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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
16
The text describes two catarrh forms: hypertrophic closing of airways and atrophic opening, both labeled catarrh with different treatments. It links chronic rhinitis adenoids polyps deviated septum sinusitis to catarrhal factors causing headache dizziness and bad breath, and emphasizes proper form specific treatment.
The firm ing business under the name of es & Johnson in Rolfe, Iowa, dissolves by mutual consent. All debts may be collected at either shop, and should be paid promptly to settle the business. Dated Rolfe November 21, 1914. Action will stop your cough with Dr. Kings New Discovery. testimonials claim rapid relief and phlegm loogening. 50c at druggists.
Public notice from Palo Alto and Pocahontas Counties Iowa announces letting of contracts for cleaning sections of Ditch Joint Drainage District No 68. Bids due December 8 1914 by 1 PM at Emmetsburg Auditor's Office with 10% cash or certified bid bond. Work scheduled to start March 1915 and completion by September 1915.
In central provinces India, about 1.4 million natives rely on mahua flower as a regular food. The tree yields edible flowers and oil-rich seeds, with flowers eaten fresh or dried and cooked with rice. Distilling mahua flowers is ancient, producing a strong spirit similar to Irish whisky when properly done.
The article argues editors should print correct English and adopt definite graphic rules, noting current poor methods and lack of universal standards. It envisions simple, few rules guiding rapid, accurate reader interpretation and compares future graphic language to international music notation.
Dr E B Faber of Copenhagen links overeating to many disorders and notes that common complaints such as rheumatism lumbago varicose veins and constipation appear more in heavy individuals. He reports reduced diets yield rapid relief in rheumatism and neuralgia and lower blood pressure, with obesity not the direct cause but tied to the habit of overindulgence.
A quirky self portrayal method uses a wooden clothespin to grip a camera bulb. The two ends are tied to pull the bulb when a fuse burns, triggering the shutter. The photographer places themselves in frame and the fuse ignites the sequence to record the image.
In the Middle Ages southeastern Europe, from the Dnieper to the Urals, was sparsely populated. Hunters and runaway serfs moved into Ukraine forming communities. They raided Christians and Turks, and from the Turk enemy they earned the name Cossacks meaning treehooters.
An article fragment discusses a Sunday night fire destroying the main portion of an Updike elevator. It includes unrelated musings on counting corners in a house and a brief note about bronze-age weapons traced to Europe, with dates ranging from 1800 BCE to 600 BCE.
The piece notes Britain’s splendid gates and walls tracing Roman invasion history. York and Chester boast restored gates and walls once defending great cities. It contrasts with Paris where no such monuments remain and the gates term means little.
The writer mocks grand political documents and argues that governments often violate basic rights, claiming that self evident truths like equality are not real. They suggest elites manipulate public emotion to justify oppressive rule and that democratic governments ignore the people’s needs.
Don ald Macdonald a farm servant unearthed a bronze palstave while hoeing near a former Loch at Bal Loch of Culloden Ivernese Scotland. The axe remains are dated at about 2 500 years old and valued at 1 shilling 2 6.
The German war news service reports a dried clover kept by Kaiser Wilhelm as a talisman. A girl from 1870 plucked the leaf in Kabelsburg, later given to the Kaiser who returned part of it and a white curl to her. The tale links to gifting across generations amid wartime.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a character asking about summer plans and another replying with previous travel or absence implied. The text lacks clear event, date, or proper nouns to form a full news item.
The article explains a simple medical test to prove life or death to relieve fears of being buried alive. Inject fluorescein into the bloodstream and observe mucous membranes and eye coloration. yellowing and eye brightness indicate circulation, while no effect confirms death.
The article argues that plants may perceive their surroundings and respond to stimuli in a manner akin to animals. It suggests plants possess a primitive consciousness and varying levels of “intelligence,” while noting such claims are largely subjective and intended to spark public interest in the science of living matter.
The Navy issues secret code books to the captain and executive officer bound with metal backs to sink if captured. They must be cast overboard before surrender to prevent enemy access. Loss of a code book is deemed more disastrous than loss of ship logs.
An article cites numerous remedies for rheumatism and presents a new non medicinal method involving enveloping the affected area in a solution of mineral waxes heated to at least 50 degrees Celsius and maintained above 438 degrees Celsius for 24 hours. The wax treatment reportedly helps rheumatism gout arthritis lumbago and sciatica.
An advertisement promises relief for tired sore aching feet with a patent remedy labeled T17 T12 TIZ ITZ claiming it draws out toxins reduces swelling and stops foot pain. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at drug or department stores for quick relief.
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