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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
12
Think of it No boiling water no glue added It is one of the easiest jobs in the world to prepare and apply Alabastine and the resulting surface if ordinary care is taken is solid streakless and mat like.
Major General Scott met in San Antonio with General Funston to discuss the Mexican situation. Carranza troops mobilize toward Pershing’s forces as reports confirm. Villa bandits attack a train killing about 200 Carranza soldiers en route to Torreon. Villa leader Francisco Villa passes through Troya near Parral. Juarez and Chihuahua commanders report execution of fifteen civilians tied to a Villa plot.
A Lloyds dispatch from Ymuiden reports the Dutch steamship Lodewik Van Nassau sunk in six minutes with five drowned and 36 survivors landed at Ymuiden. Berlin and Petrograd reports claim Russian forces captured Trebizond and a Turk city. German trench gains near Ypres. French attack northeast Verdun secured a redoubt with 200 German prisoners. A lone bandit robbed a train in Angola, Louisiana, while a major Iowa City fire caused 360000 in damage. Seventy deaths from Kansas and Missouri tornadoes, and other war and domestic events fill the latest dispatches.
Washington reports say Viscount Chinda urged President Wilson to remove wording linking Japanese with Hindu nationalities in the Burnett immigration bill. Germany agrees to export 15,000 tons of dyestuffs to the United States, per a note from Count von Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing.
A chronological record of key events in the U S Germany submarine dispute from February 1915 to April 1916. It lists notable incidents, notes from Washington, and German responses including sinkings of Lusitania and Arabic, diplomatic notes, and policy shifts affecting American citizens and ships. Names include Wilson, Bryan, von Bernstorff, Lansing, and Stone with ships Lusitania Cushing Gulflight Arabic Ancona and others.
Hanford's Balsam is guaranteed to cure ailments and injuries reachable by external application or a refund from the dealer. The ad frames buying a bottle as insurance and urges immediate purchase as a smart, value driven choice.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for dandruff relief and scalp health. It claims itching and burning ease with a light touch then shampooing next morning, touts emollients for hair growth, and offers free samples by mail with a booklet from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
An advertisement urges readers to use ethine double strength to remove freckles with nightly and morning applications. It claims even dark spots fade and light ones disappear, with a money back guarantee if removal fails. The copy also touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowel regulation.
A reader endorses Anuric tablets from Dr. Pierce, urging people with kidney and bladder issues to avoid harsh salts or alcohol medicines. The writer claims full cure after using Anuric and credits Dr. Pierce for improved health, noting a doctor called her well preserved for her age. The appeal suggests backache and rheumatism relief.
An old advert touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes or use in foot baths for instant relief from pinching shoes and bunions. It claims over ten thousand packages in use by troops at the front and sells for two cents nationwide with a warning not to accept substitutes.
A short medical ad advises using Hanford's Balsam for bunions and recommends applying it thoroughly for several nights with gentle rubbing. The fragment promotes cosmetic or therapeutic use and suggests repeat applications to relieve discomfort.
Des Moines Iowa resident Blanche Jefferson recounts a near fatal illness four years ago and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and strength enough to avoid surgery. She urges others to consider the remedy and notes her husband supported its use. The ad invites readers to write for confidential medical advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a purely vegetable blood purifier. It claims to combat winter illnesses and bad blood by cleansing the system, improving digestion, and revitalizing liver function without alcohol or narcotics.
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