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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
1
Smiler, a jovial engine room hand, saves himself and a nearby boss from a crushing piston by crawling through a hot cylinder to fix a broken yoke. Dennison calls it a close call as they restore the blast and start the engines again.
A Pearson's writer notes Budapest operates a two cent daily telephone newspaper with home receivers and two ear tubes so two listeners can hear simultaneously. Subscriptions last up to four months and the system may expand to Vienna Paris and beyond as plans are prepared.
A Cincinnati drummer recalls a physician in his town whose son studies medicine yet embraces slang and rapid modern language. The boy’s speech mystifies older residents, as a patient is brought to the office and the son's influence on the medical student body becomes a humorous point of contention.
A physician identifies the condition as delirium tremens after a brief examination. The son reacts with confusion and asks for plain English, listing slang terms for the same state and critiquing the medical discussion.
A New Orleans observer notes that candle use in New Orleans surpasses any other city due to All Saints Day and religious observances. Candles range from cheap three for five cents to premium varieties, fueling a vibrant market in the city.
The article notes the average freight rate in France is about one and a half cents per mile per ton, detailing the cost level and its implications for rail transport and trade.
A reflective musing compares romantic challenges to lemon juice in a salad. It questions whether a young heart should endure aging pains and wrinkles, using vivid imagery to explore desire and time.
A reflective piece on fishermen braving fog bound seas near Georges Bank and Grand Banks. It contrasts peril at dawn with tranquil breakfasts, noting ships lost in fog, overturned dories, and the toll on coastal towns as crews face dangers to supply seafood. It highlights Gloucester Boston New Bedford and other ports and vivid nets gleaming with rainbow hued fish.
In Gloucester the old stories recount the danger of fog and gales that haunt seamen while the fleet clears harbors and ships set sail homeward. Calm mornings often mask approaching Northeasters as fog horns blare and boats carry halibut cod and other deep sea catches. The piece also notes Ireland’s peat bogs covering 1,860 square miles.
A grog-seller sits by his bar room fire boasting of loot from patrons. He dreams a dark figure warns of ruin caused by his drunkenclients and the sins of drink. He wakes to find the vision was but a nightmare and the danger remains unknown.
Dr A MacNicholl reports a four generation family study from the United States showing progressive decline linked to alcoholism. The sequence follows two earlier generations of excess, numerous deaths from tuberculosis, and a fourth generation with multiple suicides, overdoses, and criminal vice amid widespread drink and drug use.
The Rev. H. M. Scudder portrays intemperance as a raging storm within the body and mind. He argues it governs will, corrodes organs, and leads to delirium tremens, asking readers to visualize the doomed state through vivid, fearful imagery.
A New York Journal quotation compares a pig in an orchard to a drinker, noting the animal’s downward focus on apples while ignoring the source, illustrating how whisky deprives man of his manhood. The piece uses vivid metaphor to critique intemperance and its effects.
The author argues alcohol cannot be assimilated as food since it destroys protoplasm and paralyzes nerve centers. It reduces muscular function and carbo acid secretion, leading to tissue loss. From the available evidence the conclusion is that alcohol cannot nourish the body in any instance.
The British army, surveying typical cases, contradicts claims that soldiers need stimulants. In the Sudan campaign no stimulant was allowed in camps except hospital use for both officers and men. The article condemns intoxicants as deceitful and notes Grink as a destroyer with a moral message about love as life.
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