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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
12
An older advertisement warns against using paint labeled as practically pure white lead. It asserts true white lead must be obtained via the Old Dutch Process and keg contents should carry the Dutch Boy trademark to guarantee absolute purity. The notice cites the National Lead Company and lists cities such as New York and Buffalo in promotion of genuine product standards.
On the watch tower of the Vela at the Alhambra in Spain a silver toned bell once rang by Moslems to signal the water in the gardens and the fountain below. Its sound reaches Liga thirty miles away. The maiden who strikes it today is believed to win a husband before year end and a good one if she rings loudly. On fete days it is lively for the bell.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Internal remedies act on blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure, prescribed by leading physicians, combines tonics and blood purifiers. Sold by druggists for 7 5? cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A humorous anecdote from Harper's Weekly about Bill Nye delaying a planned Sunday drive due to a saddle worn horse and a girlfriend who refuses to join, followed by a comic mispronunciation gag about Mr Specknoodle from Everybody's Magazine, illustrating social misunderstandings.
A teacher recalls nearly giving up due to coffee nerves. A friend suggested Postum Food Coffee as a healthful alternative for children and adults. After a first failed trial, a longer boil yielded a rich flavor and marked health improvements, enabling easy, enjoyable work in the classroom.
A gray haired physiological chemist in a deserted lecture room recounts a strange case from a New York sanitarium. Two women with broken hearts could not digest food due to suppressed hydrochloric acid flow caused by emotional distress. By advising post-meal hydrochloric acid and mental calm, they began digesting again, easing gloom and fatiguing malnutrition, proving science can illuminate romance.
Columbus Ohio dispatch reports Jasper Combs a regular army soldier was discharged on department order due to a peculiar physical disability described as legs too long. He was a recruit learning drills for several months but could not march or drill acceptably.
J W Browning of Ogden Utah, born 1848, recalls doctors diagnosing diabetes five years ago. He suffered nearly every listed symptom and lost 40 pounds. After using Deans Kidney Pills his health improved and has stayed good for a year. He is now 75 and describes himself as in good health. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box.
In 1885 London a celebration honored Dr Samuel Johnson with Australian cricketer Bonner among the guests. When his health was proposed, Bonner said he would rather be remembered like Johnson than win his greatest cricket triumphs, noting his reverence for Johnson’s memory.
A reader recalls severe scalp sores after measles cured in weeks by Cutiura Remedies, then shifts to a German tale about sitting on a stool. Miscellany covers white goods laundering with Defiance Starch, and a segue on schooling versus business upbringing with a grocer father joke.
Fragmentary ad copy discusses motive giving character to actions and asserts motive, not event, defines deeds. It touts Allen's Poot-Ease for sore feet and shoe comfort, claims widespread use and free sample offer, with generic brand and location hints.
A clipped, dialogic old farmhand quips about an anarchist nicknamed Thetair thin chicken while a summer boarder asks why. The rest of the page touts household goods and patent medicines, from Defiance Starch to Krause’s Cold Capsules, with brief moral and literary asides and ad-like lines.
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