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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
8
Senator Hellfield recalls an Irish acquaintance during a lively exchange about adjournment. The anecdote centers on O Grady’s success and a prediction that his tenure will be brief, with references to past jobs and loyalty. The dialogue uses stylized language to convey sentiment.
A collage of poem lines by James Thomson and playful verses mingles with notes about a Chicago News item, a quip about Miss Cutting and longevity, and stray captions. The readable fragments hint at lyric exuberance, a parenting note, and light social chatter from a late 19th or early 20th century paper.
A clipped note from the Boston Transcript dated April 1901 references polite society training and children’s plays. It mentions Mrs Blank praising Piso's Cure for curing the author and includes brief quips about a husband described as erratic and an aeronaut, plus a worn clock motif.
Miss Laura Howard of Chicago reports relief from long term ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with Sanative Wash. She cites eight months of improved health and criticizes doctors' guessing at treating complex female illnesses.
In Holt's Tavern near North Castle in 1790 the two officers discuss missing names and delays as Curtis Acton and Argyle Bartlett execute a covert plan. A tense late night scene unfolds by the fire with soldiers, a tavern keeper, and a wary narrator awaiting Curtis and Acton's arrival for a critical message.
Discussion contrasts Lord Salisbury and other long-lived figures with American elders like Hiram Cronk 104, Rear Admiral Selfridge 97, Cassius M. Clay 92, and notes English and French seniors. It highlights aging, medical advances, hygiene, and persistent vigor, then oddly shifts to Bowery Savings Bank deposits totaling 75 million with 288,000 open accounts and an average $40 credit per depositor.
Congressman J D Botkin of Kansas writes in support of Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the stomach. Captain O Bertoletto of the Italian barque Lincestos in Pensacola praises Peruna’s relief after long illness. The letters promote Peruna as a remedy for catarrh anywhere in the body and urge readers to seek Hartman’s guidance if results lag.
A fragment from Tit Bits humorously links insomnia to a class of maladies. A student cites experience about sleep disruption when a neighbor’s dog cannot sleep, and references a chain of notorious criminals executed at Newgate and added to prime records at New Scotland Yard.
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