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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
The text notes the government promises weekly payments to every applicant in New Zealand and describes armored trains used by England in its war with the Boers. It also mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and asserts its success against digestion and related ailments, concluding with a proverb about rising in the world each morning.
An old spring medicine claims to purify the blood and renew all body parts. It promises improved digestion and appetite, sharper nerve function, and enhanced kidney and liver performance, yielding renewed brain and mental strength.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilia possessing peculiar qualities that healer claims apply to all users. It promises an unlimited list of wonderful cures proving its merit.
The prolonged session ends with Iowa enacting sweeping reforms across taxation insurants and utilities. Key measures tax gas and telecommunication services, regulate building and iron laws, and set up new state departments for agriculture libraries and public education. Additional provisions alter election law tax levies and public expenditures, create a state nursery and library commissions, adjust university and college funding, and extend public notice rules with July effective dates.
The April issue previews Wellman's house life essays and a cover feature on spring life. It highlights contributions by Seton, Weston, Nugent, and others, plus Arthur Les ing and de la Drawbridge pieces on science, industry, and culture. The issue notes advertisements and reviews, with works by Dickson and explorations of Louis XIV era tales, and mentions the St Nicholas and Atlantic content and a report on pinkeye in horses.
A letter from W H Kinkade of Minnesota to a Canadian government agent outlines his twenty one month experiment in western Canada. He left with $3 60, worked from March 1898, and by July 1899 had 32 acres ready for crops. Total receipts for the period reach $548 10 against expenses of about $209 for land improvements and seed. He contrasts wages in Minnesota with farming success in Canada and endorses homesteading for poor men.
A damaged notice promotes Hall's Catarch cure with testimonials and a drug shop chain. It claims guaranteed results and urges readers to buy by mail order from Toledo wholesalers and retail outlets.
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