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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
8
Address Mrs Pinkham at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for confidential advice on female weakness. A trusted woman with 25 years experience answers letters personally and never shares reader details.
A visitor reading a display notice entered a shop and asked to see a vivid tie. After the salesman showed it, the guest commented on its loudness, then remarked it offended his taste and left, saying the tie need not be put back.
A Dedham tale recounts a man seeking whisky to soak roots and the clerk’s quip about soaking the roots of his tongue. The piece recalls a Fiji cannibal’s quip to a Lightning Calculator in a caricature of clever orations from old newspaper humor, reflecting prohibition era banter and odd anecdotes.
Des Moines reports a Philadelphia lawyer William S Jackson claims Briggs estate may reveal that Ansel Briggs the first Iowa governor died in poverty in Omaha and left wealth to heirs. The letter to Chief of Detectives Johnston requests information on heirs named Jacob and Benjamin Briggs.
A man extols a boy as extraordinary while denying arithmetic prowess. The youngster lacks math skill yet is praised for restraint around a stopped automobile, not touching the car or honking the horn during a long wait. The tale contrasts measured behavior with inflated belief in genius.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement mix includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims of a one hundred dollar reward for catchall cures and endorsements from Toledo druggists. The text also references testimonials, pricing, and other medicinal products with stray quips and jokes about aging and birthdays.
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