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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
4
Fragmented notes describe Grenadine Island workers in the West Indies consuming dirt, rice and curry, with dirt cakes and rag meals common. The account links dirt eating to severe health decline, including swelling, weakness, breathlessness and skin changes, while warning that unwashed hands also spread dirt-related illnesses.
A New York Herald note recounts the saying not worth a tinker's dam. It describes tin repair jargon from itinerant tinker hours, where dough dams for solder cooling produced useless lead, giving rise to the phrase’s lingering meaning.
The Red Cross is the badge and flag adopted by every nation for aiding the sick and wounded in war. Its privileges come under Geneva Treaty with national military authorization and voluntary efforts. Georg Ansel of Toronto represents the society in Canada after a South Africa tour, while Bias Barton leads the American Red Cross board in Washington.
James Thompson aged 3 years 8 months has remained in a prolonged trance at the Royal Infirmary Newcastle. He has not eaten or moved, is kept alive by liquid nourishment, and shows only rare faint signs of consciousness. The case is noted as unprecedented in English medical science.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway offers reduced excursion fares to major southern resorts including Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans Savannah El Paso. Return passage valid until June 1 1961. Inquiries on rates routes times available from any coupon ticket agent of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway.
In a May 9 1898 letter from Salem Oregon Governor W M Lord praises Pe-ru-Na as an excellent cold remedy and safeguard against catarrh. He notes his family used it for colds and suggests every household should keep Pe-ru-Na for coughs and winter ailments. He mentions Dr Hartman and a free book Winter Catarrh.
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