24 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
1
The ad proclaims kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men, causing misery, reduced vigor, and behavior changes. It promotes Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming quick relief and offering a free sample bottle and pamphlet from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton NY via mail.
A ship ties to the New Orleans wharf where bedding clothing and cushions are removed to a quarantine shed. Items are placed on hanging racks moved into three large steel disinfection cylinders heated with dry and moist steam to 180 and 230 degrees respectively. After thirty minutes to an hour the racks exit as rapid evaporation dries the items. clothes remain undamaged and the germicidal moist heat quickly sterilizes all.
A traveler arrives in Yokohama and notes lanterns hung from rickshaws along the night waterfront. The lanterns glow with color under a starry sky as rickshaws move softly, creating a vivid, picturesque street image.
A visitor from the western world notes Yokohama's scarce gas lamps and ubiquitous lantern illumination. The strings of soft colored lights glow above building fronts and even scrape the street, creating a striking, tattegrace on the canal-adjacent native city.
A barber recalls a quiet nap taken by a clerical customer while the barber appreciates the return gesture for church service attended. The anecdote leads to a separate note about Sir Henry Irvin's past generosity to ward servants at Bluff Point and the ensuing hotel staff tensions with guests over catering to an English actor.
Mrs Rangle reports no results after a week of advertising for a servant. Mrs Cumso notes thirty four hopefuls responded on the first day, seeking a good looking lady help.
A collection of social quips and literary snippets includes Mendy and his fiancée debating love under reversed fortune, a Chicago News remark on beer money and marriage, and a note on Wagner’s reception as well as reflections on mummy use in early medicine and literature.
Bologna hosts two square towers the Asinelli 315 feet tall erected in 1109 and the Garisenda built a year later once taller with a noticeable lean now 163 feet high. Garisenda’s base walls measure 6 feet 6 inches thick narrowing to 4 feet 0 inches higher up.
An uncertain origin tale compares a relic to the Aal nelll and discusses its dubious incline or ground settling. The piece notes a 1266 sale for 220 lire. It recalls Sharp Metorts and Lord Chief Justice Kenyon in Lincoln's Inn Fields and Jekyll remarks on kitchens and spits. A Welsh judge’s greed and cleanliness provoke a witty exchange about soap and a nailbrush.
The narrator recalls a strained meal where the husband complains the coffee is weak and ham is hard while his wife demands praise for twelve years of cooking. He retorts that he rarely notices faults and accuses her of overreacting, prompting a clash over appreciation and gender expectations.
A man once cared for a friend's dog while abroad. The dog always sat in the man’s chair. One day the man called for cats and the dog jumped to the window, leaving the chair for the man. Later the dog took the chair when the master pursued the chair.
Ptolemaeus Philopater, ancient Egyptian king, built a vessel 420 feet long and 50 feet broad with a 72 foot keel height to prow and 80 feet to the poop. It featured four 60 foot helms, 56 foot caras with leaded handles, two prows, two sterns, seven beaks, 18 foot high figures on poop and prow, 4,000 rowers, 400 cabin boys, 2,820 marines, plus vast arms and provisions.
The Diary of Sir Richard Newdigate notes servants fined for petty misdeeds in PRIMs Chamber. Nan Newton breaks a teapot and pays 2s 6d. Luichard Wright fined for pride and slighting worth 2s. Wm Hetherington not ready for church three Sundays 10s. Tho Birdall at Nuneaton all day 5s. Cook dead drunk 10s. Anne Adams as washmaid for Lads Day fled on June 2 losing sheets and pillows, forced to pay £1.
A brief note explains that meteorites can reach speeds far exceeding cannon fire, with the fastest cannonballs around 600 meters per second about 1,500 miles per hour, illustrating meteorite velocity differences.
A London Life correspondent shares a brief tale about a mother and her infant son. The child, recalling windfalls from the countryside, asks whether it would have mattered if the first apple had been picked off the ground.
A reflective note praising ingenuity in the south where simple tools and makeshift workshops yield significant inventions. It compares a boy with advanced implements to an Hii Whitney shaping a cotton gin in a cellar, highlighting resourcefulness over wealth. The message underscores that creativity drives progress even with basic gear.
A hospital manager recalls a dangerous moment in care as an Irish nurse named Patrick identifies a core of surgical instruments labeled Vasteur amid a tense scene.
Blinks Nebe is the butt of a joke as Jinks never sees the point according to the New York Herald.
The text notes Hero of Alexandria as the oldest description of pumps and asserts no authentic use in Germany before the sixteenth century. Around that period, mining pumps shifted from endless chain and bucket methods to pumps.
In a playful exchange from the Philadelphia Press, Cassidy questions Casey about turtle soup made from veal, prompting a humorous clash over the dish's name and ingredients as they joke about the Friday meal.
A character laments she is not worth a million, fearing rich marriages are avoided by “manly men,” but her lover declares he loves her for all she is, sparking a generous, hopeful reply.
Lord Chesterfield urges sensible dress standards advising fine clothes for those who are refined and plain attire for simpler tastes. He warns that ill fit and poor tailoring create an awkward appearance and undermine personal presentation.
Illinois Central R R promotes an 1902 Cuba excursion from Chicago to Havana and Matanzas with a stop in the Isle of Cuba plus Gulf crossing, price 155 dollars round trip, and a Mexico tour from Chicago January 28. The notices also advertise New Orleans Mardi Gras travel, Florida and California excursions, and a winter resort folder for Hammon Louisiana with free literature from agents.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a concern involving a minor and agents at Central with signatures including A H Hancox and others. Specific actions or dates are unclear due to garbled formatting.
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