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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
3
An 19th century promotional note urges immediate use of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to revive kidney and bladder function. It links inaction to rheumatism dropsy Brights disease diabetes and bladder catarrh and claims the tonic relieves stomach liver bowels and nervous system disorders and prevents malaria.
An explosion at Clinton Dynamite Works in Haverstraw New York injures worker John Tully who was blown 100 feet down a hillside but survives. He regains senses in his underwear after the blast despite remaining clothing. Nearby trees and shrubbery aided his survival.
Advertises Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy with a bold claim offering $500 cash for a case of Catarrh in the Head they cannot cure. The notice urges readers to mention this paper.
A long opinion piece urges better support for aged clergymen and their welfare funds, arguing Christianity strengthens higher faculties and warning against touchiness. It notes clergy aging in some churches and lists religious notes on Rev. TALMAGE, church fundraising, and missionary work, plus a denial by Pere Loyson about a Roman Catholic return.
Gov Porter recounts how Major Cluskey, once an editor, outwitted Col Dick Wintersmith in Louisville. Wintersmith hosted Cluskey after the war, then learned he had married a priest’s daughter. Cluskey declared him guest while he remained host, leaving Wintersmith briefly floored and later bested by Senator Blackburn in conversation.
Descriptions of clouds forming below climbers on Colorado's Rocky Mountain peaks. Lightning strikes threaten the Signal Service Station on Pike's Peak, with the summit area described as dangerous during storms. A closing remark notes poverty causing illness.
A collage of music history notes from 1749 through 1793 highlights major premieres, instruments, and composers. It references Pergolesi, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Gluck, Cimarosa, Steibelt, and others, noting performances at Florence Paris Vienna and Naples and inventions like the first grand piano by Backers. A later article discusses new electroplating methods and metal coatings for ships and alloys.
A Western observer highlights corn cob sugar as a potential breakthrough to produce imitation maple sugar from cobs after boiling and minimal sugar addition. The writer argues corn could supply bread starch oil sugar and more, challenging low price expectations and praising corn’s value.
A French paper traces the word restaurant to a Paris inn keeper named Boulanger who kept bouillon boiled eggs and other edibles all day. A sign promised to restore those with stomach trouble and soon the inn popularized the term restore and gave rise to inns calling themselves restaurants and restaurateurs.
The Stickeen Indians of Alaska claim the mastodon still exists in their country. They report bones scattered across the region and sightings of large living animals. Previously scientists believed the species to be extinct.
A London notice asserts a current diamond value of exactly £7,000,000 with a demand to pay £7,250,000. The line urges readers not to be imposed upon.
A Buffalo woman near death hears celestial harmonies in a sickroom when a street piano across the way plays Johnny Get Your Gun. The moment causes laughter and a recovery outlook, aided by Beecam's Pines tonic. other items mention touring actors and new works.
An advertisement extols the pure liquid laxative qualities of Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims health benefits, including cleansing the system and aiding kidneys, liver, and bowels, without objectionable substances. Available in 50c and $1 bottles through druggists.
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