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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
3
A battered, wind driven escape tale unfolds as a coracle pilot fights currents to approaches Silver’s ship Hispaniola and a man recalls the chase from the Treasure Island coast. The drifters ride breakers and drinkers mind the voyage toward the ship’s wake.
Vir Hibin writer McCabe preserves Wellingtons tales from The Century. A scene recalls a private escort across Piccadilly by the duke, who humorously rebukes a soldier eager to claim a Waterloo glory moment.
A dramatic entertainment scene features a gawking young lawyer and a gawking unknown goddess named Clarice. The piece parodies public appetite for spectacle and flirtations, ending with a moral about not interrupting a seduction.
A Atlantic Monthly piece defends vivisection under anesthesia, while exposing brutal experiments on dogs. It cites doctors like Casten and Majendo, noting pets subjected to dislocations and excisions. The piece criticizes the ethics of classroom demonstrations and laments harsher practices in the United States and Europe.
In a Chicago column titled Maternal View a fond mother opposes her daughter's engagement to young Shartleigh noting his lack of money. The daughter counters saying she witnessed him giving a dollar to a beggar, prompting the mother's sharp retort that he is likely an accomplice.
The Health Department of New York seized a quantity of cheap baking powder sold in the city. Samples showed alum and pulverized rock, declared hazardous to health. Thousands of pounds were destroyed at the docks. Officials warn against these cheap products and advocate safe brands like cream of tartar varieties.
The Minneapolis Tribune reports a spring migran t surge as Great Northern lines move thousands westward. About 2,600 people passed through the Twin Cities, with total tickets sold near 1,800 to 2,000 settlers heading to Dakota, Montana, and Washington. Many camp in tents awaiting homes, including a mother with nine children bound for a claim thirty miles north of Minot, N D, while Great Northern freight offices tally nearly 1,446 carloads of household goods and 241 of livestock since movement began this spring.
An advertisement proclaims Vogeler's Curative Compound as a salvation for impoverished blood caused by inheritance or illness. It claims to create new tissues and red blood cells, restore vitality, and improve bodily functions. Readers are urged to request a free sample from St. Jacobs Oil Ltd in Baltimore.
Mrs May Suonttuy of Coventry reports a past fall injury left her hand unusable for five weeks. After trying remedies with no benefit, she used St Jacobs Oil and after two bottles regained finger movement and full hand use, enabling her to resume employment.
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