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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
8
Readers from Brooklyn Oakland Appleton Wisconsin praise Peruna for curing chronic stomach catarrh, dyspepsia and indigestion in weeks. Letters describe renewed appetite, better health, and belief the medicine becomes a household remedy.
A man buys a quart of milk in a smath western town and finds it adulterated with water. He posts a public notice offering not to denounce the culprit if a new quart is brought. The next day three quart cans appear on his doorstep as a reaction. The scoundrel’s response hints at dairy men offering low prices and free catalogs from N. W. Ride & Pur. Co. Minneapolis.
Miss Lole Robinson of Washington, guest of Mrs. Stuyvesant Wish, draws notice in Newport for her tall walk and striking style. Her gait, paired with numerous gowns and matching hats, makes the French center call it the tall walk.
Deputy Commissioner Edwards and Harry S. Dewey showcased a 260 gallon water wagon weighing 4590 pounds designed to flush streets without hand labor. The test on the plaza aimed to prove mechanical cleaning can replace manual methods and save city resources, with plans for wider use if successful.
Mrs Charles N Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania reports dramatic recovery after three years of fatigue rapid weight loss jaundiced complexion and sugar in kidney secretions. After using Dom's Kidney Wills she gained weight regained health and sugar disappeared. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Nathan Straus drove his superb mare Ida Highwood on a New York speedway. A company promoter known for wealth and unscrupulousness dashed by. Straus remarked There is Blank. When he came to New York in the Seven, he had only a dollar in his pocket. There were other pockets.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case. Endorsements from J Cheney Co and Toledo wholesalers claim the remedy is effective, with testimonials on internal action and mucous membranes. Includes pricing and pill suggestions.
A Philadelphia Inquirer piece recounts a supper tale of an old admiral famed for exaggeration. He claimed to have crossed a Pacific island “positive ly red with lobsters” and justified by noting volcanic boiling springs turning lobsters red.
Detective Simmonds and Godfrey confront a murder at the Marathon apartment. Miss Croydon, questioned carefully, claims she did not kill the victim Thompson and describes an intruder. A burnt bullet fragment and iron pipe are examined as they search the scene and question the sister of Mrs Delroy.
In Paris several American run clubs for students blend housing with culture. The American Girls' Club funded by Mrs White Taum and Mrs Reid rents rooms with modest fees, while Mrs Whitney Hol funds a larger Students Hotel near Luxembourg. Trinity Lodge in Montparnasse offers housing, studios, infirmary care, and an information bureau for pensions and teachers.
Fragmentary advice describes sealing rooms at eight and using wet chloride of lime as a disinfectant. It instructs closing all windows except a single pinne dish of lime to prevent scent transfer and to exit, with the lime left in the window to kill flies by morning.
An account from Charville recalls how Grape Nuts benefited a sick 18 month old, a mother who gained weight, and others struck by influenza within a family. The writer notes rapid improvement after adopting the cereal, praising its digestibility and energizing effects.
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