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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1905
Page
6
The article discusses tuberculosis in children, its forms beyond pulmonary disease, and calls for prevention through diet, outdoor life, and education. It cites Dr. Jacob on TB’s broad impact and notes the rise of public health campaigns to reduce mortality among the young.
A simple cure for cold feet suggests filling a tub with cold water and stepping in. Rub each foot rapidly together ten to twelve times, alternating feet for about three minutes, then exit to feel feet reddened and warmly blooded.
The piece argues that the average bedroom climate harms health and claims that far more patients in outdoor hospitals recover, asserting fresh air can cure and prevent tuberculosis. It compares bedroom air to impure water and unhealthful food, urging moral duty for healthful living.
The Chicago Record reports seven Blackfoot Indians visited Armour's killing room. One fainted, three others were frightened, and the rest covered their eyes before being hurried out to fresh air. The tale highlights unfamiliar reactions to slaughterhouse scenes in the urban abattoir.
A note laments the dying out of the harsh custom of wearing Qing long skirts for the atreat. The writer claims the practice is abominable yet observes the scene as pretty in summer imagery.
A traveler notes primitive hot springs twenty miles north of Chingpeng at Tangshan. Twenty to thirty wooden boxes serve as bath boxes for all ages and both sexes, with attendants refilling from the springs. A nearby dug pool provides simpler soaking using brass basins to pour water over the head. It recalls how spas like Homburg and Aix-les-Bains began from such humble origins.
The article discusses training the skin to cold via neck drafts and Dr. Brown Sequard’s method of bel lows plied on the neck to prevent sore throat. It notes alternative methods like cold baths and towel friction to educate skin, stressing daily exposure to cold air and citing the Indian as an example of a body adapted to cold.
Dr Lorenz Strict Teetotaler refuses wine at a banquet noting his role as a surgeon hinges on a clear brain steady nerve and firm muscles. He says no form of alcohol can be used without dulling these powers and thus he must abstain.
Modern science and experience show contact with natural surroundings, fresh air, sunshine, and plant ozonings have health-imparting virtues. Living in harmony with Nature brings life, healing, and divine happiness through closer connection with God.
Practical guide urges building overall strength by developing reaction to cold. Daily exposure through cold air and cold baths is recommended, starting gradually to avoid strain. Begin with a cold face and chest rub, then arms, trunk, and legs, dry, then exercise ten to fifteen minutes. In a month, noticeable changes are claimed.
Newport R I April 10 The fortification board committee led by Rear Admiral Thomas prioritizes submarine boats to replace mines in harbor defenses. Trials in Narragansett Bay were hindered by strong currents proving unreliable mine use. The board notes Russia and England shifting to boats where channels and tides are strong.
A detailed market roundup lists prices for butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, potatoes, and meat. Includes per pound rates for fish and live stock across Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, and other markets, with variations for firsts, extras, and common grades.
In Louisville Kentucky on April 10 secret service men seized a $1 silver certificate altered to $5 by a new process. Alterations were made by photograph and the method is believed to be new.
Ann Arbor reports the total attendance at the University of Michigan for the year as 4136, counted without duplication, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 10.
Ul. St. Petersburg April 10 telegram from Pekin says the illness of Paul Lessar the Russian minister to China is critical.
Robert J Wynne American consul general in London and Mrs Wynne arrived after a good voyage Mrs Roosevelt and three children returned to Washington from a Florida cruise No perceptible change in Senator Orville H Platt condition per sickroom bulletin
In Salt Lake City on April 10 Apostle Hyrum Mack Smith defended President Roosevelt, praising his courage and urging Americans to give a square deal. He criticized unnamed critics of President Smith and warned opponents as traitors to the church. The Mormon conference closed without expected polygamy or political interference revelations.
Fort Worth Texas April 10 Prof T R Dunlap vice president of Jarvis college at Thorp Springs Texas has been arrested on arson charges The March 20 fire damaged the colleges main building no lives were lost nor explained The 52 year old former college president was suspected and arrested President Jarvis who lives in Fort Worth declined to comment
St John’s N F April 10 reports Leopard with 2000 seals and Virginia Lake with 10000 have arrived, Leopard's machinery disabled. Eight ships remain at sea from a fleet of twenty two. Doubtful catch will top 160000 versus 284000 last year.
The item mentions a Kent farmer who killed and stuffed cats to place among tree branches. It notes hair cutting as an ancient mourning custom and reports a London milliner inventing a collapsible theater hat for women, folding for compact storage and expanding into a hat with a wire base and pliable crown.
In Lowndes Mo on April 10 a resident named Mia HL C Harry credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with reversing long standing spring health declines. She reports improved strength after years of weakness, saying she feels better now than for over a decade and praises the medicine as unsurpassed as a tonic.
Fragmentary lines suggest a Cannibal Chief asking about a predecessor after a trip into the interior. The Washington Life snippet recalls a proverb about wolves in sheep’s clothing and a bill collector posing as danger.
H. T. Newcombs presents statistics showing 5,174,718 savings bank depositors in six eastern states with $442,364,086 tied to steam railroad securities and Massachusetts insurers holding $845,889,038 in stocks and bonds. Seventy four educational institutions rely on $347,468,327, with fiduciaries lifting total railroad investments to over $1.5 billion, about one sixth of all railroad capital.
Frederick Swayzee, 15, son of John Swayzee, was crushed to death in the Journal-Gazette elevator in Fort Wayne Indiana. He was a newspaper carrier and was at play in the elevator against the circulator's orders.
Schedule mailed to the U S court in Cleveland lists assets of 35000 and liabilities of 116000 for Shillings Co bank, which failed in Columbiana on March 11.
A cyclone struck Allan Grove near Clinton Wisconsin on April 10 damaging about a dozen houses. Mrs M Christianson saved her crippled son by carrying him to the cellar.
Four men and one woman escaped a Sixth Avenue tenement blaze by leaping from a second story window in Pittsburg on April 10. Two victims suffered serious injuries. Fire crews fought the flames as residents watched.
The Japanese government has ordered 600000 gun stocks from a Cedar Rapids manufacturer, Iowa, as reported April 10. The action indicates wartime supply efforts centered in Cedar Rapids with potential implications for Allied supply chains. The item highlights the role of local industry in global conflict and the dispersion of armament production to critical wartime markets.
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