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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
3
Two men creep into a Chicago merchant’s business office after dark. They examine documents on a table near the safe, finding items related to automobile repair and ice business. Quietly they abandon the scene and slip away through a window into the night.
Fragmentary text advises cleaning an ingrain carpet by tearing widths apart and shaking. It mentions hot ivory soap suds, washing with the machine, wringing, linse, and spreading to dry. Also includes a muddled ad for Bell’s Cough Cure and Hall’s? Company, Toledo, with a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney and a reference to a patent Medicine claim.
Fragmented report from the Caradoc and Seven Valley Field Club describes buried toads found at Borseley both large and active specimens. Scientists question such preservation claims while naturalists and a local chemist hold the specimens, with commentary on imprint evidence and life in solid rock.
A first person confession outlines the rise of Matt Blacklock as a broker, his capture by the Roebuck Langdon Melville power circle, and his plan to crown himself a king of finance. He recalls the May day when trust blossomed then warned of betrayal as he journeys through the dangers of the industrial plutocracy.
Fragmentary text presents Uncle Hiram’s quip on young husbands and water fetching, then shifts to garbled lines about marriage and daily life. The readable portions imply humorous domestic reflections rather than a cohesive report or narrative with a clear event or date.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children from a New York nurse at a children's home claimed to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles. The ad boasted 40 000 testimonials and listed price and distributor details at Allen Street Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A New York Weekly snippet shows a worried mother and practical father discussing a toothache. The child is upstairs with pain while parents joke about the visit to the dentist and lacking money. The piece notes Winslow's soothing teething remedies and a bottle priced at two shillings.
A playful engagement story unfolds as a fiancée declares a surprise and jokes about cooking and piano playing. The couple jokes about marriage and shared life while a cuckoo clock marks the moment. He agrees the plan is sound and they consider their future together.
A nostalgic health advertisement describes a woman’s descent into the blues and nervous distress. It touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure after a reader from Louisville reports recovery from female troubles and despondency, urged to write for advice in Lynn Mass.
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