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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
3
The piece notes sailors rely on sea water for remedies and beliefs. In Brittany fishermen drink sea water for colds, waves supposedly predict events, and old sailors blame tempests on guilty consciences? a Russian captain throws cash overboard to end a gale. superstition and folklore intertwine with seafaring life.
An eminent Simla physician notes Punjabis who eat coarse whole-wheat bread very rarely get cancer while another surgeon suggests white bread could cause cancer and other ailments. The Punjab diet centers on lightly scorched unleavened wholemeal bread with dal or curries, plus raw vegetables, radishes, fruit and milk, producing strong teeth and physiques.
Gossip traces Aristotle as one of history's wisest yet flawed about women. The quote favors avoiding women as remedy. Clemenceau, nearing death, said he wanted no woman around him. The piece notes sex as the real driver of attraction between genders.
Popular Mechanics reports use of electric heating to create artificial fevers in patients with illnesses aided by fever such as paresis. The fever is produced by diathermy equipment to better control temperature and duration, a method seen as tapping the body’s defensive fever response against invading organisms.
The article notes Popocatepetl height at 17 888 feet and describes the northeastern slope ascent with rough year round roads. About 14 500 feet horses are left behind. Diego de Ordaz likely first European to climb it. Additional trips occurred in 1827, 1834, 1848, with a two day survey by Mexico in 1905.
Donald bursts in after school to tell his mother he and Jimmie fought. They both quit the fight when Donald realizes he is wearing new pants and mustn't ruin them. The scene ends with surprised mother pondering the outcome.
Sunday dinner confusion leads to a family moment as a mother reveals the dish is goulash. Hetty knows what it is by noting she wears something on her feet when it rains.
A child pleads to accompany his mother as they plan to attend a funeral, requesting to join the journey and saying he has never attended such an event before. The dialogue reflects a somber family moment and the boy's curiosity about funerals.
John Kersbergen offers general blacksmithing and horseshoeing services. Bring in work for repairs, shoeing, and metalwork. Local shop ready to handle tool making and farm needs with prompt service.
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