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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
19
An excerpt from the Sioux 5 County Bee discusses how modern abundance and sedentary life push the appetite beyond physiological needs. It notes that many well off individuals die earlier from heart and kidney diseases, despite strong ancestral health, due to faster modern life and greater temptations to excess.
A Boston critic cites a chain of anecdotes linking anger to egg consumption and fatal outcomes. He recalls a lady who died after dining with a servant incident and a man who ate eggs before breakfast and died shortly after, suggesting a perceived cause and effect tied to extreme anger and egg intake.
A fragmented Washington Star excerpt shows a young man debating quoting poetry to a girl in Boston. Mom warns against risky punctuation as a past mistake involving a semicolon versus a comma. The text also references Christmas celebrations and Pope Telesphoras.
A collage of Victorian foot theory and a brief dramatic vignette. Foot traits forecast temperament with instep and heel readings, toes and shapes signaling vanity, artistry, or practicality, followed by a tale of self sacrifice where a husband vows to quit smoking only to be thwarted by his wife’s friend.
A new safeguard for money and valuables encases the safe in a cabinet or vault with an electric lining. Metal strips and thin sheets trigger an alarm if pin thrusts penetrate. A time lock disables the alarm when doors or cabinet curtains are opened. Steel alarm box and hood resist tampering. Heavy lag bolts secure the door and warn if removed.
In France pigeons, valued as war messengers, face a ministry prize for a Perigueux to Paris race of 260 miles. At least 2,746 birds entered. the winner covered the distance in 7 hours 34 minutes at an average over 34 miles per hour.
In a brief household scene Mrs Haskell consoles a crying boy named Bobby. He injured his finger in the pantry door while searching for jam but did not find the jam he sought this time.
A midwinter train delay near Baltimore brings a kind stranger to a little girl. He shares milk and stories, then departs as Professor Francis J. Child is revealed. The scene becomes a cherished memory preserved by the girl's family.
The piece traces soap origins from biblical mentions and Gaul practices to Pompeii discoveries and medieval factory growth in Italy Spain and Phoenician links to France. It notes ancient substitutes and price factors, plus later European expansion into Marseilles by 750 AD.
Notice to Settle all debts to Durham and Kellar. several local merchants advertise loans, sales, and auctions. J O Vigzrnus and others urge call and settlement. Novelty Store moved to Box office with auction sell. W W Reynolds lists fresh vegetables and prices in Rock Valley Iowa area.
An offer lists subscription prices for various newspapers including the Sioux City Journal Cincinnati Inquirer New York Weekly Tribune Toledo Weekly Blade Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean Sioux City Weekly Tribune Northwestern Agriculturist Womankind Detroit Free Press Northwestern Catholic and Wallace's Farmer with prices ranging from 1.50 to 2.00 per period. The advertisement notes clubbing offers available for subscribing to more than one paper through the same publication.
An advertisement offers a nationwide job to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture with a 310 weekly salary for a man with a rig. It promises a refund of cash for constipation cure products and requests references. Address with stamp to Perfection Manufacturing Company in Parsons Kansas.
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