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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female ailments. It claims to rectify menstrual problems, womb disorders, nervous debility, and related pains, promising safety and widespread endorsements from users and doctors. It urges purchase from druggists and to refuse substitutes.
Dr Emil Hirsch at Johns Hopkins argues Christ Dowie and Moses were early hypnotists whose faith cures mirror modern hypnotism and Christian science. He contends miracles are poetic depictions of forces, not factual events, and that Christian science heals as mystically as Eastern magic.
Vermont Missouri April 28 Mr S Tillery testifies to kidney and liver trouble years of failed cures before trying Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports steady improvement and full recovery, praising the remedy as possibly the greatest. He offers to help a good thing and regrets not knowing sooner.
A courtroom style exchange shows a lawyer pressuring a witness about exact dates under oath. The witness struggles to recall and correct the sequence, with a broken phrase implying a misremembered detail about a girth and a later mention of a rae.
A compact local notice markets Mra Winston's doormina tree as a remedy. It claims to ease gum inflammation reduce pain and cure wind colic. Sold at 24 cents per bottle in the shop window.
A humor piece references tearful onion jokes and a mismatch of scenes about furniture and night school. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous remedy with testimonials and a Toledo company claim. The text imitates old fashion medical advertising and includes product endorsements and price mentions.
A humorous exchange from Detroit Free Press style prose notes a surprised foreigner in Dakota observing agriculture and gossip about local life. The vignette contrasts expectations of endless divorce rumors with the practical sight of wheat farming. The item mentions Putnam Pace Less Dyes sold by a druggist and a light quip about a Shakespeare edition gifted and borrowed.
The report states no fits or nervousness following the incident. Corroborating testimony and medical assessment are cited as supportive, with details limited to observed behavior and subsequent treatment without graphic description.
The snippet shows a brief exchange where Mrs Talkington refuses to retail scandal, insisting on wholesale exclusivity, with The Caller and The Hostess trading lines about distribution terms. The banter captures a sharp business stance and social tease characteristic of the era's marketplace chatter.
Washington Post reports a census preliminary on U S tobacco manufacture. It lists 15 252 establishments, up 31 percent since 1890, capital at 124 089 871 dollars, wages 48 952 484, and total product value 283 076 548 dollars. Cigars and cigarettes number 18 14 639, with 67 708 493 capital and 49 926 596 wages.
Two boys discuss a vaudeville showstorm near the Northern boulevard viaduct. They recall a performer described as sleepy and joking about his acting, theater life, and whether he was raised in show business, amid street chatter and slang.
A letter from Anna Belleharty of Chicago extols Peruna as a health invigoration for herself and her daughter recovering from illness. Other testimonials from Memphis and El Dorado claim relief from headaches, nervous prostration, and female ailments. Dr Startman asserts Peruna cures root causes of female disease, urging trial if results are not prompt.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript records a brief prison exchange. A visitor asks about the inmate’s experience, while the convict downplays the hardship, noting visitors are not frequent. The faint dialogue hints at routine confinement and limited contact.
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