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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
12
A health ad promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe pleasant laxative. It warns against violent cathartics, touts gentle daily bowel movement, and cites testimonials from doctors and mothers. Available for 60 cents to one dollar per bottle with free samples for readers.
The notice lists Batok relief for asthma with Foley s Honey and Tar and warns against non genuine products while touting its safety. Separate items advertise public land auctions in Wasta South Dakota and Northwestern railway lands for September 16 with no occupancy or improvement requirements. Additional blurbs promote laxatives and an Arnica salve for sores and ulcers, plus a generic Mothers favorite Ogescasweet containing no harmful drugs and marketed by multiple local druggists.
The U S National Conservation Commission has released its first schedules for the country’s natural resources inventory. Across four sections—waters, forests, lands and minerals—the inquiries seek waste in soil erosion irrigation use water power flood waters and mining waste, aiming to propose prevention methods and compile findings for the commission’s report.
In Poughkeepsie on September 14, Supreme Court Justice Mills ordered Harry K. Thaw moved from Dutchess county jail to White Plains jail in Westchester. The transfer aligns with Thaw habeas corpus proceedings for a sanity trial set to be heard there Monday September 21. Sheriff Chanler sought the change, Thaw’s attorney Morschauser consented, and White Plains Sheriff Lane said space was available.
In Omaha on Sept 14 three insurance companies filed circuit court petitions to perpetuate the testimony of Davis and Mrs. Rice. The petitions attach questions mirroring the inquest to preserve testimony if either witness leaves the jurisdiction. Companies include Aetna Life Hartford with a $10,000 policy, Travellers Insurance of Hartford, and Employers' Liability of London each with $5,000 on Austin. Policies void if death linked to intoxicants.
George Bands, 79, was arrested at his Kansas City Kansas home on a charge of making counterfeit money. Police found five glass fruit jars containing 33 spurious silver dollars in the backyard. The coins were deemed excellent imitations of authentic dollars. Authorities reported plaster of Paris lead zinc and quicksilver linked to the fabrication process.
Booker T. Washington in Lexington denies plans to stump the south for Taft. Mare Island yard readies to commission the monitor Wyoming on Septem ber 28. T. W. Raven of Chicago elected Secretary of the National Association of Stationery Engineers at Columbus. National Association of Railroad Commerce to hold its twentieth convention in Washington on October 6. NY theatrical leaders move to curb ticket speculators per Mark Klaw. Bronx Zoo keepers injured by Jocko the ape and a buffalo cow. Dr George F Shrady questions if all electrocutions cause death in the chair, suggesting autopsy may kill some. Louis Lippman alias Metzler arrested in Buffalo for $300,000 theft based on facial scars from German duels. Haing and Hains trial delayed. defense to not be ready at fall term.
Washington reports a census bureau plan to display the national death rate from tuberculosis via an electrical device in the national museum. A flash will mark each death from the white plague recorded by the bureau, illustrating the toll of the disease across the United States.
Washington Sept 14 an official navy department statement shows twenty naval vessels under construction. Four are battleships five torpedo boat destroyers seven submarine torpedo boats two colliers and two tug boats. Except for the colliers and tugs all work is in private shipyards.
Chicago markets show flour ease and varied wheat quotes with spring and winter patents. Minnesota and North Midwest prices drift, while New York notes steady to unchanged flour and firmer opening before later declines amid spring wheat movement and northwest weakness. Corn and oats show steady to dull trends as hogs and butter reflect retail dynamics.
Chicago and South Omaha markets show cattle, hogs, and sheep activity. Cattle ranges from good to prime, hogs mix of heavy to light weights, and sheep steady with yearling and ewe prices cited. the report notes market unchanged in Chicago and strength in hogs at South Omaha.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar Strauss says he will campaign actively with T W Powderly to defend labor interests and attack Tafts policies. He will speak in New York and Chicago and believes government ownership of railroads and its banking policy threaten wage funds and industry. In Cumberland Bryan continues eastward with McGraw introducing him in West Virginia.
The item blends humor and social commentary noting how famed leaders would occupy ordinary jobs after office. It cites George Washington as a Harlem barber, Andrew Jackson a nurse, Lincoln a secretary, and others such as Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Johnson, Jefferson, Adams, and Tyler in various common trades and roles, via Lippincott's.
A Columbus firm sent a debt inquiry to a small Ohio town postmaster asking for the merchant’s reputation and pay history. The postmaster replied using the same name John Smith as postmaster and justice of the peace, revealing his identity in a witty, revealing letter.
An unearthed 1806 letter from Capt Amos Stoddard to Dr Mitchell describes a tribe of yelllow men near a western lake, skilled with bow and arrow, who wore beards and many had red hair. The lake is identified as Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana.
A New York physician owns the largest static electric machine ever built. It stands six feet high, seven feet long, four feet wide and weighs 650 pounds with 40 glass discs of 40 inches diameter. Twenty discs rotate while twenty remain stationary, driven by a one quarter horsepower motor. Full speed sparks reach 30 inches long and 0.75 inches in diameter. Full excitation takes five to ten minutes, with the charge retained for 9pmayen 96,3 to 45 hours.
A quarrel escalates into a staged fight as a crowd gathers on upper Market Street near the Grant building to watch a pair of con men. A “doctor” and a “liar” promote bogus cancer cures and sleight of hand, charging one dollar per package and cuff buttons, in a San Francisco Call report.
A Pall Mall Magazine writer describes Baron von Berlepsch who converted his Thuringia estate into a bird sanctuary. He planted trees and bushes, supplied 3000 nesting boxes with 95 percent occupied last spring, and created a nest-rich thicket with a nest every foot. A hedge of whitehorn and wild roses shields the grounds from children and marauding animals, while cleverly designed traps deter threats.
A New York woman urges a market for working nurses who assist families with sickness and domestic tasks. She argues trained nurses seldom help with general household duties, suggesting a system where families paying modest wages receive both medical care and domestic support from a working nurse who remains affordable for ordinary households.
A new sterilizing oven by M. Ber lioz sterilizes books and fragile items without harming paper or covers. It uses evaporation of aldishydeas at low pressure to disinfect, protecting bindings with wrappers. A 1300 page volume soiled with pus and fecal matter was fully sterilized in two hours at under 200 degrees F.
The Dover News reports a chicken with pure red eyes and red pupils. The eyes emit a crystal red glow when sunlight passes through the head, yet the chick remains healthy and sighted as any in the brood.
A New England tourist and a Turk spar over winter sports and Armenia in a witty exchange cited by the Kansas City Times. The brief dialogue highlights travel humor and cultural contrasts in a foreign setting.
Over 100 tons of coal are taken daily from the Susquehanna river near Hspy by five dredges in operation. Residents of the area rely on coal from the river bed for fuel.
Letters from women in Maine and Alabama claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female troubles without surgery. The ads cite prior medical advice and urge others to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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