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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
8
An early 20th century ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Hake powder to ease new shoes and treat corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. The copy notes availability at druggists and bhroo stores for 26 cents with a mail request to Allen 9 Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A testimonial-style excerpt describes severe uterine and digestive symptoms attributed to a cervical ulcer, claiming Mrs Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured Mrs Williams of Englishtown New Jersey with guidance from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It urges readers to request the remedy and write for free advice.
A large manhunt across the Little Mountain area in Ohio follows a violent burglary at John Lemon's home near Knob Road. Three armed strangers shot through the door last night, stole $100, and fled as Lemon and guests escaped into fields. Police fear the trio are linked to a bank robbery in Chardon, with farmers patrolling and vowing to shoot on sight.
The president named Rugh R. Wallace Jr as first lieutenant in the marine corps and promotes several others including John S. Doddridge as lieutenant Thomas Lutz Stitt as ensign Conrad W L Jungquist as gunner Clayton P Hand as carpenter Frederick R Hazzard as boatswain Arthur Smith as boatswain and Osborn Deignan as boatswain. Deignan, a sailor from the Merrimac expedition, was not eligible for Annapolis cadet appointment. Other items note a Youngstown Ohio trial for misappropriating railroad pieces and rail damage, rider rumors of Governor Allen’s resignation in Porto Rico, Louis Voilland age 100 who once saw Napoleon, a Memphis death sentence for a 12-year-old assault, Gen Dudley’s improving health and the overdue French bark Grande Duchesse Olga with 25 percent insurance offer.
A Missouri delegate reports on promising grain yields and healthy stock seen in Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. He notes 600 bushels of wheat from 15 acres, 15,000 bushels of oats from 150 acres, and cattle thriving on nutritious prairie grasses. Government land ads and agents offer information, while other lines advertise various goods and remedies.
A chaotic mix of irrelevant slogans and dubious claims runs through a vintage ad page. It touts Garfield Tea for digestion, Mull's Tighting Pain Killer, Maple City Self Washing Soap, and a misleading note on a dog training stick, concluding with a boast about the postage stamp as civilization’s stamp.
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