09 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1898
Page
1
A rambling verse scene from Tampa reflects camp life tastes and comforts with humorous asides about bread butter gravy and corn while nearby snippets joke about patriotism and clever marriage. The mix shows a Baltimore American slice of a camp meals and satire mood from mid-century papers.
In Detroit Detroit Free Press reports Jabbs shows off a wheel claiming a great bargain yet admits paying only 11.60, while two detectives track a suspect after noticing the unusual sale. Jabbs contemplates legal action but pursues the con artist who lured him.
A little girl Frances explains her mother’s long absence to a caller. She recalls her mother promised to return soon as she weighs a charming remark about an exceptional man and a memory that never leaves an umbrella.
A humor piece recalls a quarrel with a war-obsessed sister who drills to martial tunes. A flag of truce leads to two hours of negotiations and a tentative armistice on reestablishing amiable relations. The Detroit Free Press note adds a quip between Walter Softleigh and Bobby about employment in a restaurant.
The passage presents a jumble of quoted lines from characters like Sam Shoeseller and The Cook, with misheard phrases and odd exchanges. It reads as a clipped, humorously garbled dialogue sketch centered on misunderstandings, social pretensions, and theatrical banter.
The sermon from From Pealmills argues that life is full of inscrutable mysteries and suffering. It contends trouble purifies the faithful, urges acceptance of divine reasons beyond human understanding, and invites listeners to trust that hardships refine character and prepare for eternal reward.
In a Killarney tale visitors hear a boatmen quarrel echo and profane phrases, then a Century writer recalls a translator in a box who struggles to keep up with Francois Bismarck and finally blurts out I am waiting for the verb.
Fragmentary note argues against the theory that only emotionless women stay youthful. Contains unclear quotes and personal anecdotes about three women who faced heartache yet retained youthful appearance.
A jumble of vintage snippets features medical quackery claims and household tips, a recipe for a gold flour cake, a steamship bound for East Africa with German brides, honest soap slogans, a dimes-era shipping notice to Cuba and Florida, a Paris thirteen guests superstition service, and quirky quotes about luck, love, and detective hopefuls. The era’s tone mixes humor, commerce, and social tidbits across scattered lines.
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