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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
6
A Missouri university expert condemns alum in baking powders citing medical notes on digestion irritation bowel constriction and impaired nutrient absorption. He warns even small amounts pose health risks including fatal outcomes in children and adults and calls for legal restrictions.
The article highlights Arthur Duffy as a top sprinter and medal collection, Indiana Congressman Fred Landis relying on coffee bubbles as a weather sign, and Viscount Hayashi as a cultured Japanese minister in London with liberal, progressive views and English fluency.
About ten percent of New York wholesale buyers are women. Miss May Goelet’s wedding gifts to the duke of Roxburghe amount to a potential multimillion dollar fortune. Wisconsin Mayflower Descendants reelect Mrs. James Sidney Peck as governor, reportedly a unique state office held by a woman. The society also funds a Provincetown monument honoring the Mayflower signers.
A. A. Boyce of Trenton Missouri describes severe back ache and kidney pain from a daily cola incident that kept him from walking. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, his backache gradually disappeared and he regained ease of movement. Sold by dealers or Foster Milburn Buffalo NY for 50 cents a box.
Artin Architecture outlines a five room house costing 1900 with 28 by 30 foot footprint plus bay and veranda. Cedar shingles olive green accents and white trim, cedar interior finish, beamed reception hall, fireplace in living room, large veranda via French window, gas and furnace ready, Georgia pine finish, basement rooms, and modern plumbing all prepared for occupancy by Geo A W Kintz.
Government commission reports sleeping sickness in Uganda tied to glossina palpalis tsetse flies. They note widespread depopulation in Buvema island and Busoga, find trypanosomes in cerebrospinal fluid and blood, and show infected flies transmit disease to monkeys. Eradication hopes center on fly extinction and a trypanosomacide serum.
The article reviews the rise of modern copper mining in the United States starting around 1845, noting Michigan's early output and dominance in 1880, Michigan’s Silver Bow and Butte districts, Montana’s rapid growth by 1892, and later Arizona. It cites values peaking near 80 million dollars annually and identifies the three leading districts: Butte, Lake Superior Michigan, and Clifton Bisbee Globe in Arizona.
English inventor patents a wood based silk imitation produced near Sydowsaue Germany. A plant now makes 50 pounds of skein silk daily, could reach 2000 pounds with scale up. Threads of 18 strands appear cream colored and soft to the touch, yet weaker than real silk. The process remains undisclosed, pulp is chemically treated and drawn through fine tubes under hydraulic pressure.
An anthropologist from Prague reports brain weight averages from 235 individuals, noting men average 1400 grammes and women 1200, with lighter brains among brewers and waiters and higher weights among cabinetmakers shoemakers and blacksmiths, plus remarks on telegraph innovations by Siemens Halske and colleagues and Poulsen’s telegraphone experiments.
The Bristow investigation reveals corruption in the Post Office beginning in 1898 and continuing to about a year ago. The president and special counsel Bonaparte and Conrad defend the report and insist on pursuing all indicted and related cases to full justice.
The Philadelphia Press Washington Star and St. Louis Globe- Democrat comment on Col. Bryan in England. They question Cleveland’s status and discuss his possible opposition to a third term. The pieces note Bryan’s preference for free trade and ridicule the notion he may adopt Chamberlain’s protectionist stance.
An editorial discusses Grover Cleveland declining a presidential bid in 1904 and criticizes Parker and Gorman as candidates. It posits David Bennett Hill of New York as the national democracy's best hope to regain credibility and unity, praising his administrative efficiency and loyalty.
The Cleveland Leader notes the Panamanian treaty grants the United States absolute sovereignty over the canal belt for 10 million dollars, with authority to police and regulate sanitation in Panama and Colon while keeping the waterway neutral and open to all nations. The piece contrasts this with a Colombian lease and cites Iowa election official counts showing Gov. Cummin’s margin at 79,090 over the Democrat.
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