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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1901
Page
7
A Washington Star poem notes that on dreary days mood drops and ailments feel weather related. It argues melancholy and tears reflect meteorological moisture. When sun returns, happiness returns. the piece treats weather as cause rather than fate.
A magician demonstrates a slate within a suspended cabinet to mislead spectators. He shows ink, quill, and papers prearranged, then uses a heat activated ink created from sulfuric acid and heat from electric current to reveal a hidden inscription. The cabinet’s cords hide copper wires to produce sounds and movement.
A winter tale recalls a boy who piles a ton of coal with a small shovel. An elder questions the odds, but the boy answers with cheerful resolve that steady effort will finish the task. The lesson: greatness comes from perseverance, not mere force or luck.
An Atchison druggist recalls a tale of tonsillitis where he trusted self healing as swelling would break. His wife insisted on a doctor who found no suitable right handed medicine and hurried to fetch his left handed remedy, a humorous misadventure cited by the Atchison Globe.
Cincinnati Enquirer notes a rumored sale of a cigarette holder priced at around 1 million dollars with a possible title or ownership implication. The fragment hints at a sensational inquiry into a young American woman and a high value collectible.
A veteran physician recalls in 1890 amputating a man’s legs after a boiler explosion. The man received cork substitutes, went fishing, fell in, and was saved just in time. The cork legs kept him upright in water, though he suffered weeks of recovery.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt portrays a couple debating meal crowding as one partner questions gaining weight. The other suggests combining breakfast and luncheon into one meal and dinner with late supper to avoid overeating.
A fragmentary item notes a Chinese junk offering a curious wartime ruse. The crew supposedly dumped cocoa nuts overboard to confuse pursuers, then leapt into the sea among them, with most escaping amid uncertainty over which are heads. The piece also attributes a quip to Victor Hugo about poetry.
A Washington Star quip contrasts a dime museum man and a skeptic about mermaids. The man claims mermaids exist, but explains no one else catches one because they don’t bait the hook with the latest Paris hat style.
An old column notes witty banter about birthdays and a statistic on seas. It then promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, claiming it treats catarrh constitutionally and offering a $100 trial promise with testimonials. sold by druggists for 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills.
A plan to use X ray technology for examining and treating patients is proposed in Rock Island. The event invites the public to view the X ray demonstration at no cost during the upcoming visit to President McKinley.
Dr. Alvin Horne of Rock Island adds a Static and X Ray machine with modern tubes fluoroscopes and screens to his Mitchell and Lynde building office. He claims positive results in treating tuberculosis cancer rheumatism and other diseases while noting comfort for patients and non removal of clothing during X ray sessions.
The Rock Island and Peoria Railroad advertises round trip tickets to Springfield Illinois for 4 65 valid Sept 28 to Oct 6 with return by Oct 7 On Oct 3 special train tickets at 2 only on that date Good through Colorado Wyoming Texas Montana and British Columbia to San Francisco via C R I P railways Also homeseeker and district fair rates including events at State Fairs and conventions with multiple city connections via Moline and Chicago Daily through trains to Chicago via Rock Island and other routes Tickets call depot at 18th street and 4th avenue with telephone 2195
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