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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
6
A period piece urging women to avoid costly operations by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims many female troubles precede surgery, cites symptoms like bearing-down, pain, and nervous debility, and promotes the product with testimonial letters from readers seeking non surgical relief.
A spring recipe combines crab meat with mushrooms. Sauté onion in butter, stir in flour, add cream gradually until thick, fold in mashed yolks of four hard boiled eggs, salt, paprika, and lemon juice. Add crab and mushrooms, fill shells, top with crumbs and butter, brown well in a hot oven, serve with lemon.
Mrs A Baker of Syracuse reports her rheumatism relief after hard cold left her knee pain and dizziness. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills, purchased as three boxes then three more, with complete cure and urges others to try them. The pills are said to cure rheumatism and related conditions. available from druggists or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Eugene Meld, a Missouri undergraduate prankster, sent humorous verses to a St. Louis publisher, Mr. X. The editor published them but paid nothing. Field pressed for payment with letters from friends, eventually receiving ten dollars. Years later he renewed the plea with a sharper note, and the publisher reportedly paid again.
An old ad-like excerpt promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy claiming to heal catarrh by curing the constitutional basis of disease. It offers $100 for a proven cure and urges readers to request testimonials while noting the product is sold by druggists. The text also includes a stray joke about a husband and wife, unrelated to the medical claim.
In The Sketch a punny exchange on disliked weather and wives echoes comic banter. A Boston note claims beans are brain food while Bog tum residents spent 9 247 849 dollars on beans last year highlighting a quirky regional stat.
A Washington tale describes a servant contract with harsh penalties for tardiness and damage. A colored servant eventually rebels, repaying the debt with a dramatic demand for justice after her mistreatment. A blend of domestic fiction and moral reflection pervades the excerpt.
Dr Pierce’s medicines stand out by citing ingredients on bottle wrappers and support from eminent medical professionals. The piece promotes Favorite Prescription for female ailments, invites inquiries by letter, and notes a free Common Sense Medical Adviser with mailing details.
A quirky, fragmentary piece from the Chiease Journal recounts a comical exchange about joining the army and love. It shifts to an advertisement for Alien's Foot-Bane, claiming it relieves foot ailments and makes tight shoes comfortable, sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents, with a Le Roy, New York address.
A traveler in the Highlands visits a tavern and asks the owner about selling a beautiful dog. After much bargaining a drover buys the dog for a sum the owner cannot specify. The twist reveals the owner’s refusal to part with the dog, then a quip about the dog swimming across the ocean being too much to ask.
The article discusses boys wear with Tusskus style overcoats and multi collar trends. It notes warm outer garments for small boys and new coats for girls, favoring elaborate yet practical designs in light weight cloth, serge, and linen blends, with two tone color schemes.
A Kansas mother recounts severe infantile eczema on her child, starting at the scalp and spreading over the body. After using Cuticura Remedies, the infant improved in days and fully recovered in about ninety days, praising the treatment as life saving. Gifted testimony from Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, Parsons, July 18, 1905.
Mongreseman Lede of Aimnnesda faced an awkward moment during a campaign event when a Norse speaker failed to arrive. He responded in Norwegian to a crowd of about 200, then pivoted to English, noting no one stood when asked to indicate if they understood English. The episode underscored the challenge of multilingual audiences.
A resident of Sioux Paris describes a kidney illness that left him bedridden for a year. After starting Dean's Kidney Pills his pain eased, swelling subsided, appetite and weight returned, and he recovered fully. He cites a doctor’s warning and credits the remedy for his recovery. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
A married man named Tomer hurried homeward one evening, carrying a curious lugkong pares. He shouted to Jim Isahd as he passed, saying the run was for his wife and his desire to beat the trend of the fashion, then sped on without stopping.
A humorous anecdote opens with a wife pelting her husband with flowers after his return home. The punchline explains the black eye came from flowers in a pot. The piece closes with a social note praising wealth earned honestly.
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