17 Jan 1908
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
The passage mixes stray lines from a gossiping narrator and disjoint ads about medical quack remedies, tepid social banter, and odd anecdotes. It references Dr. Groves laxative quinin etc and scattered musings on teething remedies, travel feats, and a clergyman’s misread Bible episode.
A railroad worker describes constant indigestion and dieting woes that left him weak and unable to sustain a day’s work. After trying various remedies, he reports immediate appetite improvement, increased energy, and seven pounds gained within a week by using Grape Nuts and Postum products from Battle Creek, Michigan.
The scene shifts to a crowded, tense moment with discussions of duty and blame. Characters Henry, Birch, and Wharton confront religious and moral tensions while a plan to aid a captured figure unfolds under cover. A disguise by the peddler enables a risky escape attempt as Harpers and Dunwoodie loom in the background.
A conspiratorial scheme advances as the peddler feigns devotion and a priestly ruse to spirit the prisoner away. Dragoons gather, misreadings spark bravado, and Harvey, Birch, and Cesar confront danger amid mounting pursuit. The scene ends with a raid mood and a cry to arms as the escape plan teeters.
A bashful artist debuts a 10 cent dinner painting titled Sun set drawing a familiar yellow glow. Lizzie the waitress jokes it resembles a fried egg while a punchline about a small town fire notes a lack of panic due to few people in the theater.
A dramatic exchange unfolds with a dramatic vow and sharp retort. A beautiful girl declares starvation as a condition before accepting Harold Shatband, while a jilted suitor counters with an offer to accept a hand from the poet brother.
A court hands down six years hard labor to a burglar and offers a chance to learn a trade through a correspondence course. The prisoner asks if I could be permitted to learn it by correspondence, hoping to gain skill while serving sentence.
An unreadable OCR fragment lists varied historical bits and names with dates and places, including mentions of Parliament committees, Vanderbilt, Brigham Young, Queen Victoria, Archbishop Ryan, and other scattered events. The text is garbled and lacks coherent narrative or clear news value.
At its Philadelphia meeting the American Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis passed a resolution demanding Prof. Pleciunia Wuilprecht publicly answer charges that he faked accent tablets said to have been dug at Nip pur. Tablets now in the University of Pennsylvania museum allegedly bought by him in Orient cities and never near Nip pur, with dealers in possession years before his claimed discoveries.
Rear Admiral Goodrich, commander of the New York navy yard, says Henry Reuterbahd spoke truth about defects in the American navy. He adds he shared similar views with the Secretary of the Navy. The President is said to push a broad reorganization of naval bureaus.
California fruit growers secure a record contract for 800 million cans with the American Can Company of Pittsburg. Deliveries set at 40 million cans annually over five years. The deal appears to pressure the Steel Trust amid threats of California can works by regional fruit growers.
In the Lower East Side organized rent protests expand toward large crowds as tenants press landlords for lower rents. Local socialists lead meetings, some outdoors, while police break up several gatherings. Some landlords have already reduced rents.
Fragmented lines describe a wise goose and a hen near a road with humor about crossing. The text includes garbled dialogue and stray phrases suggesting a comical scene, but lacks clear actions, dates, or identifiable entities beyond generic animal characters.
A muddled OCR excerpt shows characters discussing a mysterious night and an implied meeting. The garbled text references a catlike figure, an old parlor, and a stalled romance as the scene dissolves into incoherent phrases and stray words.
Mrs Wrenter spent the day in running areas with glib tongued agents offering eligible apartments to rent. Nothing but sharns and flare she sighed as she gave up the search.
Old time household remedy boost Borax as a safe, simple purifier for sanitary problems. It claims to cleanse pipes, disinfect, soften water, whiten linens, and sterilize baby bottles. The notice invites readers to contact Borax Co for a free booklet and product details.
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