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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
6
A farmer’s saga shows wasted decades: failed to finish a home, incomplete fences and barns, driven by constant planning without execution. Nearby Houston enacts a playful anti flirt law about goo goo eyes to women on streets. A rural quip ponders how marriage ages shift a husband’s garden antics and mood.
A Seattle jury held a dog validly bit a man in self defense. The owner faced a $10 suit but the defense prevailed, arguing the dog acted within its rights after provocation. The ruling, described as the first of its kind, cites similar cases in Portland Telegram reporting.
The piece compares alcohol consumption in Britain and the United States, noting a recent decline in wine, spirits, and beer intake. It discusses possible explanations such as weaker, wiser, or poorer conditions in Britain and reflects on how these statistics portray temperance.
A fragment describes rising demand for lighter modern port wine and hints at substituting etape products for grain. It promotes Electric Bitters and Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea for indigestion and fatigue, then details discounted rail fares to Pacific Coast destinations and new routes, with sleepier rail promotions and travel timings.
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