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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1893
Page
7
An observer describes distinct odors carried by winds across vast distances. From Colorado springs to prairie fires the scents travel far, while distant travelers at sea detect Cyolon forest fragrances and coastal breezes from 25 to 100 miles away.
Capt. Jerry Mason notes how penny dreadfuls spawn amateur sleuths and recalls a Kansas City theater episode. A youth flashed a badge and tried to gain entry, claiming open sesame status from a dubious detective bureau. He confessed he bought a bogus badge and feared the crowd’s reaction.
The article describes nose and ear ornaments from many regions, noting walls of the nose pierced with V shaped metal studs from New Guinea, shell and bone adornments in the Solomon Islands, and thorns in New Britain. It cites Eskimo cheek studs, Esquimaux ear practice, and various world practices of ear stretching, including Babucker women and Sac and Fox examples, with references to Captain Cook and Mangaia Islander customs.
Compressed tea tablets are produced at Hankow in Russian firm factories using fine tea dust priced from 12 cents a pound. The dust is pressed into tablets by sigma machinery at about two ounces per tablet with two tons pressure. Tablets are wrapped in tin foil and paper, then packed in tin lined cases, preserving flavor for travelers and distributors in Russia.
A Concepcion correspondent recalls a brutal 19th century tale where a jealous wife kills her husband by scalding his head with hot lard, and is herself executed by firing squad then placed in a sack with rats and snakes to be sunk in a river.
An authority on city health claims humans in large cities could face extinction, a view challenged as nonsense. The article argues city life yields tougher people and better food, with sanitation improving daily and longevity possibly higher in urban areas despite harsher conditions.
A recent Christian Science convert in Hennessy Oklahoma tested a belief that faith can protect from snakes. The rattler bit his arm and, despite prayers, he died within hours. The incident reduces a believer count by one.
An advertisement extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a cure for biliousness and related symptoms. It claims the tonic banishes a lifelong enemy, improves digestion and sleep, relieves headaches and nausea, and acts as a general tonic for malarial, stomachic, kidney issues, rheumatism and nervousness. It warns against harsh purgatives.
The article urges landowners with cedar timber to avoid waste as cedar wood strengthens pencil production. It notes Florida profits from cedar and international demand in Germany France and Britain. It also mentions rising output and reduced production restrictions aiding prices and exports. It cites competition and trust dynamics in a small global market.
A submarine electrical lamp was tested in Toulon at thirty feet depth and lit a hundred foot radius while fish swarmed around it like insects attracted to a lamp.
A notarized oath from Frank J. Cheney of Fr. Cuexey & Co. in Toledo declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Haut's Catarrh Cure. Also notes a London trial where a nurse was convicted for handling a baby with pins and various patent remedy ads.
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