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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
8
Gas light for rural homes promises eye-friendly illumination via acetylene, cheaper than kerosene, brighter than electricity, and safer than city gas. No smoky lamps, chimneys, or mantels to clean. in-home production allows cooking light with a basement-made acetylene plant feeding all rooms and outbuildings at a cost comparable to a hot air furnace.
A set of short, dated humor items, including Pat sipping benedictine and praising the monks before denouncing the glass, a Philadelphian’s two story barn and the hay loft reason, Henry James on literary criticism, a temperance demonstration with a drop of water and whisky, and a bishop prank involving a mistaken umbrella target.
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch make it nearly impossible to sell any other brand.
A provocative remark argues that laziness multiplies energy in those with idle time. It suggests that only people with no duties view life as a burden, framing idleness as a drive rather than a fault.
The article explains ivory sources from African elephants and mammoth tusks, noting that vast imports fueled European use. It describes ivory varieties including hippopotamus teeth and narwhal tusks, plus bone and stag horn carvings. It highlights ball teeth quality, and mentions fossil blue ivory used in jewelry for its turquoise hue.
An account of Charles II era pranks shows a toast to ladies with a burnable lace cravat and a later gag where Sir Charles Sedley had a decayed tooth drawn for Nell Gwynne. The tale notes the playful yet painful custom of all guests having teeth drawn, with Sedley insisting on his frolic.
The article argues that attitude toward work shapes motives for self-harm and death. It condemns laziness and the idle rich, notes doctors’ complicity, and cites historical views on labor, democracy, and social welfare as roots of societal reliance on a common treasury versus individual wages. It cites American Medicine in critique.
Mary A. Livermore recounts a tale of two physicians near Boston. An elder mentor warns his junior to visit Mrs Marshall for an intestinal ailment and to observe meals, then mistakes a misdiagnosis with a patient for eating habits and a horse diet, ending in the elder’s anger and dismissal.
A poem portrays a woman at a washtub washing the grave clothes of the dead with tears. She embodies labor and hardship, while visions of history and banners from Cain to today rise around her. The speaker sees the dead as living figures, washed clean by her sorrowful toil.
An advertisement urges women approaching midlife to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease symptoms of the Change of Life. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Hinkle and invites readers to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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