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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1909
Page
3
A fragmented, garbled OCR page mixes dialogue with medical ads and cultural quips. It features a boss on a construction edge, a Trishaian figure, a wife’s rebuke, and scribbled market blurbs. Included are mock medical claims for eye remedies and laxatives, with cynical quips about happiness and seance.
Letters from Mr Happy of Mardin Ray Co Mo and Mr L Clilford Wig of Richmond Va endorse Peruna for catarrh throat colds and la grippe. They claim multi bottle cures and recommend Peruna doses or tablets with a note offering a free illustrated booklet The Truth About Peruna from The Peruna Co Columbus Ohio.
An arc from the Book of Haggai recalls the prophet urging Zerubbabel and Joshua to restart the ruined temple work after years of neglect. He declares the Lord is with them and stirs the people to action despite fears of opposition from enemies and previous royal decrees.
A sermonette warns coldness in faith hinders God’s work and urges self inspection. It recalls Haggai's call to "Consider your ways" to avoid self serving aims, poverty of heart, and marring spiritual life as God’s ships pass by.
AGGAT climbs to the temple site and recalls Jerusalem’s return from Babylon, fifteen years after colonists began rebuilding. Enthusiasm faded as jealous Samaritans halted progress for fourteen years, leaving walls overgrown and nature erasing signs of neglect.
The piece recalls Charles Kingsley asking Turner how he painted The Storm at Sea and Turner’s reply about being lashed to a shipmast in a gale off Holland to study the storm first hand, illustrating how personal ordeal shapes art and endurance.
An airborne crew led by Prof Thayer battles ascent confusion aboard the "Eluder" as altitude controls fail. Amid panic and comic exchanges they realize their mail must be dropped, then discover Hoboken lies overhead as the lever is finally adjusted and homeward progress resumes. The strange voyage ends with newsboys heralding Hoboken’s vicinity and a whispered rumor of the Alice Wall.
A historical ad-style block promotes health improvement through recreation contemplation and effort. It touts the use of a medicinal syrup from the California Fig Syrup Co as a superior remedy, claiming genuine product availability through leading druggists and discouraging alternative medicinal adjuncts.
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