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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
8
A jumble of retail fashion notes and testimonial claims, including a sleeve design description, a Presbyterian minister Rey Van Doren praising Liamn's Kidney Pills for kidney disorder relief, and Pennsylvania farmers opposing teacher pay while offering $2 per day for potato digging work.
A long, formal urging declares removal of the Liberty Bell unlawful, arguing it belongs to the American people and must not be transported or exposed to risk. The piece cites public order and national reverence, urging legislative action to safeguard the relic. A brief note follows on a Cleveland motorist with a record of speeding arrests.
A physician of Cincinnati recounts how Grape Nuts aided his own recovery and improved health after a tough spell. He notes the food’s strength to support brain and nerve function, praises its benefits for many patients, and endorses continued use. The endorsement comes from Postum Co. with the slogan The Road to Wellville.
Two new express passenger engines, largest and most powerful ever built, arrive to haul 600 ton trains of twelve cars for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. They boast 22 inch by 28 inch cylinders, 80 inch drivers, 220 psi, total engine weight about 219,500 pounds, and 31,600 pounds tractive effort.
Alice Fisher's stage start came when Terre Haute rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church guided her to New York and into a dramatic school. Her early life in church work as mover and reciter led to a break with Lawrence Barrett's Julius Caesar. He noted her Romanesque look, calling her the tall sycamore of the Wabash, launching her rise with Mrs. Jack's leading man Harcourt as husband.
A three foot high jack-in-armor figure, once outside a church bell, now preserved inside Southwold church, marks the start of services by moving its arm and striking a hatchet against a bell. Painted dark green with gold, it holds a sword and wears a helmet studded with nails, a rare relic as Suffolk churches lose such figures.
A middle aged woman at an intown restaurant orders ice cream pudding priced at ten cents a plate. After tasting she questions the name claiming no ice cream in it. The witty waitress replies that it is a specialty and declines cottages with cottage pudding. The exchange convinces the patron to order a second plate.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows Mr Makinbrakes praising a device as good as ten centers then quickly retracting after being told the price. The exchange captures a hurried display and a public backtrack on the offer.
In St. John Kansas on October 26 Mr and Mrs William McBride and Dr Jesse I Simes swore to statements supporting the claim that Dodd s Kidney Pills cured their epileptic son who was semi paralyzed and suffered frequent fits The sworn accounts say the boy had twenty seven fits the day they began the medicine and within a week they ceased entirely The case has stirred local sentiment and the statements are presented to reinforce the alleged efficacy of the remedy
An 1890s advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous membranes of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, offering $100 for an incurable case, and notes Canada produced over $4,000,000 worth of pig iron last year.
Mrs Hattie La Fountain of Galion Ohio writes that after childbirth she suffered months of bearing down pains and headaches. A friend said Peruna helped with irregular menstruation and after one bottle she felt entirely well. She praises Peruna and urges friends to use it.
A chronically ill woman, long confined at home and drained by costly physicians, finds hope in a free offered therapy by Dr Tartman. After sending her case with details via letter, she reports dramatic improvement and regained ability to work. Other testimonials praise Peruna as a tonic for nervous symptoms and general health.
Mrs. Julia M. Brown secretary of the Woman's Star Federation of California writes from Los Angeles praising Peruna. She states it does more than claimed, citing cures for nervousness exhaustion and chronic catarrh after many remedies failed. She notes personal use and favorable results for herself.
New York authorities propose a gallery showcasing photographs of hab beggars to document street poverty. The plan aims to raise awareness of homelessness and urban hardship through documentary imagery and public display.
A historical note asserts the US treasury holds more gold than Russia, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands banks put together. A claimant from Buffalo reports cures by Piso’s Cure for Consumption and mentions daily fruit imports valued at about $1,000,000.
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