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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
13
Fragment from a historical page compiling miscellaneous ads and quips. Mentions Try Denison's Coffee slogan and various ad lines. Includes lines about Dr. Pierce's Pellets, Hanford's Balsam, and humorous exchanges. Conveys a collage of period advertising and social witticisms.
An old promotion explains uric acid as a blood poison linked to backache rheumatism gout gravel and neuralgia since Scheele 1776. It touts Dr Pierce Anuric as a cure 37 times stronger than hydrochloric preparations, offers pamphlets and trial packs, and cites his long-standing medical reputation.
Des Moines report shows 93 county and district fairs in Iowa drew 1,115,605 attendees and $564,419 in receipts. Net profit reached $62,230.80 with 56 fairs profitable and 37 at a loss. State aid totaled $21,181.27 as total expenditures rose to $621,599.90.
Grinnell hosts incorporation of the Aero Club of Iowa with headquarters in Grinnell and a 75 member target. It plans affiliation with the Aero Club of America, aims to convert a militia unit into a signal corps with aeroplane service, and names H. B. Brande as president with J. L. Fellow and Harold L. Beyer among officers.
Wilbur Kentfield faced a grave hunting mishap when his own dog triggered a cocked shotgun as he leaned on it. The dog’s paw struck the trigger, firing the gun and wounding Kentfield in the right hand, neck, and left arm. He was rushed to the hospital with potential life-threatening injuries.
Ruth Stumbo, 15, was found gagged and bound to a table in a shed behind her Algona home after her parents returned. She said a gray whiskered man who stopped for something to eat assaulted her. nothing valuable was taken and no trace of the attacker has been found.
A preacher urges travelers to stand see ask and walk the king's highway to heaven. He cites scripture Jer 6 16 and Jesus guidance to deny self take up the cross and follow Christ. The message: seek wisdom from God listen for his voice and begin the journey now on the path of holiness through repentance and faith.
The dialogue features a dense young man who declares he has searched for a chance to kiss the maid. She responds with wit suggesting he consult an occasion to miss his chance. The exchange plays on misheard cadence and social bravado in a playful tone.
A schoolmaster reproved a young offender telling him that saying Willy did it is wrong. The boy replied with quiet resentment that Willy lied about it, showing a stubborn insistence on the truth as he saw it.
A fragmentary notice notes Hojax-le Coyne valued at over eight million and died without leaving two wills. The speaker muses why the will was not clearer, suggesting heirs should receive the money rather than lawyers. An ad promotes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for quick relief from burns and accidents.
A collection of stray quotes and ad hoc lines reference Denison's Coffee, Hanford's Balsam, and a Boston Transcript exchange. The text contrasts romantic missteps with aging, lanterns versus moonlight, and a bleak remark about a man at the bottom of a ladder soon falling in this country.
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