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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
8
Esther, a five year old daughter of North side parents, heeded dangers of diphtheria and urged precautions not to contact others. After a brief grocery outing, she rushed home exclaiming that boys near Mr A’s house share diphtheria and must be kept away, prompting shocked reactions from her mother.
The earl of Mount Edgcumbe plans entertaining many gatherings at Mount Edgcumbe in the coming months and would have pursued architecture if born lower in rank. He diverts spare moments crafting intricate toy palaces, some illuminated by electricity, treasured as Aladdin-like curiosities passed to fortunate children.
Excerpt shows garbled dialogue with partial phrases and names like Helguot Mrs Stoutly and Harper's Weekly. Indicates a literary or satirical piece with misread text about relationships and social roles. Context hints at a playlike sentence, but content is incomplete and unclear.
A Victorian style guide by Martha McCulloch Williams describes using paper bags to cook a full turkey feast. It covers prep for oysters fruit salads nuts and pies, plus detailed bag cooking times and methods for turkey sweet potatoes onions baked pears creamed salsify smothered chicken and pies, with directions for crusts and beverages.
A 1905-era testimonial describes kidney trouble among women and claims Doan's Kidney Pills relieve back pain fatigue and urinary issues without stomach upset. The claimant Mrs F M Hill from Waterloo Town recalls severe illness, swelling, eye changes, and eventual recovery after using the pills as doctors had lost hope.
A fragmentary 19th or early 20th century ad style item references Doan's Kidney Pills priced 50 cents and Buffalo New York publisher Posten Mihi Co with a bold mockery of a dubious “Reward of Merit.” It also includes clipped dialogue and jokes about a railroad president and a demeaning local scene, plus a humorous cartoon caption about bookkeeping and repairs.
Women are urged to seek true health beyond cosmetics, stressing regular bowels and digestion. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is praised as a mild tonic laxative that strengthens stomach and bowel function, marketed as a safe daily remedy with sample offers. Also includes a humor strip from Deep-Sea Veralon featuring a joke about a pessimist fish and a hook.
A damaged ad copy promotes Murine Eye Remedy for weak and granulated eyelids. It mentions packaging and claims of eye relief, attributed to a Chicago company, with distorted wording and unclear product details.
The readable text presents a jumble of product phrases and slogans about a soothing remedy for teething and gum inflammation. It mentions Mrs Whaslow as a brand name and hints at distributed lemons and cheerful gift packaging, but the overall meaning is unclear.
D J Lane a 4 chemist at 700 Lane Building St Marys Kansas manufactures a remedy for asthma with high confidence. He will send a bottle by express to anyone who writes for it and will be paid only if it cures, with the recipient acting as judge of success.
An old retailer notice touts Cream of Rye for health and energy at breakfast and cites a free silver spoon per package. It claims lower living costs and urges asking grocers for the product while promoting Colea Carbolienive for skin relief and burn pain with sample requests to a Wisconsin address.
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