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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
8
George C Holdt addresses hotel clerks about imperfect service and reading guests. An elderly farmer, well dressed, asks disturbing questions about his late husband and life insurance. The tale highlights caution in handling guest information and sensitive inquiries.
Fragmentary note reports a church disruption during services and mentions a claimed cure product by WL. W. Die mer M. D. from Sprig Held, Missouri, advertised as available everywhere. The text is garbled but centers on a grievance and a patent remedy claim.
A fragment from New York Weekly notes a dampener auction with a pot boiler and a focus on a frame as the sought item. The text hints at a connoisseur’s critique and a note that the frame itself was the object of interest beyond the painting or image.
A crude ad claims a product titled LAXATIVE BROMO Quintie Tuhigts can cure a cold in one day. It promises refunds of money if it fails and attributes the claim to a Druggist with a signed note in each box, priced at 25.
A California tramp knocked at the kitchen door and sparred with a Chinese servant Lee Yuet who coolly pretended to consider his request for food. The man pleaded poverty and wove a long tale but was offered fish then sent away with a casual prompt to return on Friday.
A girls college president laments that as women gain education they increasingly die by their own hand. He claims women once killed for love, now for ambition, money loss, stock drops, drug falls, or failed hopes. He argues higher education tempts women to fatal choices.
Mrs. E. O W. Wright of Haverhill Massachusetts recalls severe kidney and back pain in 1908 with dizzy spells and distressing monthly periods. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with complete cure after using three boxes, sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box, Voster Milbury Co Buffalo NY.
Bridget asks her mother about leaving, and Bridget explains she plans to marry. Mrs Briley reacts with surprise, and Bridget reveals she will wed the husband of a deceased friend, recalling a prior funeral inquiry.
First Traveler recalls facing a tiger and three elephants in Africa and surviving. Second Traveler dismisses the claim, saying in Texas he bowed to a myth with three Mexicans in love, as reported by the New York Weekly.
A diary-like reminiscence portrays Denmark's Prince Karl as a boy who endured harsh midshipman life aboard ships. He mended clothes, slept in a hammock, kept weapons, and shared grueling duties with seven fellow apprentices, gaining rough resilience and a practical view of life beyond court.
A scrapbook of light items including Mark Twain recounting a Hannibal visit and a schoolboy tale about mistaken Friday, a mock “ Sanctum View” office boy vignette, a country editor joke about back subscriptions, and a brief anecdote on Mme. Bernhardt’s guarded responses in interviews.
The Register Gazette reports Dr William Laugheret treating O A Leach of Reach county who fears losing sight from coffee. Doctors cite extensive records of cases where coffee harmed nerves, noting Leach’s optic nerve damage. The piece urges quitting coffee and using Postum as a nerve friendly alternative.
Farmers urged to store ice supply and hay now while fields are frozen. Advice covers seed corn, hog feed, wood cutting, windbreaks, and farm upkeep. Notes about profitable seed beds, cattle breeding, and the 1906 cattle herd, premiums, and Aberdeen Angus officers. Emphasizes timely work, oats yield, and fertilizer ingredients.
Gemgetta Witter, B. L., professor in the College of Agriculture, says a domestic science short course will be offered at Towal College Amey la on January 21. The course is for the women of the state and costs 3 dollars. This is the second short course after nearly 100 women attended last winter.
A biographical sketch of Lydia E. Pinkham born in 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts and her rise from teaching to creating a plant based female health remedy. The piece details her roots herbal cures, family involvement, 1873 financial crisis, kitchen laboratory, and the expansion of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound through self advertisement and sustained records of patient cases.
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