01 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
1
A reader urges making a strict hourly schedule to save time and boost productivity. It claims adherence converts intention into action, ending procrastination by treating each hour as an inviolate engagement. Also notes a memorial plan for Senator O T W Phili and promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills for rheumatism relief.
A National Health Society table of longevity ranks clergy highest for longevity while bartenders show the shortest life expectancy. The list covers professions from ministers and farmers to lawyers, miners, artisans, and musicians with factors such as temperate habits and good stock cited as influences. A Munich police halt on a cinematograph depiction of life in hell is noted.
An excerpted testimonial for Postum Cereal Coffee recounts a woman’s recovery from nerve and stomach distress after abandoning coffee. She credits the book The Road to Wellville with guiding her to switch to Postum and notes improved stamina, mood, and social confidence within days, sharing a San Francisco parade moment as proof. The ad stresses the product’s health benefits and urges readers to seek the little book included with each package.
Captain Ireton endures a night of peril and scrutiny under Tarleton’s gaze as Margery’s status and the Appleby title hang in the balance. Gilbert Starr presses for a hidden truth while Margery’s father negotiates settlements to protect honor and inheritances. The captain weighs duty, family, and a hoped future as he contemplates signs and papers to secure Margery’s name.
An unnamed narrator contends with a colonel and a tense moment near Paleonnet and Gilbert Stair as he clings to a dangerous plan. A sharp crisis unfolds as a glance from the woman near him hints at hidden motives and potential ruin if trust falters. The colonel’s doubt threatens a dire consequence, while loyalties collide and fate hangs on a single decision.
The 1869 Beach Pneumatic Transit project in Lower Manhattan is recalled as an experimental underground railroad. A rusted grate above a six to eight foot passage led to the tunnel that ran from Warren Street and Broadway to Murray Street. The car and circular shield were displayed, drawing public inspection before the scheme ended with the 1878 panic and subsequent debris.
A satirical piece advises new auto owners to blend humor with risky habits. It mocks self reliance and vanity with tips on filling tanks, neglecting basics, and lying to others. It extols secrecy and greed while lampooning the dealer culture and moral laxity of early motoring.
An old health note explains three baking powder types: mineral acid or alum, bone acid or phosphate, and cream of tartar from grapes. It compares costs and health aspects, urging use of cream of tartar for wholesomeness, with prices and origins noted.
In a World article the 1904 wraps would allocate one barrel of flour, 200 eggs, 140 quarts of milk, and various produce to every American family. Included are 11 cabbages, 28 bushels of corn, 6 pounds of wool, leather for two shoes, and 50 dollars wholesale value for these raw materials. A family of 64 would see a share around 262 dollars, with costs mainly from luxuries.
In a Cleveland Leader piece a character rejects various sausages fearing trichina. The butcher reassures no danger while the man widens fears to hydrophobia, exposing a light dialogue about sausage safety and consumer paranoia.
A historical report outlines tornado origins and paths across Kansas Missouri Arkansas Texas and the southeastern United States. It explains formation from warm moist gulf air toward a low pressure area and a fast central column, with danger to towns along eastward tracks and the need for tornado cellars as protection.
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