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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
8
In Cottage Grove Oregon a rough town saloon scene unfolds with a red shirted man vowing swift lynching for missteps. The exchange reveals a violent, xenophobic atmosphere as the narrator notes past killings of Chinese individuals. A banter between imaginary figures ends with a jolt of social tension.
A long scrawl of items from Malvern to Independence covers misfortune and local happenings. Miss Cecil Dodds of Red Oak died after an apparent fall from a Wabash coach near Malvern. W. Buick of Le Mars died of heart failure while visiting a Milford farm. The Illinois Central seeks an injunction against Fort Dodge Des Moines Interurban to block crossing, affecting a major extension. A colt injured Emmett Lisle, tearing the nose, and a guardian case in Muscatine draws attention. Widespread notices include a Perry Lehman suit, postmaster changes, paving plans, a Charles City shooting accident, and civic developments in Perry and Cedar Rapids.
An aged Englishman counsels a daughter on table contents with moral maxims about honor truth modesty and cheerfulness. Nebrasksa Children’s Home Society separated Harry aged 20 and Isabella 18 from their mother in 1897 after Silas Allen’s death. The mother in Oklahoma seeks their location and asks the children to write to P. O. Box 898 Omaha Nebr. to reunite.
A woman overtakes a young girl on the way to school and asks about decimals. The child, unfamiliar with the term, hesitantly answers that she likes them pretty well but prefers peaches, showing a shy admission of ignorance.
Des Moines based Klondike Incubator Co reports a strong season with higher business, asserting the superiority of their construction. Their new catalogue is described as neat and instructive on poultry matters, and they offer to mail a copy to interested parties.
In a restrained exchange the prisoner suggests speaking on defense but cites the presence of ladies, prompting the judge to proceed with sentencing. The moment underscores decorum in a formal courtroom setting.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure that fails. J Cheney Co of Toledo guarantees honesty and solvency, with Halve Catarrh Cure advertised as a blood and mucous remedy. Teetimonia free, price seven cents per bottle, sold by druggists. Also a pun about a miscommunication and a joke about a man calling on two ladies.
An advertisement style compilation notes rapid cures for rheumatism by Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism promising relief in 1 to 3 days. It claims to remove the cause and provide quick relief with first dose benefit and cites druggists. Mentions other products and unrelated lines in a collage format.
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