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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
4
A young married couple at a family poker night suspects the Halls of cheating at cards. The wife challenges Jim to see if the poker chips used were overpriced, noting the chips look like cheaper ones sold elsewhere. The scene unfolds with doubts about honesty and price.
A Tenn. mother describes a six month old's severe scalp eruption with hair loss spreading to face hands and arms. After failed treatments she reports rapid improvement using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment. She praises Cuticura as the cure and notes continued use for cuts and sores.
Peoria Illinois and New Orleans Louisiana women report avoidance of surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Testimonials claim prolonged relief from painful feminine disorders, with letters inviting others to write.
A series of fires ripped through Dubuque yesterday endangering multiple plants including Spahn & Rose Lumber and Winecke Hoerr Canning. Total losses near 199000 with Spahn & Rose at 50000 and Kretschmer Manufacturing at 100000, arson suspected as amid three months of big blazes.
Des Moines on July 31 discusses river water power and navigation projects with A C Miller of the Des Moines River Improvement association and Col C S Riche nearby. Dam plans for Bonaparte Keosauqua and other sites will align with government river navigation work.
The Farmers Savings Bank is organized at Irwin with officers President James Groat and cashier J L Reynolds. Many prominent farmers and several Irwin citizens are stockholders. A brick bank building will be erected at once. Also reported is a suicide in Ft Madison with William Bond dying after shooting himself in a local hotel. In Colfax, Dieck Owens of Colfax Consolidated Coal company died at mine No 7 from falling slate leaving a wife and several children.
Harvey Ingham of Des Moines delivered a lecture titled The Indiana of Iowa before a large audience at the Chautauqua in Storm Lake on July 31. The program featured engaging discussion and a strong turnout for the event.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a contract for finishing work on a new Yah M C A building in Charles City. The document mentions a $5,000 figure and Wright brothers involvement, with awards for additional rooms. Details are unclear due to damaged text but reflect municipal construction bids and contractor names.
Early in 1912 a farmer purchased 80 acres in western Iowa and split it into a pasture and a 40 acre field. through years of clover, oats, phosphorus, and barnyard manure the 40 acre plot steadily improved, yielding 20 bushels per acre in 1901 to 92 bushels in 1909. With corn at 50 cents, the value rose from 5 to 46 dollars per acre, a net gain of 36 dollars per acre after soil-building costs.
In southwestern Iowa the light porous soil suits alfalfa, fixing washes on rolling hills and yielding four to six tons per acre yearly. G W Grassley of Council Bluffs has grown alfalfa since 1895 on 20 acres, with early sowing and no inoculation. Joseph Stillinger of Villisca owns 40 acres, inoculates with manure from alfalfa-fed animals, and reports four to six tons per acre, usually four cuts per season. Sides discuss soil benefits, cow feed value, and corn yields on alfalfa sod, plus values from other growers like S H Macey of New Providence and extended sowing methods.
Marcuse California land in Sutter County sits in the Sacramento Valley with dark sandy loam soil, ample water, and a long growing season ideal for homeseekers, professionals, and young farmers seeking small tracts. Proximity to Sacramento offers a ready market for produce and dairy. With Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915 16, land values are expected to rise. inquiries to Homeseekers Information Bureau Omaha.
A short exchange features two tramps debating work and brains. Hicks notes a movement in England to remodel the Ten Commandments, while Dorkins quips that restoration would suffice, reflecting satirical humor from Harper's Weekly.
Distemper in all forms among horses and dogs cured and prevented by SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE. Every bottle guaranteed. Over 600,000 bottles sold. Priced 50 cents and 1 dollar. Sold by druggists or send to Spohn Medical Co Goshen Ind. Agents wanted.
A fragment notes Mrs Flubber as a highly superior person, with quips about her appearance at coronations. The line suggests social satire and comic tone typical of lively newspaper prose. No further context provided.
An early 20th century ad claims Cole’s Carboli salvo relieves burning and itching skin, instantly stops pain, and cures without scars. It offers 25c and 60c sizes, with an invitation to request a free sample from W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
A Sunday scene in a village inn shows an aged German father lecturing his son against excess. He warns that a gentleman stops at enough and drunkenness is disgrace, illustrating with a riddle about men in a corner. The son questions how he could be drunk if there is only one man, underscoring a cautionary tale about temperance.
Ex Governor Pennypacker in Philadelphia denounces divorce as a social evil. A Dash family exchange reveals a sharp young reply from a boy who quips that whipping is what his parents always agree on, highlighting lasting marital tensions.
Walter Barnes of Boston praises Harvard football captains Burr, Fish, Withington, and Fisher as models of scholar athletes at Harvard. He also cites Hamilton Tish becoming an instructor in government as proof of the menial caliber among Harvard’s notable players.
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