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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
12
A cryptic note about a large 202 package for the Red Cross Ball mentions only scents. It references The Kuss Company of South Bend Indiana and contains a cautionary line about a bonnet dream turning into a nightmare of a pill.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a safe internal treatment that purifies blood and mucous surfaces. It markets testimonials and endorsements from physicians, notes price and availability, and includes other 19th century ad copy.
A vintage health ad argues constipation causes many diseases and claims Mull's Grape Tonic can cure constipation and stomach troubles. It urges readers to buy from a druggist, noting a dollar bottle contains nearly three times the 40-cent size and offers a free bottle to first-time users.
William A. Franklin of Franklin & Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester, touts Dean's Kidney Pills as curing long standing kidney irregularities after three boxes. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Also includes humorous quotes about Isle of Man and a laborer learning that seventeen hundred makes a ton.
A magazine editorial argues against treating disease as crime, noting the burden on overworked housewives and urging compassion. It cites Dr. Pierce’s remedies for feminine disorders, stresses rest and light activity, and offers free medical advice and literature by mail.
Fourteen federal indictments were returned in Kansas City charging common carriers railway officials shippers and freight agents with rebates and conspiracy. Targets include Chicago Burlington & Quincy Chicago Alton Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and packing houses such as Cudahy Swift Armours Nelson Morris with alleged contracts to fix shipping rates from East St Louis to New York and kickbacks to brokers. Indictments detail a 23 cent rate in 1905 later raised, and rebates of 7 cents per 100 pounds to Howard Mills of Wichita on flour shipments.
At Annapolis Naval Academy a hazing incident left Midshipman Jordon Pettus Kimbrough unconscious after being made to tilt on his head and then his feet for ten minutes. He later recovered and was taken to hospital. The case follows a prior inquiry by a board into hazing and related practices at the academy. In the same dispatch, Constantinople reports the Porte requesting reconsideration of modifications in the Macedonia note and a joint Turko Persian frontier mission to avert further conflict.
St Petersburg reports a renewed white terror as Labor leaders urge an immediate general strike. Proletariat leaders flee from police, while imperial authorities grant governors dictatorial powers to declare siege or martial law. Officials fear widespread terror as retaliation escalates.
Springfield December 16 The supreme court yesterday upheld Johann Hoch's murder conviction. Hoch known as Bluebeard will be hanged February 23 in Chicago after failing to fund an appeal. He faced multiple suspicious deaths among his wives and dupes, with reprieves delaying execution until funds arrived.
Tokyo reports eighty two hundred Chinese students decide to return home in protest over Yang Shu the Chinese minister to Japan. Two thousand already left Shanghai notes a manifesto opposing the Manchu dynasty. Premier Katsura accepts Bubota Yuzuru resignation to assume education portfolio as university tensions ease.
Thomas B. Altman, a Sioux City real estate man, entered a saloon back room and shot a man in the head without any apparent motive. Police investigating motive and circumstances of the fatal shooting.
Washington December 12 Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr who faced a court martial for causing the death of Midshipman Branch has been sentenced to one year confinement within the naval academy and publicly reprimanded by the secretary of the navy Bonaparte orders the sentence carried out with the portion that would bar service on any practice ship at the academy remitted.
A 1900 era advertorial fragment describes Mrs Minnie Drew of Roxbury Mass praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a cure for severely cracked hands after failed medical advice. The text includes multiple ad copy lines for household remedies and products, plus brief quips and product pitches.
A humorous and varied OCR fragment cites a sensational claim about the Empress Dowager of China being sold into slavery, then shifts to a stout promotional pitch for Defiance Cold Water Starch praising its 16 oz packaging and chemical-free formula. It ends with a quip about a young man winning a girl’s love by bribing her father.
Report claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound conquers tumors in a case involving Mia Fannie D. Fox. The article notes tumors often grow quietly and are detected late, highlighting the remedy as a major triumph against a feared disease in women.
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