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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1905
Page
3
Two soblemen at breakfast face to face work set. One hungry and one in debt, the bill would be payment of Abel. My stars whispered one, appetite terrible. The belt snapped two notches, the wolf devoured the omelette. The watcher laughed, a great wet smile.
Dr. Horton hides a possible elopement plot as Pearl is drawn toward Jack Langdon by a note and flirtations. Horton seeks to steer her away by a charitable act at a sickroom, discovering the lover’s identity through a frightened patient.
A dying railroad claim agent recalls being sent to settle with a passenger injured in a southern line wreck where a coach plunged down an embankment. The passenger, with multiple injuries, faced a $2,600 release demand, remarking that the fall seemed long as officials weighed what was right amid still unfolding news near Harrisburg.
Doctors warn high heels injure posture and health as fashion elevates the rear of the foot. Observers contrast ancient sandals and natural breathing with modern European stilettos, urging restraint while noting the social pull of chic footwear. A separate anecdote recalls a Boston editor misreading a moonshine tip as a scoop, revealing a private still tale from New Hampshire hills.
Poem fragment reflecting on Napoleon's burial and the striking fate of his name in history. The speaker longs for a vast, fathomless grave and envisions his fame as a perpetual force echoing through annals and crime. The lines contemplate doom, legacy, and the boundless sea as final resting place.
The countess of Northbrook, formerly Viscountess Baring, is hailed as one of the most handsome women in London. She spent much time with the late earl at his Hampshire country home, shining as the brilliant hostess and personally directing shooting parties for the comfort of the guests. He was devoted to her and spoke often of her portraits, claiming he had fifty different kinds, and praised his daughter in law as beautiful.
In uptown districts families leave their houses for summer and abandon caretakers while pets face risk in the streets. Florists resist the term boarding places for plants and display signs reading sanitariums for plants to reassure owners.
A gaunt funeral-sort man asks Riis for a proper intro. Riis jokes to “say anything” about being the most distinguished man. The speaker, grave and serious, announces Riis as the most distinguished citizen, prompting readers to judge after hearing him.
A female teacher describes years of overcrowded classrooms and mental strain leading to resignation. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills, she regained health, strength, and appetite, enabling a return to teaching. Many colleagues reportedly use the pills. the ad promotes availability in drugstores worldwide.
In Albemarle, President Roosevelt greeted the train crew as a woman attempted to board the coach. He helped her to the platform then shook her hand while she eyed him, and she scolded him as a “freshest” visitor. A Bangor, Maine man sued for damages after a fall, with Hamlin winning in court and on appeal. Casts of other frontier anecdotes and humorous pieces follow, including a joke about John Fiske, a London hotel chapels crowding, and quips from King Alfonso and M. Doumer.
Des Moines reports total land value at 1.824 billion with farm land assessed at 12 dollars per acre, down from 43.10 last year. The article notes declines in taxable value overall, including city and outside land, and details court appeals over US bond assessments affecting local banks. It covers state art commissions, Kenyon Cox lunettes in the state house, and the start of a mutual telephone network in Council Bluffs.
A citizen says government ownership would not solve civilization problems and would create new ones, with a note on monotony. A playful exchange follows about a hand injury from a giant cracker, attributed to Puck and a quip on faultless friendship.
W W Jackson, 83, veteran of Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars and physician by trade, writes that after suffering chronic stomach catarrh and failing remedies, three bottles of Peruna brought immediate to gradual relief and a full cure, recommending it as infallible. The note also cites Dr Hartman and a Columbus sanitarium. A French chemist, M Girard, argues bread’s nutriment varies little by crust.
A Boston police justice, described as a man of feeling with keen knowledge, fines a pickpocket twenty five dollars but the offender can only raise fifteen, prompting the magistrate to suggest turning him loose in the crowd to collect the rest. In Thurso England an eighty seven year old quarry superintendent presides over a vast kin group including seven sons in law and forty nine employed relatives.
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