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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
6
Dairy notes describe fall freshening as common in older regions, with cows milking longer than spring calvers and enabling better winter profits. Tips include testing butterfat, maintaining cool cream, clean barns, proper water access, and selective breeding to raise herd profitability.
The piece promotes wooden crates for potatoes and apples, detailing sizes and care. It stresses sheltering and overhauling implements, painting wood, tightening bolts, and storing under shelter to double tool life. It notes grasses and clover delays, weed control, fertilizer, and prudent baling timing amid high prices.
An advertisement extols Cascarets to regulate bowels and cleanse the tongue as a health regimen. It claims purges and harsh pills worsen conditions, promotes the candy-like Cascarets in a metal box, and promises gentle, natural action with a guaranteed cure. A sample and booklet are offered free with no Sterling Remedy Company address.
Mrs. Gana Miller of Union City Missouri recounts a three month old infant plagued by sores from head to foot causing constant itching and sleeplessness. After doctors failed, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, leading to rapid relief and eventual full recovery over weeks, with a strong endorsement of the products and price details.
Readers learn that in 1904 The Ladies' Home Journal faced a libel suit from Dr Pierce's company. The verdict favored Pierce for 16000 dollars, now awaiting a possible new trial. Dr Smith testified ingredients came from native roots and were supported by medical authorities.
Poultry keepers report astonishing eggs with colossal dimensions and mysterious contents. An egg from Bridgeport measured 7.5 by 6.5 inches, another from Tenny Stratford reportedly contained a second egg. Museums display twin eggs and a duck egg with a smaller one inside. A Paris museum notes a four footed goose laying an eye. An egg preserved in church mortar supposedly lay dormant for 50 years.
A historical note on the "Golden Medical Discovery" a remedy credited to Dr. Pierce. It claims that Golden Seal root provides its key healing power, with glycerine extraction and heat apparatus improving potency versus alcohol. The text cites wide cures for stomach weakness digestion liver and related ailments and mentions Pierce at Buffalo.
A May Lippincott item describes a neighbor complaining about a cat incident. The boy refuses to let the woman see his father, then directs her to the bathroom where the father is bathing, implying a humorous dispute on the doorstep.
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