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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
8
Mia Lena Smith of Nashville writes that after four years of back pain, groin ache, and headaches she tried Peruna for ten days and found relief. She continued for two months and says all pains disappeared, leaving her in the best health and feeling ten years younger.
A Cleveland Leader humor item shows a conversation where a child asks about being a natural born something. The father quips about the teacher’s explanation that the concept is hereditary, framing a light domestic joke about nature versus nurture.
A dubious advert promotes Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers as a drugless absorption cure for stomach troubles. It claims relief from belching, indigestion, and related symptoms, offering two free boxes or a free sample via coupon, warning drugs worsen stomach condition.
A practical farmer article describes constructing cement troughs with lumber framing and a six inch cement fill, detailing proper proportions, stone size, gravel depth, waste pipe setup, and finishing to ensure durability and easy cleaning. It also covers ground bone for poultry, feeding meat to fowl, and cautions on tainted meat.
The article discusses using sawdust as stable bedding to absorb manure and improve cow stalls, warns against bedding horses, and describes a duck pond under a shed with a pump mechanism. It also advocates involving a strong farm-minded boy in winter plans, offering lambs and strawberries as incentives, plus instructions for a portable pig-pen fence with detailed construction notes.
Franch explains corset prices in francs from 40 to any sum, noting that French corsets are made to order and tight lacing is described as harmful yet practiced by American women. The piece recounts health risks and the ritual of tightening, with phrases showing social obsession and language reflecting the era.
A party of New York brokers encountered a five font shark while out greeting. As soon as they gave a sign of recognition the shark turned it moot. the report notes the unusual encounter at sea and the brokers’ reaction.
Mrs Corolle Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes that Culicura cured her husband’s salt rheum on his big hands after constant bandaging. She says one set of Culicura Soap Ointment and Pills cleared the condition and the hands have stayed smooth since.
The Chicago Tribune notes a partial potato crop failure likely tied to a tubercular form affecting yields. The report mentions remedies and compares to other agricultural issues, with dated references including Mrs Morgan of Berkeley, California, and a note on China operating ten railways totaling 2235 miles.
Unqualified success claims for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in curing uterine tumors and related female ailments. Letters from women in Bradford, Seattle, and beyond describe tumor reduction or disappearance without surgery, urging others to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The item presents a string of brief, dialoglike snippets and captions from various papers including Chicago Record-Herald Boston Post and Puck. It features quips about war correspondence a mustache remark a pasture for rent and a light exchange about blotter ethics. The tone is satirical and collage like.
Mistrese If you want eggs to keep they must be laid in a cool place Bridget Ol will mention it to the hens of waest mum
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