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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1908

Page

8

Peruna Ads Highlight Trust in Remedies Across Testimonies

A series of reader letters extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh and grippe, praising Rev Troutman and others for best wishes and personal success. Messages claim Peruna relieved throat spasms, laryngitis, and chronic diarrhea, with notes on Peruna tablets as an alternative to liquid medicine.

Perrin Walnut Hills Cincinnati Ohio Swanstrom Grontsburg Wis Perna Hartman

Fragmentary Capitol corridor anecdote involving Knox and senators

An incomplete springtime scene in the Capitol shows Senator Knox joined by four other senators including Mr. Chandler and Mr. Chang teri of New Hampshire. The muttered exchange hints at a customary preface before entering the chamber, but the fragment ends abruptly with garbled dialogue.

Knox Capitol Tormey Senate Changteri New Hampshire Mr. Chandler Ss Alwaye

Why Dr Wiley Would Be Cautious About Food Claims

A miscellany of clipped anecdotes and quips on food safety and public figures. Dr Wiley visits a Washington café and rejects a deceptive chicken pie. Other items recount Mme Sembrich’s horsemanship and a stray joke about a table hoard ad.

Success Magazine Dr. Wiley Washington

Nerve Restorer Bond and Rail Subsidy Mentioned in Odd Clippings

The excerpt cites a Dr KLINE in Philadelphia related to a nerve restorer bond and references the South Manchuria railway subsidy from Russia, now under Japanese control with high operating losses. It notes Preston England facing water shortages due to moss contamination and includes comic lines from Washington Star and Louis Post-Dispatch about money, heart location, and Jenkins buying a flat.

South Manchuria St. Petersburg

Vegetable Belin for Sick Women Credited by Mrs Gregory

A Denver woman Mrs A Gregory writes that Vegetable Belin helped her after six years of female troubles. She says an operation failed to relieve symptoms but the remedy brought long lasting relief and improved health. She urges other women to try the product for backache and other menstrual discomforts.

Lydia E. Pin A. Gregory Lawrences Denver Col Nkham

Essential health musts promote trusted world approved products

One of the essentials of happy homes is a wealth of information on health and right living. The text highlights a trusted product, a genuine laxative known as Syrup of Figs and Senna, manufactured by the California Worm Syrup Co., recommended by physicians and Well-Informed of the World, to be bought only from leading druggists.

California Wig Syrup Co

Pants and language clash in Amherst tale

Boston Herald item notes Merrill E Gates former Amherst College president. He complains a Thompson’s bill uses pants and trousers language, insisting on correct terms. Gates amends each bill, cites language correctness, then pays after a lengthy back and forth.

Boston Herald Merrill E. Gates Amherst College Thompson Amherst Gates Rand Patie

Thaw’s Trial Delay Antics At 72 A.M Visit

The New York World reports on Harry K Thaw awaiting trial for the murder of Stanford White. In a streetcar line scene Thaw berates attorney Martin W Littleton for lateness at 11 20, boasting he could always locate him, as Littleton arrives after a 30 minute delay.

New York Harry K. Thiw Atanford White Martin W. Tittleton Littleton Mr. Littleton

Work Weakens the Kidneys Experience of Me

Bernard P. Woods of Jackson street Louaconing Md testifies to long term kidney weakness from heavy toil. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with steady improvement and eventual cure after fifteen years of trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

Woods Bernard P. Woods Jackson Street Louaconing Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo

Parted on Her Bridal Tour tale ends with a teddy bear scene

Katheryn Roth narrates a Christmas Eve supper moment in Louisville Kentucky from Parted on Her Bridal Tour. A little boy’s longing for a teddy bear and a joke about a Democrat father frame a charm of holiday theater.

Katheryn Roth Louisville Pop

Awful Effect of Fozema in Oswego Area

A mother recounts a child's eczema outbreak then severe eye sores and loss of sight. After visiting doctors and a specialist, she tried Cuticura remedies costing four dollars, noting rapid skin recovery within a week though eyesight could not be restored.

Not Guilty Caprnlln Rashmine Football Strategy Note

The speaker explains visiting a library yesterday to study Napoleon's battles for football ideas. The exchange mentions staying out of trouble and using historical warfare as inspiration for strategy.

Caprnlln Pleyer Cap Napoleon

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy

An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease in the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims the product, by BLU CHENEY & CO, Toledo Ohio, is a legitimate prescription from leading physicians, with testimonials available. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall Oine Cheney & Coq Toledo Pruggists Duke Hall

An Apt Quotation From the Circle in Charleston

Representative John Sharp Williams recalls an encounter with a railroad station darky in Charleston. He sought to send a note to a friend in the city and the reply mixed humor with a sharp, raspy boast. The anecdote captures racial language and a strained era tone.

John Sharp Williams Darky Charleston

Vagrant Returns Half Crown Said to Be Against the Rules

An old church verger reported a visitor offered him a half crown as a gesture of thanks for courtesy and information. The visitor declined, citing rule constraints, then slipped the coin back, joking that picking it up from the floor would violate the rules.

Swamp Root Promises Relief for Kidney Bladder Troubles

An ad asserts kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men and harm ambition, beauty, and vigor. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming quick effects and offering free sample bottles and pamphlet by mail from Binghamton New York.

Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton

The Handy Doctor in Your Vest Pocket Enamel Box

An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a portable health aid. It claims six mint tablets stored in a vest pocket box provide bowel and liver support without purge or stomach upset. The copy contrasts Cascarets with bile drivers and harsh laxatives, touting muscle-like bowel stimulation and gradual dosing. It urges buyers to seek genuine Sterling Remedy Company tablets stamped GCG.

West Pocket Sterling Remedy Company

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