07 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
1
Philadelphia Press humor sketch shows Mr Photy and Mr Phoxy debating a sealskin sack while Mrs Fhoxy jokes about home economics. Mrs Winslow's Teething Strut for Children advertised as a remedy for teething pain and colic at 25 cents a bottle.
A humorous courtroom exchange depicts mispronounced names and odd phrasing as a judge and a respondent exchange affectionate vows and playful jests. The dialogue features Miss Milly O Nair and the court’s punning Count Mees O Nair, with lighthearted remarks about devotion and service.
An old newspaper snippet markets a free trial bottle of a cure for fits and nervous fevers while also presenting a humorous exchange between Mrs Grumbly and another character about exported versus transported. The page also advertises Hed Cross Ball Blue claiming to whiten clothing and highlights a shipboard joke about travel terms.
A San Francisco girl won two prizes at a Tokyo art exhibition for works in the Japanese manner. The note claims American genius scores another triumph. The writer, Wm. H. Harrison of New York, signs from March 28, 1901, endorsing Piso’s Cure for Consumption as effective for a stubborn cough.
A Baltimore American humor piece parodies marriage rites with a boy asking if a Paris groom must endure three weddings and three divorces to separate, eliciting a dopey parental explanation about weddings and separations.
The Chicago health department promotes a vaccination creed asserting vaccination always prevents smallpox when properly done. The piece cites investigations showing many so called vaccinated individuals were not, and stresses sterilized technique, repeated vaccination, and no untoward outcomes. It closes with a satirical tale of a Bostonian moneyed magnate and a boyhood ally, ending with a moral about pretension and hometown familiarity.
A New York Times tale recalls Eugens Field watching pies for his wife while following a whispered instruction. Mischief rises as Mrs Field struggles in the kitchen with a veiled visitor from Sharpe and Plata, an oven left ajar causing the meringue to scorch and become ruined.
Fragmentary remark from a Philadelphia Press shopping scene describes a crowded shoe department and a marked down sale as shoppers move through racks and try to find bargains.
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