08 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
1
A young American scout reports from Paris as part of the exposition party. He notes cultural differences in etiquette commerce and daily life, contrasting French and American norms. The letter highlights social duties, gender roles, work weeks, and a brisk travel debate about rail service.
A New Orleans Mardi Gras anecdote recounts a bank clerk shot with a bullet lodged in leather suspenders. The escaping assailant fled. the clerk, later jailed for embezzlement, remains. The shooter, freed, walks away with $800 lost. The tale ends with a detective’s bemused observations on cross cultural norms and a parable of strange justice.
A reader quotes a woman noting that men may not notice women's clothes yet many masculine acquaintances disagree. The remark accompanies a brief letter or opinion piece in the period newspaper page.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes that Seine, appointed by the government, is the real head of the municipality while Paris pays a police force of 1000 men. only the prefect represents the government. The New York World reports Representative Swanson from Virginia added false syntax to the Congressional Record.
Byron Wei birth site marked by Holles and Oxford streets corner in London. A large drapery emporium covers the spot and business stationery shows the poet busts in the right corner. No marble bust stands outside, despite prior plans to replace a bronze removal noted by London Express.
A fiery Atlanta Constitution cartoon caption voices a jailed voter’s grievances. The speaker, described as an old-time colored yater, laments endless neglect by candidates who promise results but offer only crumbs like bread in exchange for ballots. He complains of rent, taxes, and mortgage burdens while praying for relief and clothing to preach. The quip mocks political disregard and racial dynamics of the era.
Mrs O Flaherty calls her new servant a gad about saying she will go out of the house twenty times for the one time she comes in. Mrs O Grady hears the quip in Tid Bits.
A mixed page advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute with health claims and low price, plus soap, hair care, and hosiery related tips. It also lists travel resorts on the Minneapolis & St. Louis line, a washing soap, and various patent medicines. The item ends with a note about emigration figures for 1599.
Mississippi senator W. V. Sullivan writes from Oxford praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh and a tonic. The ad note advertises Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio and its non substitute claim. The page also mentions Winslow’s soothing syrup and Adams’ Pepsin and a weather remark.
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