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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
4
M. R. Zaegel of Sheboygan Wisconsin, a leading chemist, announces one of the most literal offers ever made by a responsible business man. He pledges that any person may ask for help or information and will receive it freely from his enterprise. The offer highlights his commitment to public service and accessibility.
A retired drug seller, Mr Zaegel of Sheboygan Wisconsin, promotes Z M O a mineral and vegetable oil remedy claimed to heal burns piles cuts and wounds and even be taken internally. He offers free trial bottles by mail to all sufferers, urging quick response before the distribution ends.
Carrier pigeons help a scattered Scottish doctor manage patients on long rounds. When medicine is needed urgently, the doctor writes a prescription the bird carries to Wardet for dispatch. An assistant then prepares the medicine and sends it. If later calls arise, a pigeon is left to summon needed help.
An old family remedy promotes digestion and cleanses the blood. One or two pills nightly for a week usually suffices for constipation or dyspepsia. Brandreth's Pills are a vegetable tonic used by grandparents, available in plain or sugar-coated forms in drugstores.
A reflective viewpoint argues that women's advancement through thought and experience will enable cooperation, dissolve monopolies and trusts, and reduce sweated labor and unemployment, quietly transforming the nation via intelligent action from homes.
Benater Tillman of South Carolina is described as careless about his own clothes yet possesses refined taste in feminine dress. His judgment guides his wife and daughter in choosing hats gowns and wraps, and he keeps up with latest modes more closely than they do.
In a French convent garden Angel Smith, a Milwaukee girl, schemes with noble girls to rescue Lulu the cat. A plan to feign escape via a wall rope and bells spirals into a village chase as Ralph and the calico cat trigger a dramatic, comic pursuit through All Angels.
A Mexican superstition centers on El Arbol Maldito a cursed tree on the Haciendita ranch. Allegedly planted by a devil’s ally who died when the earth opened beneath him, the tree and its surroundings have supposedly claimed many lives including a child, a rider, and several shelter seekers. Locals avoid the area. attempts to dynamite the tree failed.
A discussion of the phrase my wife as property and the unwritten law. It argues that the possessive sense harms women as adult moral agents and that ownership language underpins fatal domestic violence. The piece contrasts American citizenship with feudal notions of state and spouse, urging recognition of partner rights.
A minister faced a humorous mix up after accepting a dinner invitation and visiting the wrong parishioner. He dined with Mrs A- while believing he was with Mrs B- and later confessed the mistake, apologizing and vowing to record future invites.
The piece surveys maternal delusion about infants smiling in sleep. It notes the sleeping mouth corners often resemble a grimace from gas, not a real smile. It cites Saint Monica, Augustine, and Thackeray to argue no baby truly smiles in sleep.
The piece extols chess as humanitys supreme mental drill surpassing dialectics and Greek learning. It links Romans and monks to chess as a noble struggle, a war without bloodshed, guiding the aggressive West from Eden to modern minds.
A Boston observer recalls a Sunday at Mount Vernon Church on Beacon Street where a worshiper, after placing four coins in the contribution box, immediately pulled out a notebook and pencil to log the amount. The observer comments that the donor’s cash ledger would balance correctly, praising careful bookkeeping.
Egypt reveals a papyrus codex by Menander, found by M Lefevre of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. The excavated leaves total over 1200 lines, promising to shape modern scholarly judgment of the famed comic dramatist's style and genius.
Hon C C Brooks mayor of Sunbury Ohio and attorney for Farmers Bank and Sunbury Building and Loan Co writes of Peruna praise. He claims the medicine has helped him and many friends, noting weather causes minor ailments and Peruna serves as a standby for cold cough catarrh and related conditions. He urges readers to ask their druggist for the 1907 Peruna Almanac.
The Duke of Orleans told friends in Copenhagen of plans to launch a new spring expedition aboard the Belgica to explore as far north as possible along Greenland’s northeast coast. The mission seeks to join the Danish effort led by Mylius Erichsen, which departed last June to survey the same region.
A vintage patent claims starches once sold twenty five years ago differ greatly from modern formulas. The latest discovery Defiance Starch omits furious chemicals and adds a new ingredient to deliver strength and smoothness unmatched by other brands.
Authorities review a Western postmaster’s note reporting a one day post office closure for a bear hunt. The letter asserts the writer is the sole literate man in the county and declines to seek permission, suggesting possible discharge but no certainty of action.
A patient case from Athol Massachusetts shows debility and indigestion improved by Dr Williams Pink Pills. Mrs H M Spears of 62 Mt Pleasant St described years of fatigue swelling, poor appetite, dizziness, and sleepiness. After starting pills she improved and was cured, with the company selling pills at 50 cents per box or six for $2 60 by mail.
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