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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
8
A jumble of humorous vignettes and light city gossip spans ambitions and love, from a doctor joking about a fatal case to a wife scolding a boastful husband. Readers meet a penniless poet whose lifetime labor is declined, a ballet dancer’s comic fame, and a doughnut loving family scene.
A compact lede of humorous exchanges and moral touches drawn from 19th century newspaper style. It highlights a widow recalling her departed husband and a child, a light nursery scene about a screen, a grocer's bag remark, and Mrs. Malaprop's malapropisms. The piece preserves period tone and contrasts between domestic scenes and garbled but witty speech.
A dispatch from Odessa reports mutiny aboard Russia's battleship Potemkin, with captains killed and the ship seized by mutineers. Red flag flies, fires engulf harbor quays, barricades rise as the Black Sea fleet approaches, and a general strike disrupts port activity amid calls for order.
W Bell of Mumby Louth Ireland claims five years of experiments yield tomatoes and potatoes from one plant grown from the same tuber. Seals of Newfoundland, though not fur bearing, are killed in large numbers for skins and fat used to make patent leather gloves and tasty soup. Excerpt notes a man’s excuse for staying in the city to earn money to maintain a country estate.
J W Walls of Lebanon Ky credits Doans Kidney Pills with quick lasting relief from back and kidney pains after other doctors failed. Ad cites price 50 cents, distributed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Also lists ads for Grand Trunk Railway excursion fares, DeFiance Starch claims, and assorted testimonials and quips from various sources.
An old newspaper snippet mixes an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and anecdotal quips. It highlights Skin soap benefits for children and adults and features a joke about a lord and a child noting that God wants a pickle during a formal supper scene.
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