moves changing the NYC system.
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