Vibrations Cure All A New European Fad Comes to America
A sensational take on the new so called vibration cure spreading from Europe via fashionable New York to heal headaches dyspepsia rheumatism and nervous weakness. The piece details how practitioners strap patients to a vibrating machine shake the body and claim health benefits citing various institutes in New York and the social appeal among the rich and curious.
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New York
Kneipp
Europe
New York City
5Th Avenue
Prince Pedowich
Prince Alexander of
Oldenburg
Navajo Textiles and Western Indian Arts Worthy of Continuance
A Saturday Evening Post essay argues that American respect for Navajo textiles baskets beadwork and quill work has risen slowly. It notes poverty drives hurried production and blames white society for many harms to Indians urging support that preserves quality over gifts.
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Yrea
Old World
New World
Saturday Evening Post
Dandelion Plague Hits Gallatin County Montana Fields
In Gallatin county Montana Bozeman and surrounding areas suffer a dandelion infestation. Widespread in gardens and fields the yellow blooms spread from a garden seed origin decades ago and now blanket the countryside. Cottony seed puffs drift with summer winds signaling a long standing weed problem.
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Bozeman
Gallatin County
Mont
Gramophone Amuses Turkish Ladies In Bosporus Cruise
The piece notes Turkish women embrace gramophones after years of prohibition and giggle at musical cylinders. They sing along in many homes and even while floating on the Bosporus at night, where the gramophone’s cries disrupt the romantic scene on moonlit waters.
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Bosporus
Jerry Cooper the Luckiest Man in England
Jerry Cooper, once a gymnastic instructor and merchant seaman, survived a boiler explosion that left him speechless and deaf. After a fall left him unconscious, he regained speech and hearing, making him arguably Britain’s happiest man.
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Jerry
Britain
Jerry Cooper
Cure for Mosquito Bites Discovery by Voges in Buenos Ayres
Professor Voges of the national board of health in Buenos Ayres claims a new remedy for mosquito bites discovered by accident during a trip to Paraguay. He reports naphthalene neutralizes the poison, prevents swelling, and acts as a specific against bites.
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Voges
National Board of Health
Buenos Ayres
Paraguay
Patson
State Board Faces Shortfall on Institution Needs
Owing to drought and crop shortages the State Board of Control must fund four state institutions for the next half year from limited allowances. Institutions report higher costs for produce and feed, including 7,000 bushels of potatoes for Clarinda and 4,000 bushels for the penitentiary at about one dollar per bushel. Coal estimates total 3,000 tons with bids to be opened August 23.
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Board of Control
State Board of Control
Clarinda
Iowa
Lightning Nearly Kills Hawleyville Man in Clarin da
In Clarinda Iowa on August 5 a freak lightning strike felled James Owens as he stepped from his yard under a shade tree. He grabbed a wire clothesline slipping it through his hand and was knocked unconscious but later expected to recover.
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Clarinda
James Owens
Hawleyville
Manenr
Prospective New Bishop for Sioux City Diocese
Very Rev. T Treacy, Catholic dean of Sioux City, says Monsignor Thomas J Conaty rector of Catholic University at Washington has been named bishop for the new Sioux City diocese and will arrive in three or four months.
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Sioux City, la
T. Treacy
Sioux City
Thomas J. Conaty
D. D
Catholic University At
Washington, D. C
Conaty
Trainmaster Fox Attacked in Council Bluffs Stabbing
W H Fox, trainmaster of the Illinois Central terminal at Council Bluffs, was stabbed in the abdomen by Jim Hughes, a discharged switchman. Hughes fled and remains at large. Fox is at St Bernard's hospital and expected to recover.
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Council Bluffs
W. H. Fox
Terminalis
Illinois Central Railroad
Jim Hughes
Hughes
Shot During Sham Battle in Rockford
Oliver Mitchell of Rockford Georgia was shot in the back during a Sons of Veterans celebration sham battle and died shortly after. He was a prominent young man, shot by a comrade in Mason City Iowa on August 5.
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Mason City
Oliver Mitchell
Rockford
Sons of Veteran
Escape from Lightning in Waterloo House Storm
During a thunder storm in Waterloo Indiana lightning struck the top of Clark Gilmore's house, ran down the wall and shattered the bed headboard while Ms. Gilmore and her daughter occupied it. Neither was injured.
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Waterloo
Clark Gilmore
Ms. Gilmore
Manitoba Wheat Yield Estimate by Minister McKellay
Winnipeg August 1 Hugh McKel lay minister of agriculture estimates Manitoba and northwest territory wheat yield for this year at 56 000 000 to 60 000 000 bushels.
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Manitobs
Winnipeg
Hugh McKellay
Manitoba
Northwest Territory
Young farmer’s son dies after horse kicks head in Iowa
In LeMars Iowa Eddie Hewell fourteen year old son of C Hewell a farmer south of town was kicked in the head by a horse and died within twenty four hours Admiral Kimberly seeks release from service from the Schley court of Inquiry due to health reasons
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Lemars
Eddie Hewell
C. Hewell
Kimberly
Schley Court of Inquiry
New Depot Plans Grow for Missouri Valley
Northwestern surveyors cross-section stock yards land in eastern Missouri Valley indicating construction of machine and car repair shops. A large union depot is expected this fall while the company extends the double track east of town with heavy labor forces.
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Missouri Valley
Northwestern
New Placa for Dorsets and a Manila Soldier’s Gift
An American stationed in Bulatan fell for two Filipino women and sent them a full set of American clothing. On a later mail visit, one girl wore the outfits but misunderstood corsets as leggings after unlacing them. The tale blends romance and cultural mix ups in wartime Manila commerce.
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Manila
Bulatan
Millionaire to Occupy Model Endicott Worker Cottage
A wealthy shoe maker plans to move from his palace home into one of the plain cottages built for his workers in Endicott New York. He renounces philanthropy, saying his motive is sound business as improving surroundings will pay.
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Endicott
Women Sign Painters in Berlin Train as Apprentices
Women trainers as sign patatera undergo a regular apprenticeship in Berlin. They learn brushwork and paint mixing and receive gymnastic training to climb scaffolds and ladders confidently. Dressed in gray lined frocks and caps they resemble nurses more than painters.
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Berlin
It Pays to Read Newspapers in Wisconsin
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered from kidney disease and could barely walk. After reading a newspaper claim that Dodd's Kidney Pills could cure kidney trouble Bright's Disease and rheumatism he used two boxes and fully recovered. He now can mow all day without fatigue and crossed the floor easily. This remarkable cure in Chippewa County is highlighted as a notable Wisconsin case.
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Cox
Wis
Frank M. Russell
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Beaudrys Rich Fled and Curio Stone Brings Rubies
Minneapolis man James Beaudry bought a rough reddish stone from a Russian in Halifax five years ago. Sending it to our city, cutters found ten Siberian rubies worth 75 dollars per carat, transforming a curious find into a valuable cache. New York reports 60,000 telephone stations reflecting rapid urban growth.
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James Beaudry
Minneapolis
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