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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
8
An aging war correspondent recalls drifting into inactivity in Manchuria, expressing self-deprecating humor as he laments his diminished usefulness since joining the front. The clipped dialogue captures wartime attitudes and personal fatigue.
A Kansas man reports years of severe back skin eruptions and itching ended after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent. He says within weeks improvement began and months later his back was nearly cured with no sign of skin disease. Signed by W A Armstrong Corbin Kan May 26 1911. Free sample offer to Cuticura Dept 27 K. Baston.
An old wanderer pleads for aid at a gate, asking a woman about aiding a seaman after 16 years of chasing the sea. The scene shifts to a tub worker as a herbal remedy advertisement echoes, touting Cole's Carholisalve for burns and skin woes with a request for free samples.
A garbled OCR fragment features characters like Hiia and Stella and a playful Father Time riff. It mentions Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup and a boast about soothing children’s teething pain at 25 cents per bottle. The text reads as a damaged ad or serialized joke page with miscellaneous lines and old-time phrasing.
A Peoria patient credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with easing years of inflammation and avoiding surgery. A New Orleans woman shares lengthy symptoms and relief, praising the products and inviting inquiries.
Des Moines authorities and the street car company complied with a court injunction to end a 27 1/2 hour city streetcar tie up. The strike order issued Saturday was revoked by a unanimous car men’s meeting. Company statements say they will challenge the order if improperly entered. The situation raises questions about public corporations and unions with labor contracts.
Aug 7 berichtet that the government contributed 10025 dollars to Iowa for the Old Soldiers Home at Marshalltown. Quarterly remittances fund maintenance based on inmate numbers. Also notes wheat yields from Elliott: winter wheat about 23 bushels per acre, oats poor, spring wheat 7 to 12 bushels per acre.
Albert Terry, 22, drowned in the Mississippi at Clinton while running the launch Swannanoa. He had taken a society ladies for an afternoon ride. while adjusting the machinery he fell overboard and sank.
John Sleepy Dickson, held on suspicion of setting a fire at the Low’s Casket lumber yard and believed linked to the Spahn Rose yard, had a hearing in Dubuque on August seventh and was bound over to the grand jury.
R G Milley former Bradford Savings Bank cashier has organized a new bank in Lansing Allamakee county with capital of 26000. In Dubuque a telegram reports the death of Mrs R D B Graves in Los Angeles after a street car accident she was from one of the citys oldest families. Newton schedules Automobilia Day with races and a parade featuring hundreds of automobiles.
Iowa farmers choosing hog breeding stock should buy from a respected breeder rather than local stock. The boar should be long and wide in back and loin with strong ribs, straight ribs, and good limbs. He must have vigor, steady carriage, and come to feed readily, with careful pre-breeding acclimation. avoid underfed or overfed conditions.
The Strawberry Point Creamery association formed in 1892 with two dollar shares requiring members to supply milk and ship it via designated routes. The brick building, costing over 10000, houses all facilities under one roof and supports milk processing, separators, pasteurization, and delivery to New York, with premiums for high quality butter.
In August the Iowa agricultural experiment station at Ames will distribute buds from a sherry tree in the experimental orchard. The tree has stood for nineteen years and shown decent adaptation to Iowa conditions. Those who wait to secure buds by mail may face delays.
Fragmented OCR yields an array of odd lines and product pitches. References to Allen's Foot-Bast powder along with famous Castoria branding appear, interleaved with dialogue bits about immortality and a punchy line about heirs. The era feels like a collage of ads and quips from a historical paper.
A Brooklyn school teacher tests a former class on definitions. A bright pupil named Robert defines a hypocrite as someone who arrives at school with a smile on his face.
A reprint from Leslie's Weekly suggests death from non violent illness could be postponed if diseased organs were replaced with healthy ones. Medical experiments are cited as confirmation by leading scientists. A second note from Good Housekeeping Magazine recounts using kerosene on screen mesh to repel mosquitos and protect a bedroom through summer.
A judge in Kansas offers a strong defense of Grape-Nuts, praising its health benefits and dietary impact. He claims a small dish surpasses meat for breakfast, improves complexion for some women, and helps reduce pastry consumption. The endorsement echoes early 20th century nutrition advertising.
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