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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
2
The article extols sunlight as a powerful germ killer, explains rapid germ growth and limits, and urges open windows and full light in homes. It also condemns drunkenness, comments on Copenhagen dress, and notes tuberculosis and liquor's toll on Nordic populations.
Dr J M French outlines four occupational risks for tuberculosis including sedentary work in poorly ventilated spaces such as sweat shops and crafts. inhalation of dust and fumes among stonecutters and grinders. overuse of muscles by athletes and riders. and liquor trade workers with high mortality among publicans brewers and bartenders. He also argues outdoor life and hygiene can cure tuberculosis without drugs, noting disease is linked to civilized indoor life and advocating city provision of outdoor health measures.
The passage notes the pitiful sight of young English women acting as barmaids in public drinking places. It describes women elbowing their way to the bar and standing shoulder to shoulder with men.
Dr Lorenz notes Americans enjoy good health despite meals like pies puddings and sauces that would ruin others. He attributes vitality to forefathers simple, hardy living and warns modern luxury drains constitutional capital, causing a generation of physical bankrupts unless simple habits are resumed.
A cookbook style list describes corn meals and creams used to make breakfast breads and cakes. It covers Corn Dodgers Hominy Gems Sally Lunn Gems Cream Corn Cakes and related rolls and Hoecake with step by step mixing, boiling, grinding, and baking methods for irons and griddles.
The document lists numerous house rolls with proposals on county duties, school financing, irrigation, public health and city administration. Bills cover guardian procedures, tax reform, newspaper regulations, hospital funding, road and bridge levies, licensing, and municipal governance in Nebraska. Names include Perry, Bartow, Casebeer, McClay, and others as they advance or amend measures.
Letter from J D Elead in Birch Hills Sask reporting a year in Canada. He praises the climate, work in the bush, hay yield, land being broken, proximity to a railway, and notes his wife’s relatives plan to join him in May. He invites readers to consider moving, claiming the Prince Albert district offers rich land and opportunity.
Cure childhood ills with Mother Gray's Powder used in homes and clinics. Claims relief for stomach troubles teething disorders headaches and worms via sample mailings from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.25c per bottle.
A physician defines normal death as painless, often preceded by gradual unconsciousness with no suffering. The view, attributed to Dr. Salee dy in the Academy, contrasts pain in dying with a tranquil end likened to sleep.
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed eustachian tubes and catarrh. It asserts a constitutional remedy can restore hearing by clearing mucous inflammation. It promotes Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and urges readers to request a free cure brochure.
Fragments discuss minerals and crystal growth with claims of fractural physical chemical properties. Crystals allegedly repair themselves after breakage during regrowth and possess healing capacities beyond plants, as noted by various authors.
Advertising copy notes Quality Sringa the Business selling 7,000,000 units of Lewis Single Binder straight cigars annually. Claims include extra quality tobacco and former heavy smokers now trying the product. Mentions makers Lewis Madary Peorks Illinois.
Instructions advise thorough cleansing in hot water and encouraging bleeding. After cleansing, cauterize the wound with lunar caustic or carbolic acid and then dress with carbo. The text contains garbled phrases and mis-spellings.
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