10 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
1
A garbled column mixes a quoted remark by Upton Sinclair on trusts with a Scottish tale about a Bostonian buying Glen Accra and a Highland drive. It includes jokes on women, aging, pride, and propriety, with stray aphorisms about love and appearance.
Mustaches were given to men for deception of women. Few women would marry men they could only see mouth of. A brutal mouth can reveal character, but a mustache mercifully screens it.
A humorous remark urges over-warning practice for women preparing for float trips. It suggests more precautions than needed to ensure safety and preparation, delivered in a raglike tone aimed at readers planning outdoor excursions.
A reflective piece on signs seen from Raleigh to Halifax, noting blunt blunt warnings in Detroit and Madison while Halifax gardens remain open and welcoming. The writer contrasts plain notices with courteous appeals, praising orderly behavior and civic pride. The essay spots how minimal wording can enforce public decency without causing offense.
The piece argues quitting coffee is hard like quitting whisky or tobacco but swapping to Postum eases the transition. It claims Postum boiled with cream tastes similar to coffee and that within ten days the body shifts as caffeine is removed, replaced by nutritious nourishment.
An August Circle piece extols Luther Burbank as a patient tireless innovator famed for the Shasta daisy. It recounts his relentless plant trials, the 16,000 starter seeds, and rapid pruning decisions that forged new varieties. Also covered is dairy science on milk cleanliness and the Burrell Lawrence KenNel cow milker, seen as a potential labor saver pending proper maintenance.
The article discusses using corn fields to fatten hogs amid labor shortages, noting fences and early corn stages, with mixed feeds of green corn discouraged. It cites turning hogs into fields as a profitably sustainable practice, stressing well fenced plots, pumpkins, soil fertility, and repeated yearly crops.
A historical veterinary note explains contagious ophthalmia in cattle, detailing symptoms from watery eyes to clouded or red eyes, possible ulcers, and eye loss. It covers transmission via infected animals, treatment with lodoform boracic acid and burnt alum, application methods, and care guidelines including keeping cattle in darkness during peak stages.
Dairy notes note a dairyman asking how long silage keeps. Properly packed silage stays good for a year, preserving quality as when put up. Many dairymen store enough during July and August when pastures run short to feed cows the next year.
The text discusses varying dairy cow diets to maintain health during changing conditions. It notes routine care is mostly sufficient while away, but emphasizes careful feeding during travel periods to fatten standard milk cows and move them aside. Aimed at optimizing gains with limited high-priced feed.
A fashion column highlights new blue crepe de chine scarf with two end pockets and heavy fringe, plus ostrich feather hats and rabbit ear belts. It discusses jeweled accents, velvet bands, and bold accessories. Also described is a fire scene with quartz and ruby fragments igniting as part of a demonstration.
The article explains that in Switzerland a child absent from school without a valid excuse incurs a daily-increasing fine. If a illness or doctor’s visit is suspected to be feigned, the school sends a doctor. If the suspicion is proven correct, the parents must cover the doctor’s fee.
A young woman told New York officers of cruel desertion at an east side hospital. She recalled a Bohemian romance with a man her parents approved, then details of their engagement and a plan to learn more about him after inviting the suitor to a game.
The article describes dramatic velvet hats with hidden feather crowns and a large bow replacing theater hats. It highlights a utility purse fob hidden purses in black brown or white with German silver or gala finishes and notes a sable toque trimmed with osprey creating a soft fall over the hair.
Duchess Consuelo, wife of the Duke of Marlborough, resolves not to cause him any complaint over impropriety. She avoids public appearances, prefers companionship with young nobles, and spent much of last month at the Villa Macha in Deauville with the marquis of Blandford and Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill.
A Vienna woman chemist recently staged a public demonstration in London showing clay transformed into rubies of fine quality. She placed walnut sized clay plates into a crucible, added ghramic acid to reduce the clay to thin red pins, then introduced nine units of ger to complete the process.
A woman sobbing in an office recounts a tale of three cards and a man she married after coming to the country to her brother. She asserts the cards showed the man would not be a good husband, and mentions her father’s knowledge as she ends with tears.
Descriptive notes describe Mosquetaire sleaves with soft crosswise wrinkles from shoulder to wrist, finishing in Mary Stuart points over the hand. The detailing echoes many French gowns seen at the gate, highlighting the sheer material of the yoke and its delicate translucence.
Henna can be applied by making a tea from Jeaves and thinning to a pint. Apply the stain at the roots with a fine brush and distribute through the hair with a regular brush. Even spreading prevents red streaks in the finished look and heat or sun helps set the tint. Retouching is needed as new hair grows in.
The passage contemplates reconciliation as moving, arguing weaknesses are indemnified by forgiveness. It compares the forgiver to an archangel who envies a man who subdues anger, and describes the pierced heart as a worm that opens a wound to reveal a pearl within.
The readable lines show garbled words and missing context making a precise summary infeasible. Elements include fragments resembling names or terms but no coherent event, date, location, or organization to anchor a factual card.
An old New York daily paper reprints a simple home remedy claiming to cure backache and kidney or urinary derangements. The formula uses Fluid extract of wild yam, Compound Kurgon, and sarsaparilla, to be taken after meals. A noted authority says the ingredients are harmless and inexpensive, and the remedy may help cleanse the kidneys and filter waste from blood.
Cedar chests appear in Sioux City stores as practical furniture for clothing storage. They are mothproof, emit a pleasant cedar fragrance, and feature plain designs with brass handles. Sizes vary, with a chest roughly larger than a shirt waist box priced at $8.
The duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt, recently separated from her husband, engages in her sons' games with notable zest. The marquis of Blandford is ten years old and Lord Iver Charles is nine.
An artist named Immodel introduced a distinctive late style featuring a gown with sleeves in a color contrasting the body. The striking design caused a distinct fuss in fashion capitals and drew worldwide attention to the designer's genius.
A Roosevelt Avenue veteran from Indianapolis recalls kidney trouble beginning after army discharge in 1897. He suffered headaches dizziness sleeplessness dropsy and leg swelling that nearly required amputation. He refused surgery and used Doan's Kidney Pills. Swelling faded urine normalized and all symptoms disappeared. He has stayed well for nine years. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragment advises on treating china to prevent cracking by placing pieces in cold water separated by hay or torn newspaper, gradually heating to near boil then cooling, wiping dry after removal. The method aims to strengthen china before baling boiled.
The readable text mixes an old style reward notice with advertisements for patent medicines and romantic verse. It includes a misread currency line, a Hall’s Catarrh Cure claim, and poetic lines about love, fate, and longing from an era manuscript.
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