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Newspaper

Algona Advance

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1902

Page

3

Dear Mrs Pinkham Praises by Nurse in Watertown

MISS VIRGINIA GRANES president of Nurses Association Watertown NY writes of continuous service in hospitals and homes. She testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her chronic ovarian and womb inflammation after six weeks and she recommends it to others. She notes many patients were helped and urges others to seek the remedy from Lydia E Pinkham Lynn Mass.

Virginia Granes Nurses*Association Watertown H.Y Lydia Tam Misa Virginia Ghants Lydia Bi. Pinkham

St Jacobs Oil for muscular soreness and sports use

The ad claims St Jacobs Oil cures muscular soreness from exertion heat or cold by vigorous rubbing for 20 minutes two or three times daily. It says athletes including football players rely on it for rapid, lasting relief and strength, with a twenty cent bottle proving its efficacy. It also mentions Wageler's Curative Compound as a companion remedy.

St. Jacobs

A Good Substitute in Chicago News

A temperance orator quarreled over a substitute solution. A man from Naneas asks why not the drug store. A spoof about Wiso's Cure for Consumption describes it as the least useful remedy for catarrh and colds.

Chicago Naneas Wiso

Safe Way Judge Sabbath Sehonl Teacher Quote

A fragmented comic exchange shows a judge and teacher debating discipline. Johnny Thickneck delivers a boastful line about using force to solve trouble, claiming it is the only safe way, with the dialogue reflecting a rough street outlook.

Sabbath Sehonl Johnny Thickneck

Prodigal Millet and Odd Ad Snippets In Paper

A scattered page item includes notes on Russian millet hay yields and cheap seed from Wisconsin suppliers, plus a playful verse about preferring to be a multi millionaire. Also mentions Red Cross Ball Time tickets, a Hoboken mermaid quip, Putnam face dye, and Bly’s Liquid Cream Balm with prices and origins.

Roosevelt's Guide Dying a Pioneer Trapper From Idaho

Veteran Yellowstone pathfinder known as Uncle George Rea, who guided President Roosevelt and his hunting parties in the Snake River country, is dying in a remote Idaho cabin. Rea helped debunk a false Roosevelt bear story and long aided frontier exploration, with his life tied to early Yellowstone and Blackfoot country history.

Praaidant Chicago Tribune Yellowstone Park George” Rea Roosevelt Snake River Trude Trea Gulda Rea Yellowstone Weapeak Montana Klaho Tran Bea Pioneers Idaho Daniel Boone Kentucky Telg Goward Targee Pass George” Stea Mr. Trenke George Rea Mr. Trude Howard Sheridan Beaver Dick Earth Troosevelt Roosevatt Torcupine Creek Dal Leromus

Bridget Dracked Up Lets Jewel Heist Darken Evening

In Milwaukee, Bridget called Hridget by mistake, a green beauty in Mrs. Bander’s West Side home. That Thursday Mrs. Bander found Bridget dressing for a party and planning a pretend song when whispers of jewelry theft surfaced as she ransacked the room.

Bridget Milwaukee Sentinel Jiidget Heath Withal Mander Mrs. Bauder Maine Inger Ann Elmer York

Colonel Parker of Hawaii Highlighted in Press Portrait

Washington Post describes Colonel Parker as a striking figure, tall and powerfully built, known in Washington and New York circles. The piece notes past discrimination when railroad officials refused him certain accommodations due to his dark color, prompting a special chartered train to the Pacific coast with priority over regular service.

Colonel Parker Hawaii Wuoeldngton Post Washington New York Pacific Coast

Early Puritan Potato Shows Merit for Early Planting

An agricultural note praises the Early Puritan as a promising early potato variety with nearly white skin, dry and mealy flesh, and good keeping quality. It discusses single eye seed method versus standard seed, noting better results from the single eye plan in trials, while stressing soil quality and seed condition.

Fof Tle Walter

Fatality of In Breed in Poultry Breeding Cautionary Tale

A veteran poultry breeder warns farmers about dangers of close inbreeding. He notes that farmers often start with eggs rather than breeding stock and, by mating relatives, degrade stock quality. He urges investing in high grade cockerels to maintain and improve breed integrity and profits.

Food for the boar and poultry house temperature notes

The article urges year round care for boars to ensure strong litters, detailing feed mixes of grains and corn, exercise encouragement, and bowel care. It also discusses maintaining poultry house temperatures with curtains for glass and night heating strategies, plus guidance on seed potato cutting amid varying potato varieties and soil conditions. The tone reflects practical farm management advice from a historic agricultural column.

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Government Freen Seeds For Farmers In Spring Run

The article notes the government free seed appropriation is double last year, promising ample seed for farmers. It warns many government seeds are poor, advises buying trusted seedmen, testing new varieties before large planting, and emphasizes location-specific choices to avoid losses. It discusses orchard management with sod and cover crops, warns against fertilizing beyond trees’ needs, and covers feeding ewes with ample rations before lambing. It also describes a colony-house poultry setup with movable, cost-efficient housing.

Department of Agriculture Smith John Lima

Mermaid and Davy Jones Comment on New York Visit

Fragmentary diary-like passage notes a mermaid and Davy Jones observing Americans in New York. The dialogue hints at a “great difference in the morning” with playful nautical whimsy and an ironic, era-tinged tone.

Yankees New York Thea Mermaid Davy Jones

Obtusa Engitsh Again in Twain Humor Debate

Two Englishmen debate whether Americans misread humor, quoting Mark Twain on English obtuseness. Twain says an Englishman cannot be killed by a surgical operation to insert an idea. The Englishmen react with laughter, pondering if opening the skull would kill him.

New York Times Mark Twain

Kidney Pills Help Stendal Woman After Trials

Mrs. Sarah A. Shrode of Stendal Indiana reports using Dodd's Kidney Pills to treat kidney and bladder troubles after trying many remedies. She claims nine boxes cured her completely and urges other women with similar ailments to try the product, noting its effectiveness for female weakness as well as urinary conditions.

Stendal Ind Sarah A. Shrode Dodd

London Tit-Bits Cartoon Tale on a Donkey Cart

In a rural mail night a man aims to introduce himself to a stout lady who seems to crave a dance. He is rebuffed with a quip calling her a cart not sharing the dance. Later the same lady overhears and proclaims she may be a cart but not a donkey-cart. Also a mention of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children.

Weil London Winslow Childsra

Too Valuable to Lose Warship Invention Banter

Washington Star reports a witty exchange about a sea craft claiming success yet failing to fly far. The inventor defends the device's value, noting it cannot be left off the earth long enough to test long distances. The joke hinges on the impractical yet priceless nature of the invention.

Washington Star

Cert Authentic Catarrh Cure Offer and Testimonials

An old advertisement touts Shil's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case. It lists B J Cheney Co Toledo as proprietors and Walding Kinnan Malven as wholesale druggists. Claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces with internal use at seven dollars per bottle. Testimonials cited by Hal’s Family Vials.

Shil B.J. Cheney & CO Toledo I. J. Chaney Mans Auilly Telf West & Tax Wholesate Drugeists Talade Walding, Kinnan & Malven

Expressing It Delicately in a Brooklyn Fair Shopper Tale

A fragment describes a Brooklyn shopper confronting a department store policy with cautious speech. The scene hints at a dispute over a guarantee or warranty and the store clerk’s careful responses, capturing local urban commerce tension.

Brooklyn Wagio

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