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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
8
President Taft and his cabinet decided not to shift government schedules to match daylight, keeping standard time. They warned that regulating hours across finance, commerce, and railways would disrupt banking and industry, so clerks will continue existing work hours this season.
President Taft orders Nina L Carrington widow of Maj Frank del Carrington a civil service position without examination. Carrington once commanded a Filipino scouts battalion and was court-martialed in the Philippines for misappropriation, later freed after US Supreme Court action. The case sparked debates on justice and influence.
ENRY H Denham, born in Kentucky and ally of Senator Bradley, becomes an elevator conductor in the Washington senate office building. A former Kentucky assembly member from Monroe and Metcalf counties, he carried a pistol in disputes over pairing. Denham quips to Capt Longmeyer that he is paired with him when firing begins.
Mrs. Dolliver wife of Senator Dolliver engages deeply in national affairs. A Wellesley graduate and former Northwestern mathematics chair, she hosts at Massachusetts Avenue and follows tariff debates and schedules closely. Active in Daughters of the American Revolution, she mentors children while tracking Senate discussions and consumer concerns.
A fragmented exchange hints at plans for a new venture as an unnamed speaker asks for a dime and references an enterprise. Other garbled phrases mention Sandy Pikes Lady and a person named Laily, with cryptic replies about current plans and a PTW and VP tag.
Beaded bewitching footwear dominates the trousseau with white satin slippers, turquoise bead accents, pearl borders, and embroidered florals. Practical flats and lace trimmed mules offer affordable elegance with 1.50 soft buckskin options. Hosiery adds finishing touch with embroidered silk stockings and pearl beaded bows for the wedding day.
The article explains a Parisian coiffure that winds hair into round braids at each ear, with a brow braid crossing above tendrils and the remainder rolled into a low French knot at the nape. Side coils are Breton, and evening styles may feature jewelled centers, flowers, or ribbon rosettes, all seen as fetching with hats or turbans.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions linen and a decorative hand style with unclear terms. The readable parts suggest a note on fabric types and a hand script style but lack concrete facts, dates, places, or named entities to summarize into a full news item.
In Winchester Indiana mothers report relief from dropsylike symptoms and menstrual pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The company cites hundreds of letters praising its effects and offers free confidential advice to readers seeking help.
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