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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
8
Calumet Baking Powder is praised for making baking nearly automatic by delivering consistent quality. The advertisement claims it prevents failures in leavened foods, ensuring pure, wholesome, tasty results. It notes Calumet’s purity and uniformity, with top awards at the World’s Pure Food Expos in Chicago and Paris.
Two speakers discuss giving up marching and their care duties. The dialogue cites cost of upkeep as the influencing factor, suggesting a retreat from ongoing activity due to expenses.
An 1912 advertisement by The Tonitives Co claims tired blood causes backache, bearing down pains, irregularities, womb trouble, and anemia. It urges timely Tonitives treatment to enrich blood and prevent suffering, priced 75 cents per box or via mail from Buffalo, N Y.
Des Moines reports banker Charles Shade of Rock Rapids arguing that permanent macadam highways between county seats could lift Iowa farm land values by 25 to 50 dollars per acre and cut transport time for farmers. He credits roads as essential as rail, expanding market access and equalizing land values.
The essay argues against ruthless self reliance and urges guardianship of others. It champions shared responsibility, defending that individual success depends on helping and protecting peers, guarding reputation, and acting for the common good. It ends with a call to live as fraternity, not isolation.
The New York World quips that pigeons near the Stock Exchange resemble ravens bringing Morgan hip dinner as workmen remove gloom from a frieze. James J. Hill and A Barton Hepburn observe the pigeons noon today.
Mrs Barbara Prim reports her seven year old son contracted ringworm on the face three years ago. Red spots with rough crust formed into larger annular lesions causing severe itching and sleepless nights before Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the condition in about a month.
A stray Detroit Free Press humor piece contrasts a wife fond of dancing with a homebody. The mock ad promotes Castoria for infants and children, noting a long use and urging trust in the signature for a safe remedy.
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