22 Oct 1908
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
Edward Herrest Wale surveys sleep and work balance noting overwork harms health. The piece cites early physiological theory and practical guidance urging men to rest adequately, avoid late nights, and schedule early starts to finish heavy tasks, with references to family life and social duties.
A fragmented relic from Harper’s Weekly ponders love's force between opposite sexes, then shifts to a tale of a philosopher who discovers silver coins dated 3721, 1749 and others, found near a snowbound site. The finder, Leer, delays digging further. coins are Erghat or Spanish, with dates tied to reigns of Charles II and Philip VI, amidst nearby burials and past discoveries.
The text presents a fragmented poetic fragment with obscure names and obscure places. It references poets, writers, and a Century era, with scattered proper nouns like Galt and Jodo. The language is garbled, offering little clear event or narrative to summarize.
On Plum Island Jerome Gitedeesbar reports the discovery of old coins along the beach likely tied to a ruined ship or seaport. The coins were found by patrols near the KRnybbs coast as frost began, with Weather and ground conditions delaying verification and official reporting.
A cryptic passage follows a wandering traveler through varied locales and figures. The text blends fictional dialogue, place names, and garbled phrases as if describing journeys across cities, seas, and cultures with uncertain motives and outcomes.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a claimant called Elaine asking about a gate accident and a man named Donald replying with apologies. The text hints at a romantic affair with a wealthy man writing verses but failing to express genuine emotion. The readable fragments resemble a melodramatic scene set on a street with unnamed characters.
A New York City tale contrasts perceptions of women with a shop owner, Mr Bateman, praising his wife’s honesty after she returns a found lace valued at eighteen dollars and eighty cents. The wife’s steadfast virtue shifts the crowd toward admiring the “kenned sex” as Bateman learns a lesson in propriety.
A telegraph from Owensboro reports Charles May a fireman on the Louisville Henderson and St Louis railroad saved a child on a downhill train. He leaped to tackle the child clothing losing his balance but narrowly avoiding the locomotive. The child was dragged to safety by the fireman who risked his life in a selfless rescue. May is praised as a genuine hero and may receive recognition.
An article from the Springfield Republiown reports a renewed push for a national memorial uniting Union and Confederate veterans. Milwaukee leaders and Colonel D. Ak. Watrous endorse creating a joint monument at Gettysburg featuring General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee to honor all soldiers of the Civil War. Survivors of the Confederacy are said to be open to joining, aiming to seal a unified national memory and heal past divisions. The piece notes critics caution against haste and question funding and timing.
Friends of Eben S. Draper lieutenant governor of Massachusetts discuss a report that his son Bristow has reconciled with his wife Queenie Sanford a chorus girl. They wed in New York about two years ago against his family wishes. A grandson is said to have softened the elder Draper and may lead to Bristow working in the family mills and living near relatives in Hopedale.
Vignettes from an old column include a flooded western Pennsylvania scene with a talking old man on a roof and a duck quip, verses about heat in August and a troubled boy with a tuberculous knee, a harbor vision from Treasure Island, and a sentimental note about words on a sweetheart’s chest as stuttering is depicted in a September Atlantic piece.
A compilation of amusing baseball anecdotes recounts bizarre plays. Andy Moynihan suffers a greenhanded ball trap at third while a run on base leads to a crowd scene. Hal Chase and Al Orth are featured in restaurant humor. Schmidt’s temper and a Joliet umpire joke add color, plus Otis Clymer’s misfortune and a witty exchange with Jimmy Williams.
A parent describes a child asking if riding backward on a train to a country trip would send her to the same “sang place” as the destination. The scene notes the only available seats facing each other, with the child age four showing concern about sickness and safety.
Little Ilelen asked who made the wind and was told God. One day after a severe wind storm she ran home claiming her father blew down a barber's sign.
From the Millinery Trade Review felt becomings will arrive earlier than ever as temperatures rise. Fashion warns against straws after September 16 and many fashionables are buying felt traveling hats to head off the rush. Styles feature small brims rolled at the side and soft felt trimmed with quills wings or ribbons for a pleasing effect.
A local newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and tissues. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request a testimonials catalog from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A Pleardy village tale recalls a widowed farmer’s wife who, believed dead, was buried in a sheet. Thorns near the hedge pierced the shroud and woke her from a deathlike trance, a cautionary note heard again at the funeral years later. Also notes on Allen’s Foot-Ease free sample and public health notices in Wayne suburb.
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