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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
6
A garbled 19th century style notice touts Parkens Harn Balsam as reversing gray hair. It mentions Innencor ns for corns, capstones in buildings, and a suspicious claim about blue bleaching sold by grocers. Wry commentary on men and wives appears amid odd phrases.
A collection of quips and remedies from early 1900s advertisements and sayings. References include Ruth Bryan Bryan’s schooling run for a streetcar, claims about cleansing the blood with Garfield Tea, Morley's Sar saparilla, Maple City Soap, and Grain-O coffee substitute, plus various patent medicines and household products.
London reports a high medical authority warns of serious illness for Queen Victoria. Fainting spells, insomnia, and despondency mark her decline, with France trip canceled and royal family delaying travel plans. A official statement cites strain on nerves and advises rest and withdrawal from business.
A Chicago and Alton railroad wreck near the Diamond shaft at Braidwood killed Parmalee the switchman and injured five others including Ryan the fireman with both legs broken, Miller the jeweler cut on the head, and Kinsley the conductor slightly hurt. The crash occurred as an engine pulling two meat cars left a defective switch and piled up.
The Rev J A Brown missionary of the New Light Church residing in Hannibal Mo attempted to hold a meeting last night in a small Illinois schoolhouse a mile from the Hannibal bridge. A mob of about thirty young men broke up the meeting and Brown and his young son who accompanied him were forced to flee for their lives.
In Little Rock Arkansas on January 21 Governor Jefferson Davis was inaugurated before the Senate and House in joint session. After his inaugural address the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Bunn. The ceremonies were unostentatious.
A mixed page discusses Nome’s gold rush allure and the toll on health, praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive. It recalls a political quip by Thomas B. Reed on benevolent assimilation in the Philippines and shares anecdotes about Ex-President Benjamin Morrison’s plain luncheon habit and a light office joke. It closes noting some men seek easy work and tire easily.
Jan 19 1901 Council Bluffs Iowa Special. Kindhearted Officer Swans on popular in city after seventeen years of service. He suffered kidney and liver trouble but recovered completely. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for his cure after trying many remedies. The piece highlights local praise for the Pills and mentions other drug ads and moral sayings.
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