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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a pure grain beverage that mimics coffee in taste and stomach friendliness, costing about a quarter of coffee’s price. It targets children as safe to drink, priced at 15 and 25 cents per package, with broader claims about economy and health.
A jumbled OCR snippet blends patent medicines, home remedies, and moral quips from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It references Allen’s Foot-Ease, Garfield Tea, Maple City Soap, and Kemp’s Balsam among other products, with scattered proverbs and stray addresses, creating a collage of consumer notices and editorial-like asides.
The piece portrays workers across classes driven by necessity ambition and wealth while stressing the value of maintaining health. It extols Dr Greene's Nervana blood and nerve remedy as a natural strengthener that partners with nature to sustain constitutional vitality and endurance under labor strain.
Eighteen workers died and eighty were injured when a roof failure plunged into molten glass furnaces at the San Francisco and Pacific glass works. Rescue crews aided victims as families learned of losses. One victim, Robert Harrison, was a Kansas attorney’s son who had run away with a friend. The death toll was expected to rise as injuries proved fatal.
Ashland Ky December 3 a mob has captured Gibson the man accused of murdering his two year old step daughter by forcing a red hot poker down her throat police lost him in transit and authorities fear he will be lynched unless they intervene Meanwhile 150 miners quit work to help in the hunt. In Vancouver a different note the Warrimac report says Joe and Jimmy McGovern outlaws who killed nine people in 100 days were cornered by squatters their camp was surrounded and Joe was killed while Jimmy was wounded and captured by constables and carried to hospital.
Obscure notes tell of L Trumbull Kelly’s fatal accident during a Thanksgiving Day football game with Indiana State Normal, detailing his Yale background and Cambria Iron work. Another item reports Mrs Emma Van Liew’s guilty plea for murder by sulphuric acid, ten-year sentence and immediate transport. Additional items cover suffrage committee actions, John W Yates’ stock case, diplomat Griscom’s telegram, and Count Zeppelin critique and support for funding experiments.
Mrs F J Lynch of Grand Rapids Michigan recounts a narrow escape and credits Peruna Medicine with curing a persistent cough. She states that two bottles helped her recover quickly and that she has enjoyed good health since, urging other suffering women to try Peruna.
A lengthy 19th century propaganda piece extols catarrh dangers and promotes Peruna as a universal cure. It cites medical authorities, offers free guides, and includes testimonials and a reward for cures. The text also includes Hall's Catarrh Cure endorsements and unrelated product pitches.
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