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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
6
Mr. Newhof of Albany reports that after years of urinary irritation caused by catarrh, he used Peruna and experienced gradual relief. He claims the urinary symptoms subsided and his health recovered, noting improved appetite and sleep over seven months. He praises Peruna as effective.
War correspondent F. Richards of Washington D C reports six year prior Cuba service suffering catarrh of kidneys and nervous strain, found relief after Peruna treatment. John Nimmo of Toronto endorses Peruna after kidney trouble and repeated cold. Ad touts Peruna as harmless, narcotic free and permanently effective against catarrh and kidney ailments.
A London worker and publisher describes a German pauper Kavtarer converting a tree into newsprint. Trees near his factory were felled at 7:85 am barked and pulped. Relief paper ready by 9:34 am loaded into a waiting car for the Madly paper machine. Printing began at 1 pm and the journal went on sale by 10 pm, taking two hours twenty-five minutes.
Miss Nellie Davis of 1216 Michigan Ave Kansas City Missouri writes praising Doans Kidney Pills for a quick cure of kidney trouble after a cold. She describes back pains headaches and misery then notes a few boxes cured her and recommends the remedy. Foster Milton Co Buffalo New York offers a trial free address and suggests price is 50 cents with sale by all dealers.
A garbled Philadelphia Ledger quote makes a snatch of dialogue about a robbery by footpads. The exchange references a thirty cents amount and a confused reply, ending with a curt, unclear assertion. The text is fragmentary and difficult to interpret.
An advertisement from Mrs. B. Borden of 442 FP Street Washington DC dated May 26 1901 promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption as the preferred cough medicine over others. It emphasizes personal endorsement and location.
Cassi Rosseau, accused of plotting to burn ships and of attempting to blow up the Frederick the Great statue, gave conflicting statements in a New York trial. He claimed a Fenian link and identity as George Russell, with admissions of explosives device attempts on Christmas Eve and again at the statue. Detectives seek Kelly’s disappearance link and backend counsel was appointed.
The Chicago Evening Post envisions a modern royal fashion role as it notes a London physician urging abolition of the waistcoat for hygienic reasons. It imagines a monarch issuing a humane edict to abolish or reform the garment, praising a visionary act over rank vanity.
The article details the dog tongs or gefath gwn used in remote Welsh parishes to eject quarrelsome dogs from church during services. Farmers often brought sheepdogs. dogs could stay under seats if well behaved. A church official used a stocol to remove offenders at the door. The practice, noted from 1537Workshop to 1817 Kirton in Lindsey, influenced Archbishop Laud’s rails to keep dogs from the altar. Tongs were made of wood or iron.
In the Brooklyn Life section readers wonder if doctors revealed Higbee’s condition while Noa and Juey debate Higbee’s value or worth, hinting at unseen stakes surrounding his health and identity.
A Mattoon Illinois woman recounts long battles with St Vitus dance and numbness dizziness and heart palpitations. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with complete recovery after eight boxes and a brief relapse.
Miers i Orta introduces Salzer's New National Oats showing yields of 240 bushels per acre in Michigan 265 in Missouri 310 in North Dakota and 30 other states ranging from 160 to 300 bushels per acre. Now widely grown in 1905 it is projected to add millions of bushels to production and millions of dollars to farmers' incomes.
A boastful seed catalog style notice claims VO VOWO Homebuilder yellow dent corn yields 157 to 260 bushels per acre and promotes Salzer's Speltz and other grains as money makers. It urges sending 100 in stamps to John A Salter Seed Co. for a catalog and seed samples, then pivots to a humorous Chicago letter about a daughter and mirrors.
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A dialogue reveals a strained union where a daughter questions a father's thoughts as he remains preoccupied with copper dealings. The exchange hints at family tensions and priorities clashing with personal affection.
In a Philadelphia Press joke in which a comedian relays a seat courtesy aboard the trolley, the passenger thanks him with wit. The humorous banter hinges on a misspoken reply and playful repartee between the funny man and the fair passenger.
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure failures and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Ends with pharmacist testimonials and a miscellaneous society humor line from Cleveland Leader.
A fragment ad for Mother Gray’s Sweek Powders for children claims to ease constipation teething disorders and other ailments. Mentions Samuel Allen Olmethin Le Roy New York and urges druggists to stock the remedy. The text is garbled and includes unrelated dentist notes and nonsensical lines.
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