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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
19
New York date with health service urging prevention alongside treatment of Brights disease nephritis. It calls for annual physicals, control of infections, rest in bed during acute cases, careful diet, and avoidance of stress. Emphasizes family predisposition and general public hygiene to curb spread and progression.
Investigators note no single protein provokes more kidney irritation, while many eat to excess and nitrogenous balance can be achieved on a partial protein diet. The rayon study now tests moisture effects on four rayon types and how cellulose acetate rayon behaves when boiled in water to guide washing methods without weakening the fiber.
Washington January reports that rayon, a cellulose-based fabric popular since the war for women's wear, remains mysterious to many. The Bureau of Standards has begun tests to determine how rayon behaves when wet, addressing rain exposure and other moisture scenarios.
An automobile driven by Alec Halsey was heavily damaged after a collision with a car driven by Ray Barker last evening in Fredericksburg Iowa. Both drivers escaped injury. Halsey traveled north on Water Street while Barker came eastbound on a side street. The crash occurred at the intersec tion. A stray note mentions an ancient Egyptian medical book with a hair growing and graying prevention prescription. A California lieutenant of police is engaging children with short plays performed in local theatres.
Des Moines report on Dr Raymond M Hughes president of Iowa State college advising mothers to limit campus cars. He notes about 700 automobiles on the Ames campus and says he would prefer several hundred left at home while praising fraternities when run properly though warning weak readers. He cites strong student effort by ninety percent.
Paris on January 2 reports French scientists test infra red rays that see through dense sea fog. Jean Cabrerets, science writer, voices confidence in practical uses of invisible light and black light.
An expedition from Yale University will search the waste lands of New Mexico next spring for fossils, focusing on extinct volcano crater areas. The Peabody Museum received a giant fossil named nothrotherium from Dona Ana County, dating back 300,000 to 1,000,000 years. Ewing Waterhouse and companions extracted it from an eight foot diameter shaft in a cavern under a crater rim, with further exploration planned.
The Konjola Man tours Waterloo and nearby towns promoting a new Konjola medicine said to aid stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders. He hosts at Wangler Bros Drug Store 229 E Fourth Street in Waterloo with free samples and personal interviews amid claims of extensive endorsements in Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo.
Discussions between the local museum and the U S National Museum in Washington consider a joint expedition to sites near the crater and other craters. Professor Lull notes the possibility of finding further sloths and traces of human existence, while describing scarce preserved soft parts and contrasting finds from South America and Tennessee. A separate item reports the Commercial Hotel in Glenwood scorched by fire causing about $65,000 in damage.
The article urges daily simple precautions during an influenza era. It promotes two steps: keep the nose and throat protected with Mistal and maintain systemic health, avoiding panic and unnecessary medicines. It endorses Najol as a nonmedicinal aid and cautions against laxatives or cathartics.
A doctor urges patients to use Mistel daily to protect nose and throat from germs and influenza. He touts Mistel as a nasal drop and gargle that cleanses, relieves irritation, and stops a runny nose, plus a two-product combo with Nejol as a safeguarding duo.
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