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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
8
A collection of aphoristic musings and humorous anecdotes from early 20th century magazines. Reflections on gender, morality, and fashion contrast with a vignette about Reginald de Koyen quoting a grocer, a druggist, and Wagner, highlighting misplaced ambitions and witty misunderstandings.
A collage of wry observations and aphorisms about age truthfulness wealth luck and society. The snippets poke at human pretenses, clever vignettes about laughter despair business failure and a jab at travel and smoking habits, drawn from a Baltimore American style miscellany.
A Medina resident G W Witney invites kidney sufferers to write for proof of cure by Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims hospitalization and eighteen months of pain ended after 10 to 12 boxes, with weight increasing from 143 to 162 pounds. Pills sold 50 cents by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Dublin born applicant visits a Detroit repair shop seeking work and answers odd questions with rustic humor. The superintendent tests carpentry and venetian blind making skills, and the man quips that he would poke a finger in the critic's eye if needed. The dialogue reflects immigrant wit from the Somerville Journal.
The article extols Borax as a universal household disinfectant suitable for cleaning utensils, fabrics, and skin while offering odor control and water softening benefits. It describes its safety and ease of use in hot water with no prescription. A second piece recounts a fire response in a tenement where a captain climbs eight flights to find an elderly woman mishearing him, asking where the fire is.
A story from a professor of bacteriology visiting a butcher shop ends with a prank. The professor asks for measly pork to study infected meats, the butcher denies, then later reveals he had the pork sent to the professor’s dinner, highlighting the tasteless humor of the exchange.
Mrs Philpots wears a blue ribbon badge to a temperance gathering and is teased when her son reveals the ribbon matches a bantam poultry show prize. The humorous mixup centers on a gold lettering ribbon and mistaken identity during a family dinner.
Dr Albert B Palmer winner of blue ribbon at the Chicago show spoke to a reporter on marriage ethics. He urged men to grow less selfish and more unselfish toward their wives. A seashore tableau illustrated the common fault with a boy and girl playing in sand. The boy asked Clara if she would be his wife and then demanded she remove his shoes and stockings.
Seaborne births among British subjects average seven hundred annually as ships travel international waters.
Mrs. Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska reports severe head and neck sores covering scalp with hair loss for six months. After using Cuticura Remedies, the sores improved in a week and were entirely gone in three weeks, seven years ago, with no recurrence.
A London paper correspondent visiting Stratford-on-Avon asks who Shakespeare is and learns from the landlady that he was overlooked a few years ago. She adds that it is Americans who have elevated his fame now she says.
Winnipeg correspondent extols Western Canada's soil for high in grain yields, noting early May sowing and frost in August limited harvests. He cites vast land open to homesteads with 180 acres free from the Canadian Government and a letter from Craik, Sask describing planting and crop prospects amid weather.
RS. LIZZIH LOAR of Chicago writes about suffering night sweats and fatigue for a year. After using Peruna on Dr Hartman’s advice for four months she recovers enough to care for six children and work full time. She took five bottles and invites other women to contact her for details.
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