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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
3
A vintage promotion extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted, confidential remedy for female illnesses. It highlights Mrs Pinkham’s extensive experience, thousands of treated cases annually, free personalized advice, and testimonials like Mrs Jed Seydel who credits the treatment for bearing a healthy baby.
Sensible housekeepers will choose Defiance Starch for superior quality and one third more for the same money. Advertisements urge agents wanted with commissions, Des Moines Fire Insurance Co. praised by an examiner as sound and well managed. Also promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Defiance Starch refunds if not satisfied.
An Atlanta Constitutiorn excerpt uses dialect to evoke a thunderous warning of rising heat and judgment. The poem-like piece blends religious imagery with southern vernacular, discussing sun scorch, devil figures, and a looming reckoning.
In a sunlit meadow a man and woman meet again after years of separation. They recall a past filled with forbidden love, duty, sacrifice, and secret marriages, and they renew their youthful vows beneath a beech tree where they once promised each other eternal devotion.
A Washington club anecdote recalls a defunct University Club in which a noisy nouveau riche member provoked a blustery challenge offering him 500 dollars to resign. Walker Blaine, son of Secretary of State, advised perseverance, predicting the brash member would soon offer a thousand dollars.
A New Hampshire tale from Academy Hill recalls Gov Anthony Colby hosting poor guests including a mentally limited man named Ozzy Whittier who visited yearly with his son Charles. During a visit Ozzy spilled oil and toppled a lamp, wrecking a parlor table and damaging valuables. He pleads that the Governor not tell Charles, promising not to demand his usual gift if spared.
Bangor's Gen Samuel Veazie who built Maine's first railroad and founded Veazie National Bank once visited Boston by stage railroad and steamboat. At Tremont House he carried a thousand dollar bank note in his pocket. The clerk verified the Bangor bank story then feigned astonishment. Veazie offered two more bills if needed.
Alfred W Tobin from Oxford Fryeburg Maine recalled as a shy child meeting a Camden Sunday school visitor. The woman asked about his teacher and what she talked about Jesus. Alfred answered that she talked and that she did not say anything harmful about him.
A flawed verse recounts a garden rose that blooms and wavers between beauty and pain. Cupid admires the rose, love brings joy and sorrow, and the speaker laments a bittersweet fate as the rose fades with time.
Harvard president Biot amused guests with a self aware joke about growing younger. He recalled his Boston teaching days and a chemistry class nickname Old Eliot then noted two students asked where barley had been tonight signaling a shift in perception and humor.
Myo Bowman six years old, a famed baby model, lives on a New Hampshire farm. During a Boston visit with his mother they hunted for a lunch spot at noon, finding many places filled by men. The child spotted a restaurant with a window sign reading safe and spelled it out, “oa-t-e, Befe.”
A collection of social maxims about gender roles and behavior drawn from Philadelphia Bulletin and Indianapolis Star quotes. The remarks contrast women's expectations with men's pride and caution in matters of money, respect, and humor about relationships.
Public notes recall long standing brand motto and a humorous clerical tale from Motel St. Francis Chief Clerk John McDermott who once performed in silent stage roles. A separate story quotes Estelle Rees on cruelty in Indian schooling with an anecdote about a boy who ate a pink sugar image plan.
A letter from Colonel's Town extols Postum Food Coffee as a cure for indigestion and nervous trouble. The writer describes failing health from coffee and sleep loss, notes improved sleep and well being after trying Postum, and praises years of use. The ad cites Battle Creek Michigan and the slogan There’s a reason. The Road to Wellville is mentioned.
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