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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
4
Oak fence posts were highlighted in a local notice listing Adams as the seller. The entry notes posts for sale with minimal detail and urges interested buyers to inquire for more information.
A Ringeton Kings boramaica West city councilman denounces a Chamberlains Cough Remedy endorsement. W O R Fogarty praises one bottle for relief and plans to buy more. Amos F King of Port Byron credits Bucklen's Arnica for a leg sore after eight years. E E Conner & Co advertises 25c efficacy. Dr Ripke lists specialty services.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy purports to cure colds and croup. Advertises Dr Kings New Discovery as the popular throat and lung remedy across Europe and America. Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Mass. endorses it as providing immediate relief and quick cures. E E Conner & Co. druggists guarantee the remedy with 60 cent and 1 trial bottle free.
A local advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims no opium or harmful drugs and suitability for babies to adults. Also lists multiple for sale notices and small job wants from Algona Iowa with local contact names and addresses.
Thieves from Cedar Rapids visited Tuesday and offered O B Durdall a deal trading a late tract of land in Oregon for his hotel. The matter remains under consideration as residents weigh the proposal along with other local concerns. On Saturday afternoons the library plans hear good stories, inviting all to attend.
An incident near a railroad crossing east of the switch tower last Friday afternoon involved 8 B Taylor who kept a Des Moines passenger train at the crossing for about half an hour while moving toward the city’s east part. Spancer Reporter notes the delay but provides few details.
The Peterson Brothers from north of Ruthven shipped 28 head of red Shorthorn cattle to the Ruthven market last Saturday. The cattle averaged about 1,300 pounds with a standout steer weighing 1,940 pounds after a long drive, the largest ever shipped from Ruthven.
A Lake City North Western section foreman, long service with the company, claims to have never broken an oath or engaged in drinking, games, or other misdeeds in thirty years of work. The Eagle Grove Gazette reports on his spotless record drawing wide notice.
Lawrence Tuscany of Minneapolis touts Cooper’s New Discovery as curing rheumatism by correcting stomach trouble. He quotes dramatic letters from readers, insists kidneys and stomach drive rheumatic pain, and says after using Weber medicines his strength and appetite returned. The ad ends with a sales pitch for Mr. Cooper’s preparations.
Local trains west depart No 1 and No 8 at unspecified times with freight service carrying passengers. Trains east depart No 93 and No 71 at 1155 pm and other times unclear. Paul noted in schedule context.
Trains leave daily with northbound and southbound schedules. The notice lists connections to St Louis and Peoria with express and local freight services. It advertises an elegant vestibuled Pullman sleeping car service and coaches, urging passengers to contact J. H. Morgan in Algona Iowa for borders and rates.
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