25 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1901
Page
1
An excerpt details General Crawford leading a light division during the Wellington wars. He enforces discipline at a ford by ordering an officer to ride through the water with the troops rather than via a horse back, insisting officers share the hardship with soldiers. The piece contrasts officer privilege with military equity and loyalty.
A mash of jokes and ad blurbs from early 20th century newspapers. Silly exchanges about marriage on meager wages, quips on temperance and temptations, booster lines for patent medicines, and light verse prompts from Philadelphia and Baltimore outlets.
A New York Times discussion from Albany argues about the superiority of the phrase May the best boat win over May the better boat win. The piece defends common usage, mocks pedantry, and notes historical examples like We the people of the United States.
McCarron Michigan October 21 Mrs Dyer of Chippewa County improved health after Dodd's Kidney Pills ending years of heart trouble. She now moves freely at age 62 with no recurrence. Also mentions roast beef jokes and quips about breakfast wordplay and a Galveston News line about not letting a small enemy keep you awake at night.
A Modern Fable humorously portrays a college football scene with characters like Beefy Butts the tackle and Latty Finkle the center, watched by an undergraduate and a father figure. The coach, Slippery Slinkins, and a bleacher-hanging student named Prexy are among the lively crowd as the tale pokes fun at campus rites and admissions.
A farm lad seeks city life and returns to find technology has reshaped farming and society. The tale lampoons department store workers and modern gadgets, ending with a moral that family albums rarely fix the truth about aging and image.
The inventor creates a self registering mind reader to probe thoughts. He tests it on his friend at dinner, learns petty faults and remarks about the meal and social traits. Alarmed, he destroys the device, fearing wide use would degrade society. Moral echoes: keep off the mental reservation.
A man, resenting his wife controlling money, leaves home for days, works as a day laborer, returns with a luxury car, and creates a chaotic scene to claim his earnings. The tale ends with a moral about a desperate man’s reach for wealth and dignity, urging restraint over folly.
A social climber shuns common tastes to attract notice. He gives up biking tennis golf yachting and ends with a sheriff aboard his steam yacht. The tale mocks vanity and class striving with a final moral about prunes as luxury.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin Treasurer of the Social Economic Club testifies she was cured of irregular and painful menstruation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She sends thanks and urges others to try the remedy. A $5000 forfeiture note accompanies the letter asserting genuineness.
London reports that newly supplied Krupp armor on British ships may not be uniformly hardest as claimed. At Pembroke yard drillers found holes can be made in some plates but not others, with effects ranging from deep cuts to mere grinding. Admiralty was notified and action discussed to ensure consistent hardening in future work.
A print feature cites Willett and Gray on raw sugar consumption and tariffs, detailing total 1909 use, regional production, and tariff effects. It notes domestic and foreign producers, values per ton, and the shift in public costs, alongside a sensational crime scene vignette about burglars at a villa at 1 a m.
The piece highlights growing demand for St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism and pains. It cites widespread popularity across classes and regions, asserting the product’s superior effectiveness for outward relief and pain conquest. The text then pivots to a New York Times joke about changing a quarter, illustrating humorous money-changing scenarios and coin counts.
Reporter-Doctor discusses the alleged discovery of the Garden of When is Ohio or The Rey and pithy exchanges about Adam, Ohio, and labor. The dialogue recalls the era's slang and social themes with a satirical cadence.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss the Back Hand Husker device with wrist bands and mitten face protection offered for sale post paid at seventy five cents. It mentions neighborhood introduction and a Confederate Navy journal context with pension figures and reductions.
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