News Briefs From Here and There Recap of Local and World Items
Letters from missionaries in China describe extreme destitution with families selling children to find food amid plagues and rising deaths. Helen Taft inspires a new pink shade named Helen Pink for spring fabrics. Atlantic Inc leaders secure $125000 from 100 farmers to avert railroad bankruptcy. Kellogg weighs a new $5000 opera house after a fire. Malmberg pursues two bills on defense in divorce cases and court expenses. Pork prices ease from recent highs while a plague reports 400 daily deaths in Assikho near Hardin. Hamilton flies into Mexico on reconnaissance, Garrosy crosses the river, and Russian frontier patrols continue. Emperor William’s illness worsens, court events canceled. Local news covers Hungarian pheasants release, a $7,147.25 damage award, a major creamery bankruptcy, dragged-road expansion, endless chain prayers in Webster City, glanders cases near Onawa, petrified timber near Plymouth, and Marshalltown’s new automobile patrol with fire and ambulance conversion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Taft
Helen Pink
N. S. Rattenberg
Atlantic Inc
Atlantic, Northern and Southern Railroad
Assikho
Hardin
Blagovieschtchensk
Charles K. Hamilton
Texas
Mexico
Hamilton
Juarez
Garrosy
Dubuque
E. C. Escher
Manning
Carroll County
Denison
Escher
Andrew Wood
Rockwell City
Andrew Wood Company
Iowa
P. C. Holdogel
Wood
Richard Tillis
Onawa
Williams Hellers
Fort Dodge
Plymouth Gypsum Company
Curing Bad Habits With Self Hypnosis For Drinking
A Chicago Tribune account describes a large eastern city professional hypnotist who claims self hypnosis can cure intemperance. He says the drinker teaches the mind to reverse the craving by repeating self statements like I really dont need this drink. The method aims to hypnotize the person out of drinking by addressing the cause rather than fighting the appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelf
Chicago Tribune
Parisian Beggar and New Shoes Tale
A compact old story recounts sculptor Dupre giving a barefoot beggar his best shoes, only to learn the man pawned them. The tale contrasts compassion with practical wit, set beside references to Morocco’s rain feast and Mohammedan new year customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Dupre
Hamilton W. Mabie
Morocco
Ait-el- Banwela
La-Ying
A. Stalwart
Moo Ortitg Bis Ut
Ainsworths Paris Romance Ends in Family Rift
Dick Ainsworth, heiress Mile. Verdier, and a lavish Paris scene collide as the elder Ainsworth arrives late, discovers his son’s engagement, and later confronts a shocking gathering at the Champs Elysées cafe. The tale blends wealth, stage life, and parental approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alunworth
Ainsworth
Mile. Verdier
Mile
Ainsworth Junior
Clochette
Rick
Aimsworth
Paris
Havre
Worth
Hin
Champs Blysees
M. Ainsworth
Sabe Aa
Chette
Verdier
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van den Oever
van den Berg
H.D. Wormhoudt Sells
Aere the
China
Kellogg
E. P. Malmberg
William
Bauer
Marshalltown
Uoen
Chagais
Fire Department
Ae ‘Heral
Langerak's Drug Store
Ito
Kia Beg
Langerak’s Drug Store
Vander Lindens Bazar
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