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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
7
The article argues that fruit is not harmful and can aid bowel disorders when used properly. It cites wartime cases of dysentery improved by ripe peaches, recommends fruit juices with low cane sugar, and notes acids vary in effect. It warns against mixed fruit with rich foods and favors fruit alone at last meals.
The piece recounts a tale of several prominent Japanese students dining at a Boston host’s home. One absent guest is labeled very dissipated by a peer who explains the term means he is “very dissipated” for eating sponge cake constantly and being “all broke up.” The host learns the remark was a mistranslation-like joke about behavior rather than intoxication or gambling.
Frances Willard argued that physical strength and health are essential for true female advancement. She criticized fashion for degrading constitution and turning women into mere decorative figures, worn by long skirts and risky attire as milliners dictated.
A collection of home cookery notes detailing mashed peas with nuts baked until dry, Graham gems using graham flour, Irish corn soup from corn pulp, split pea soup with cream and croutons, and baked parsnips simmered in their own juice.
A British inventor unveils wolft a perfect substitute for leather used in boots and shoes. The material is praised for coolness lightness durability and waterproofing while remaining porous and nonconductive reducing the need for rubber soles in slushy conditions. The London Shoe Company has adopted wolft for walking shoes highlighting its practicality.
The article explains eggs as a nourishing food supplying fats and proteins in easy forms. A typical egg weighs about 1.5 ounces with 1 ounce white and 0.5 ounce yolk, yolk richer in nutritive value per weight. It notes fresh eggs digestibility, best prep methods whipped raw or cooked 20 to 30 minutes at about 160 degrees, and that hard boiling aids digestion for both yolk and white when white is finely dissolved. One egg equals a dozen oysters in value.
A report describes a climatic feature in southern Congo Valley 10 degrees south of the equator. Dry May to October with night fogs moistens lands near water, producing dense vegetation along water margins and on windward hill sides.
The Detroit Free Press reports Walter Rothschild, Lord Rothschilds elder son, maintains a vast private museum at Tring Park England with over 1,000,000 butterflies and numerous rare specimens. The collection includes a great auk with two eggs valued at $1700 each, a sable antelope and a Mongolian wild horse, plus 160,000 bird skins.
The article argues that schools belong to the people who shape them not just officers and teachers. It stresses voters can oust misaligned officials and influence teachers through school boards. It urges individuals to take action to improve schools, quoting Henry F. Thurston on personal impact.
The piece notes that Andrew Johnson produced most letters via his son who signed his name for him. It cites an accident while Johnson was a tailor that injured his arm and hindered penmanship, leading to his notoriously poor and scrawled handwriting that is hard to decipher.
The poem portrays rain as a life giving force that nurtures flowers yet turns a single droplet into a bead of blood on a rose. Aloysius Coll captures the moment when a sunlit drop gilds a rose and transforms into a vivid symbol of passion and peril.
Captain Harry Leonard of the U S Marine Corps is named military attache to the American legation in Peking after risking his life in the Tien Tsin campaign by rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire and losing his arm in the action.
Congressman's Washington letter extols Peruna as a radical catarrh cure and tonic. It claims Peruna has a half century record of success and invites readers to write Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio for free advisory guidance with confidential correspondence.
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