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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
3
A distorted, period voice laments weather and mood, referencing sunshine and shadows. The text mentions Atlanta and a funeral motif, with scattered lines about freedom, solace, and an elusive peace amid a troubled landscape.
A married couple's decline unfolds as money obsession corrodes love. John's ascent to wealth blinds him to Mary's sorrow and their children's struggles. After a crushing realization and a final, redemptive gesture, they seek to mend the past by caring for their grandson Jeannie’s boy Jamie.
At a formal ball a servant was posted to announce guests by costume. Two visitors in plain walking attire arrived to glimpse the scene and declared they had nothing on. The servant exclaimed with astonishment at the sight.
A New York wedding featured bridesmaids representing six nationalities with each toasting the bride in her own country’s style. A Bengali guest escaped his toast with a gold bangles gift. In Dol, Norway, a guitar serenade turned to self-praise of the speaker’s store, prompting guests to eject him. A sharpshooter and a German performer added further oddities cited by the New York Herald.
Instructions for homemade linen marking ink describe two methods. The first uses lunar eatstie and vinegar in a clean bottle left in sun two days. The second adds tar salts and Arabic gum in rain water, sun steeped, then brushed onto linen and dried.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat poem recalls a dray horse with a dreamy eye standing in the street. The beast appears meek yet strong, taking a blow from a driver and continuing weary work. The speaker wistfully imagines the horse dreaming of being an Arab steed or a war horse, craving joy and escape.
A country town general merchant recounts how his partner, asleep above the store, dreams of customers and big sales. The partner's nightmare climaxes with a loud yelp as he imagines selling cotton goods while the narrator recalls the scene from their youth in partnership.
Gregory H Owens, a Manchester food inspector, examined meat in a small back-street butcher shop. Most meat was fine but a batch of pork and beef appeared questionable. The butcher admitted the meat was old and unfit for human food, though he suggested it might be used for sausage.
A new ammunition type called the Dp is issued to French infantry. The cigar shaped bronze projectile uses a noick el casing and spins at 8600 revolutions per second in flight. At 100 yards it can penetrate the equivalent of six men in a line.
The ad claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure heart pain dizziness and weakness by aiding digestion. It cites Mr J St Miller of Dayton Virginia who suffered years of indigestion and distress after meals and after using the pills reports rapid relief and no more heart distress or dizzy spells. Sold by druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A collection of anecdotal notes and oddities evokes a French hog breed, a prize pig, Civil War memory with Major Belknap and Darby Greely, plus humorous tales of Sir Frederick Pollock and the Dilettante Society. Also notes Secretary White Busboy’s sharp attire beside Speaker Cannon and onlookers.
A vintage warning advertises Dodd's Kidney Pills as a quick remedy for early kidney trouble. It cites Dr W H Jeffries praising the product after relief from fatigue and back pain following two boxes. The piece ends with a light aside about gaining a girl's affection by bribing her father.
Representative Overstreet refuses to accept the secretaryship of the reform Republican committees due to disputes with the president over Beveridge patronage. Hulley and Uepburn vie for chair duties as Caputin Tull declines, while Navies and the National Medical council back Hepburns pure food bill. Senate probes Poultney Bigelow over canal affairs. tariff talks with Germany loom. Secretary Shaw’s tenure debated. Des Moines public building prospects rise on capitol support.
A garbled exchange shows a lawyer pressuring a witness about dates and actions, while a Baltimore American quip hints at misheard lines and muddled conversation. A merchant’s dinner remark about charitable acts punctuates the jumble with a snapshot of social chatter.
An Haverhill Massachusetts woman recalls 1898 suffering back pain dizziness irregular urinary flow and distressing monthly periods. She credits Doan’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co for rapid relief and permanent cure after three boxes. A separate scene shows a married couple at table as a blonde woman’s glance triggers tension.
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