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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
3
An article on farm practices opens with a home made corn cutter from old tools, then shifts to a somber travel tale. A French grandmother dies on a train after a brutal separation from her son in law and daughter, and the narrator suspects murder by a child.
A curious May City excerpt mixes a gold headed cane gift to John Pen kins with a garbled hog slaughter tale involving a doctor and a mysterious machine. The piece mocks sensational relics of stage and press culture and notes a theater production at Fourteenth Street in 1890 with a long cast list and named supporters.
A unique railroad described in Technical World Magazine details a single steel rail up a mountain, with a hydrogen balloon float, heavy steel cable, and a suspended car for passengers. Descent uses water ballast, and speed is controlled by the conductor for both ascents and returns.
An aged testimonial claims Don's Kidney Pills cured a lifelong backache and gravel after a back injury and kidney disorder. The ad cites J A Ellywood of Lut Kc and notes the product sold nationwide for 50 cents a box. Also included is a jumbled segment from a Sam Small evangelist remark on human nature and a boy’s ambition to make people tremble at his name.
An old classified style notice promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve corns bunions and sweating feet and Allen's Foot Rose for tight shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer. Mail order to Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A New York World relays a strict Metropolitan Peddlers’ Benevolent Association rule set banning non widows from peddling, forbidding wives from gallivanting with push carts and limiting street shouting and competitor prices. The rules require wear of monthly changing president Joseph Teal button insignia on peddlers’ coats.
A reader testimony from Goh Creek Michigan describes chronic indigestion insomnia and daytime drowsiness eased by Grape-Nuts. They report sleep improves after meals and a mare stable stomach with continued use, noting a relative whose diarrhea also improves.
The piece discusses Henry M. Flagler’s vision of a Florida to Cuba railroad via a chain of keys from Miami to Key West. It describes the engineering, logistics, and hard work along the Everglades, the safety of the project, and the potential economic and strategic benefits for the West Indies, Cuba, and connections to New York.
London letter describes Mrs Nicholas Longworth receiving sweeping homage at Ambassador Reid s Independence Day reception. Notes her Paris frock with lace and pink accents, diamond chain, and crowd of socialites including Mrs Whitelaw Reid and Miss Jane Reig. Comment cites British surprise at American presence and the event as a major social triumph.
Fragmentary OCR note references a sign or copy related to The Wing at Summer Inn and the University of Roches. It mentions an army context and a large sum of 100 million dollars, but details are unclear and not enough to specify date, people, or event.
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