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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
8
A technical paper cites a case where water on an oil fire caused grease to scatter and ignite a large area. Water dispersed burning grease, some reaching a flywheel and splashing the fire across the building, leading to rapid plant-wide flames.
An advertisement extols women taking up work in France and England, praising their resilience and urging American women to prove their worth in shops, factories, and offices. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for overworked, debilitated women and invites readers to seek medical guidance at the Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
Governor finances German American Patriotic League work in Iowa attaching Rev. C. Orth of Guthrie Center to the office at a salary of 125 dollars a month plus 25 dollars for house and expenses. Orth will begin work immediately and has indefinite leave from Guthrie Center Presbyterian Church through March.
Mrs L J Risbury a Des Moines practical nurse testifies Tanlac cured her stomach and nerve issues after nightly duties. The ad claims Tanlac treats stomach kidney liver and catarrh with druggists stocking it and wholesalers in Iowa. Also describes natural gas formation by earth processes and distillation analogies.
The text promotes a gray hair remedy mixing water, Bay tum, Barbo Compound, and glycerine with full directions in Barbo boxes. It claims to restore streaked faded hair to soft glossy condition without coloring the scalp or leaving a stain. Also includes ads for Dr. Pierce's Pellets and Garfield Tea as laxative and digestive aids.
A U S Shipyard Volunteers of Public Service Reserve aims to enroll 250000 skilled workers across trades to support the wartime shipbuilding program. Volunteers receive pay tied to shipyard wages, housing plans, a signed certificate, and a city state quota tailored to population and industry.
GREEN S AUGUST FLOWER advertised as a household remedy for constipation indigestion and liver trouble claiming rapid relief. The ad urges consult your druegist and notes August Flower as a cordial laxative. A separate report states 60 071 deaths from accidents and a heat related rate of 2.9 per 100 000, higher than 1915.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications they fail to reach the disease. Fall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It is composed of tonics and blood purifiers and is claimed to produce wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Testimonials offered by J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. When a man offers you something for nothing walk around it.
Mitchell Indiana resident Mrs Pearl Monquan writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her neuralgia during pregnancy and after seven months her baby weighed 19 pounds. She credits the remedy with restored health for mother and child and recommends it to others.
A concise remark notes a shift toward natural remedies over drug cathartics, highlighting Garfield Tea as a preferred herbal option. The line frames a cultural move toward home remedies and self care through plant-based products.
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