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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
3
Chicago authorities push investigations after Illinois penitentiary reports rising tuberculosis and deaths. State Board of Welfare plans reform efforts as critics accuse conditions of being lethal and urge better sanitation. The article argues for natural preventive measures and criticizes forced confinement in harsh cells.
A Chicago slaughterhouse tragedy is recalled as a warning of dangers from meat industry disorders. The account links paralysis and death to uric acid poisoning and related ailments from slaughterhouse products, urging caution and public health awareness.
Hundreds celebrate Mrs Amelia DuBois birthday in Fayette Ohio as public schools close for the centennial. Children led the couple from their home to the opera house for a program with local dignitaries and a floral gift fund raised among themselves. Mr DuBois nine sixty one years married, a life of simple peaceful activity praised by the Fayette Review.
A mother notes her five year old Eugene can eat only one cake despite intending to have four. He says his stomach changed its mind, illustrating how appetite can override reason as the wise man’s stomach yields to lust of the flesh.
The British Medical Journal summarizes Sir Herman Weber's lecture to the Royal College of Physicians outlining life extension advice. Key points include moderation in eating and drinking, keeping organs in steady use, daily exercise, breathing movements, sleep of six to seven hours, regular baths, work, calm outlook, and strengthening will to curb stimulants and narcotics.
An abstract from the Cincinnati Lancet Clinic argues refined social life harms child health in wealthy homes. It warns against excessive indoor care and lack of freedom, urging more play and fresh air, with nature as the ultimate healer. It notes naval academy candidates failing physically and cites rising insanity, idiocy, and epilepsy.
A fragment from Harper's Monthly depicts Belinda in a woodland scene with a suitor named Hanscom as he pleads for love. The maiden replies cautiously, saying love endures until death, then hesitates as she questions if there are other suitors.
A strange beast roams near Wildhorne on the Colorado Midland line nine miles west of Buena Vista. Descriptions vary, but a ranchwoman reported a dog sized, drab animal with black spots, a humanlike face and red mustache. It stood upright, uttered a cry, and escaped into brush as hunters seek to capture it alive.
Army Navy Journal reports Russian vessels disabled in the Far East show engine rooms and boiler spaces remained comparatively comfortable and operational under heavy fire. Russian cruiser Varlag's machinery ran smoothly after Chemulpo bombardment, Czareviteh steamed to Port Arthur with minor damage, and battleships Retvizin Pobleda with upper wreckage still navigated back to shelter using their own steam.
An excerpted poem fragment invokes the Four Winds of Heaven with vivid imagery of ashes gases and freedom versus constraint. The verse expresses devotion and the shaping of sweetness and human warmth through contact with others.
A filler squeezed into a boiler at Grewe England railway station and grew too large to escape. Staff faced a tough problem as the engine could not be triple expansion and steam was to be raised to force him out. A reprieve, influenced by a large family, saved the man. The boiler was taken away and the incident ended with the fitter’s survival.
Lillian Russell in a Chicago hotel dining room is approached by a man who claims to recall a past acquaintance from childhood. He nervously apologizes and insists they are old playmates, noting her growth and attempting to recover memory of a shared history.
A Fort Wayne woman recounts rapid relief from nervous spells after using Williams Pink Pills. She cites dramatic improvement after trying multiple doctors and credits the pills with restoring strength and easing hot flashes. The ad promotes the pills as a remedy for anemia, indigestion, rheumatism, nervous prostration, and other conditions, with a mailed free booklet.
Instructions discuss washing delicate muslin with Ivory Soap and flea water, then ironing. An ad promotes Grand Trunk Railway excursion fares from Chicago with multiple destinations and dates. Also promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch advantages and price, claiming 16 oz per package for 10 cents.
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